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This is the longest stage on our tour plan so we stocked up on food and drink. We were up early and after a small breakfast made up of an assortment of leftovers set off shortly after 8am. We had to ride a long hilly road to get over King…

Our motel turned out to be a lot nicer than we expected as we road through the outskirts of town. It looked like a dump for any and everything, but it improved in the centre of town. We tried the Stockman’s Bar but nobody seemed keen to serve us so…

After having relaxed and spread our kit out in the condo for 3 days it was a slow operation getting everything together and the bikes fully loaded, so it was just after 10am when we set off. It was a couple of miles into Granby where we had a quick…

The tour plan for today was a ride to Trail Ridge Road in the Rocky Mountain National Park and we made it into the park but not as far as the planned destination. We had stopped many times to take photos and were behind schedule, so we set a limit…

Today we had a short easier tour planned to give ourselves a bit more recovery time for a big day tomorrow. We had done the shopping last night for breakfast so John got busy while I did yesterday’s blog. I suddenly had to break off because doing the toast didn’t…

We were all up around 7am and went over to the breakfast room. Covid caused motels to do away with breakfast to avoid people getting too close so there is only tea, coffee and pastries for people to take to their room. It was not a good start to the…

Mark arrived late last night after his VW bus broke down near Green River and had to get towed down to Moab. He eventually got it fixed and arrived at our motel just after I had gone to bed. He was still having trouble starting the vehicle this morning, so…

We only spent 81/2 hours in the room and after a quick drink for breakfast we set off to do the 600+ miles to Georgetown. We did a couple of hours before we stopped for breakfast and then tanked the car and got straight back on the interstate. After a…

Well, despite all the bad news in the media about travel disruption, my trip went well. The train from Duesseldorf was on time and arrived at Frankfurt airport only a few minutes behind schedule. Although LH ticket information said I could check-in my baggage at the rail/fly terminal, they took…

I had hoped to get a last training ride in today but showery weather put paid to that and left me more than enough time to make sure all the electronic kit is charged up and that all items are packed according to airline regulations. That left the online check-in…