Bree: It had occurred to us that we might take a rest day after our 100 mile feat yesterday and especially after getting so little sleep, but after the mosquitoes last night, and the ants which were crawling all over everything, we were not exactly loving our campsite. Our next stop was Vienna and then […]
We had a very long night last night. After our grueling 163 kilometer day yesterday (a feat we will likely never repeat on loaded bicycles), all we wanted to do was go to bed. Having a mild case of heat exhaustion, and since the only place that we could do route planning and blogging was […]
I’m not sure where the terrible idea began, but a few days ago, we began tossing around the idea of completing a century (100 miles) on our loaded bikes while the roads were nice and flat. Originally, we had thought we’d do it in a few days, but the more we looked at the roads […]
Today was slated to be a hot day in this region, and it was. With that in mind, we were up and out the door fairly early from our well manicured, almost Swiss feeling campground. We said our farewells to our curious and impressed German RV-neighbor, and rolled out into a cloudless Austrian sky. Our […]
I have to admit that at its inception, this blog had approximately four readers: my brother Colton and his girlfriend Miara, Megan in Texas, and Ben’s mom. Since then, we’ve watched our traffic grow and grow as friends, neighbors, coworkers, and even strangers find out about our trip and check in to see what on […]
While we fell asleep to the sound of rain pattering gently on our rain fly last night, we were awakened in the middle of the night by the beginnings of the thunderstorm of all thunderstorms. It all started with rain falling more and more heavily, which we have experienced before. We have even had some […]
We pretty much sealed our fate for a disorganized day today when we went to bed last night without any kind of plan. We don’t do well when we wake up not knowing what we want to do in a given day, and this morning we had a lot to figure out. We could go […]
After puttering around camp and brainstorming some ideas of where to go next, we decided to head off for a day trip (as most do) to Vintgar Gorge. We started by pedaling around the lake, and found a local tourist business to ask for directions. The directions were clear and simple – follow the main […]
The day was sunny and blue as we hit the road out of Ljubljana this morning. We were expecting a long bit of riding through suburbs and industrial areas to get us out of the city, but within 5 minutes, we were on an unpaved farm road that wound us through cornfields and forests until […]
This morning brought clear skies and some of the coldest temperatures that we have seen since the beginning of our trip, clear back in mid-April. As we have learned, though, it always feels better to leave early in the morning, so we didn’t wait for the sun to warm us up – beside, we had […]
Despite our near perfect riding day yesterday, neither of us were feeling all that great once we set up camp and decided that another day in our beautiful campground to check out a cave would be a well needed break. It rained hard during the night and drizzled all morning, giving us exactly the excuse […]
Thankfully after the blow-up toys were deflated and the sun went down, the small army of children at our rec-center/campground dispersed and we enjoyed a quiet night. Morning came too early, though, and I had a hard time dragging myself out of bed. Considering how well our last “on the road early day” went, we […]