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My upcoming US bike starts on Friday 8th July. After the tour with Tanja in 2018 I had planned to do a tour of Colorado with Tim from Montreal in 2020. As with everybody else’s holidays Covid killed that plan and continuing restrictions prevented us doing it in 2021. As…

Die Rückreise war lang, verlief aber reibungslos. Mittlerweile sind seit unserer Rückkehr zweieinhalb Wochen vergangen und wir haben uns natürlich schnell wieder eingelebt. Geblieben sind viele schöne Erinnerungen und Fotos. Wir haben in verhältnismäßig kurzer Zeit sehr viele verschiedene Landschaften und Städte gesehen, vom Wilden Westen in Cody, Yellowstone und…

Today, we had plenty of time for a slow start. Our flight from Denver to London doesn’t leave until 19:35. After breakfast we dismantled the bikes i.e. remove luggage rack, pedals, wheels, rear derailleur and handlebar/stem and pack them in the Evoc bike bags and then set about squeezing everything…

This morning it was time to move on to Georgetown. Israel came by at 8:30 to see us off and by 9 week were on our way north to pick up the I70 east to drive over the continental divide and make the long descent to Georgetown. We found a…

The weather this morning was a big improvement on yesterday’s so there was no excuse not to get on the bikes. The forecast was still for possible showers and storms in the afternoon so we didn’t aim for a high pass but settled for a tour at lower levels. The…

When we got up this morning the clouds were down to the ground and it was raining so we scratched cycling from the program. We walked over to the Blue Moose for a rather large breakfast and then staggered back to the condo to recover. For the rest of the…

Today’s tour was a ride from Aspen to Independence Pass. It is the highest paved crossing of the continental divide at 12095ft/3686m. Breakfast in the hotel didn’t start until 7:30 so we were later setting off at 8:35 than planned. It was a cool start but the road began climbing…

Today started with our tour to the Colorado National Monument. The route was uphill right from the start and stayed that way along the Rock Rim Drive until we had to turn back after a good 17km. Shortly after passing the monument entrance, we had the opportunity to watch and…

Today, we had a trip to the Canyonlands National Park. it was too far to cycle from Moab to the Grand Viewpoint Overlook and back to get the car, so we drove out to the park to look for somewhere to park and then proceed on the bikes. On the…

Our plan for today was to visit Arches Park. The entrance  was around 7km from our motel and, to get there, we were able to use the specially created bike trail with its own underpass under the road junction and bridge over the Colorado River. As soon as we passed…