After our long night in the “wild boar” camp, I was pretty anxious to wake up and get out of there before the herd of boars who had paraded our camp all night got a second chance at us. Ben assured me that they sleep during the day, but my imagination had been running away […]
We turned in for the night as darkness set in, ready for a good nights rest as we had had a long day of riding. Being our first night free-camping, we were a little on edge, but fought our anxiety by telling ourselves that we have a great spot and nobody can see us. Within […]
We woke up this morning not long before the various churches and cathedrals began sounding their Easter bells. The bells, whether sounding various tunes or even just the hour will be something that I miss. Even the smallest towns, which are almost always centered around a church with a bell tower, can be heard from […]
Bree: Waking up in Camping Tocino, all I could hear was rain pouring down on the tent. We had discussed in depth whether to push through to Bobbio today, or whether to rest and at the rain, I quietly rolled over and waited to see if Ben would do the same. He made no effort […]
Bree: After the crazy day we had yesterday, I wasn’t exactly thrilled about the prospect of heading out of our cozy hotel his morning. I didn’t even really want to be awake due to the jet lag that I’m still fighting – the same jet lag which didn’t touch Ben a bit. Further, I could […]
Bree: We woke up this morning and wondered what our second day in Europe should hold. We were pretty positive that there were no campsites within riding distance and we were very concerned about avoiding the kinds of traffic we had encountered the day before. We knew we wanted to head south and we figured […]
Bree: After staying up nearly all night packing (and partly just so that we would sleep on the plane) 6:00 came early. My dad kindly drove us to the airport and helped us lug all of our stuff through the airport. Even with our incredibly small bike boxes, it was quite the load. For some […]
Although we like to think of ourselves as adventurous, planning this bike tour has been pretty over the top in terms of what we’re used to. We’ve never done something so big, so far away, and so open ended. We tend to be very particular about things and we tend to plan our travel down […]
This week marks our trial run of Bountiful Baskets. Bountiful Baskets is essentially a produce co-op. You opt in, and for $15 you get quite literally a basket full of produce. On the appointed day and time, you load all of the produce into your own basket, or in our case, tupperware, and then spend […]
The bikes are finally here! Not a second too soon, either – especially given that we are one day out from seeing our first day in Milan on the 10-day forecast. We even had the chance to take them out on a test ride or two before the snow hit. They ride absolutely solidly – […]
Some of you may have noticed that our site was down a good portion of yesterday. My apologies. In preparation for our trip, we have had come up with a way to do our blogging and journaling offline, since we will not likely have consistent internet access in Europe. In order to get the correct […]
A few months back we haphazardly purchased a Groupon for the iFly, FlowRider, and iRock in Ogden along with Colton and Miara. We assumed we’d be able to milk three dates out of it. Extra points since Ben’s parents gave him money to do the iFly clear back when he graduated. This was the perfect […]