I had so much trepidation at the start of the final ride. I was exhausted. I could not get out of bed to start early the way I wanted to. In fact, Boomer left before me, to scout. Though Boomer got the route from Komoot, a bike navigation app popular in Europe, I didn’t have … More Just. Keep. Going.
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On this International Day of Peace, I filled in the piece I couldn’t finish when it got dark last night. Truth is, last night I didn’t know where to go, so it wasn’t just lack of light, it was also lack of knowledge. I was awake until 3 am so an early start was out … More Peace Day
Exhausted by yesterday’s climbing, we all slept later than usual. The first order of business was fixing Europa’s flat. Boomer and I collaborated well in this effort. Then we had to drive back to where we left off yesterday and reassemble the bikes. And we needed breakfast. Beth and I craved eggs. We pulled off … More Exciting Day, Boaring Finish
We carried out Beth’s suggestion to cut a slit in the sapphire slipper over the site of the corn. As soon as I got on the bike, I noticed the difference. The pain was there but it was no longer excruciating. It made all the difference. Our route showed over 5000 feet of climbing. We … More Sapphire Slipper’s Successful Surgery Saves Suffering
A man set up tables for market day in Tabernas. A woman stirred a huge kettle of frying oil. The scent wafted into the street. We ate the local breakfast —- toast with grated tomatoes. Parents, mostly moms, accompanied their children to school. Tabernas sits amid a high desert that looks like a moonscape. From … More The Tunnel on the Left
The route toward the coast that Boomer and I stitched together late last night worked quite well, except for one place. I’ll come back to that. Puerto Lumbreras backs up to mountains. It has a dry riverbed. It’s used as a parking lot, as long as drivers check the forecast before parking. In 2012, a … More Plan B Under Way
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Today’s ride was utilitarian, not scenic, just a way to get from A to B, where A was lovely Murcia and B was workhorse Puerto Lumbreras. Several times, I stopped to take pictures of once rivers, now arid exposed rocky stream beds. Maybe local people are sad their river has no water anymore, but many … More Used-to-Be Rivers
There were real things to celebrate, but reaching 4000 miles was not one of them. It’s hard for me to admit I made a math mistake that drove a lot of the activity on a quiet Sunday ride. I left Shoe City Elda in cool enough air to wear arm warmers. Speaking of shoes, the … More Jumped the Gun
Life is Like a Bike 