Touring?

[DeniseGoldberg]

I started in the world of touring many years ago by taking supported tours, but back in 1998 I "graduated" to solo touring, and I absolutely love it! I had a great time on the supported tours, but solo is the right answer for me for right now. I was lucky enough to be laid off from my job at just the right time for celebrating my 50th birthday with the cross-country tour that I had been dreaming about. Most of my tours have been shorter than that though since vacation time (from my job) doesn't support me disappearing for months at a time. I'm just a week away from going on a short tour in Maine, the subject of a discussion here at TE at http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=3022. You can see the start of my trip journal at http://denise2005downeast.crazyguyonabike.com, and you can find journals for all of my solo trips at http://denisegoldberg.crazyguyonabike.com.

But - my tours are all road tours, and it sounds like you may be more interested in mountain biking from your reference to the Telluride to Moab trip. I can't help you there since I don't mountain bike at all, but there is a journal that you might find interesting. Mike Morse rode the Great Divide mountain bike route (yes, the whole thing!) in the summer of 2002. His journal is at http://MikeMorse.crazyguyonabike.com.

And riding the Pacific Coast is a classic. I've done the northern section from Bellingham, WA to Crescent City, CA, but I haven't ridden the section from San Francisco to San Diego. That should be fun though!

If you have specific touring (non-mountain biking) questions, please ask - I'd be happy to try to answer them.

--- Denise