Solo Touring

[shootingstar]

So it looks like little yellow duckie is going along for the adventure ride too!

I wish you a most memorable and safe journey. Remember to drop by any public library in North America to check into TE forums here about your ride.

We are here to learn, advise and cheer you on, Biketouringrook!

[Tri Girl]

I can't wait to hear ALL about your journey!!! Please update as often as you can. I'll be living vicariously through your adventure (so have a little extra adventure for me, too, please).
Safe travels, happy miles, and blessings on your trip!

[AnnieBikes]

Have a wonderful and safe trip. I look forward to hearing about your trip! Stop and smell the roses!

[Biketouringrook]

Oh God!!!!!This is so hard! The waether is very nice, but the wind and the hills are not so kind. Yesterday was my worse cycling day ever. I don't consider myself to be a weak person, but yesterday I PUSHED my bike up some of the most impossible hills. I have never seen hills so steep. The first two days were a blissful ride of 100 miles of bike trails. I had to find an emergency hotel because I went two miles out of the way to a campsite that was not a campsite. I was so tired. Today I have renewed energy and will continue on. I am told by the hoterl desk clerk to expect some of the same hills as yesterday.
Along other lines, the people that I have are so very nice and enjoyable to talk with. I have my people from all parts of life. I only have 11 more days to go. Oh boy! will write more later when I find another computer.

[tulip]

There's no shame in walking if the hills are too hard. I see you are from South Florida...no matter how strong you are, if you can't practice riding hills, they will be difficult. Put it in a low gear and enjoy the scenery as it slowly passes by.

[shootingstar]

Excellent Biketouringrook! Let us know your mileage in your next message to us --include the distance that you walked with bike up the hill. It still requires physical effort just to push the bike with weight upward.

So you will be done in 11 days? Thought you were planning to go up to the Canada-U.S. border.

Maybe you're superwoman. Or at least, you'll feel like it soon!

[MomOnBike]

What's wrong with walking a few hills, I'd like to know? Really, you and your bike made it up and over the problem hills under your own steam - you just chose a more, um, convienent method. (At least that's what I told myself on tour)

You could also think of it as cross-training.

Keep it up, m'girl. All forward motion is good. Take pictures, and don't forget to blog.