I have 34 days left until I leave for my Northern Tier bike ride. We leave on June 18 from Anacortes, Washington and arrive in Fargo, North Dakota on July 22, a total of 1609 miles. I will leave on June 17 so I will have a day early to get myself organized. I will Fed-Ex my bike on June 9th or 10th. I will also mail a box to the starting hotel so all I have to do is take a carry-on bag on the plane to Seatle. From Seatle, I will get on a 2 hour shuttle that takes me up to Anacortes.
It has been 2 years since I last went on a long bike tour-the Underground Railroad Route bike tour that went from Mobile, Alabama to Niagra Falls, Canada, a 2000 mile journey that was an amazing adventure. Judy joined me for the last half of the ride from Ohio to Canada. It was an experinace that was enriching and lifechanging. I am ready for that kind of experiance again.
Previously, I have been on week to ten day bike trips;Idaho, Fall Colors in NY, and Glacier National Park. They were great trips-Glacier was having major fires burning so we really did not get a chance to see and enjoy the area as much as we would have liked. The smoky conditions and amount of fire equipment on the roads made for ride that was a bit stressful at the time. We could not ride up Going to the Sun road because fire conditons made it too dangerous. We had to go up in a car and ride down the other side. Nice downhill, but I really want to ride up that road this time!
Judy will be joining me in Fargo. Her family lives there. It will be fun rolling into to get to see them at the end.
I will post again as I get closer...this is my first test of this site!
