Tag: Adventure Travel

• Riding

  The folks who believe the world is flat have never been on a long cycling tour. I realized this yesterday as we were riding somewhere in the middle of France. The “French flats”,  as we had endearingly named this region. And relative to many places, it is.  But as we hacked our way through an […]

  Gonzo Girl

  May 18, 2022

  Bicycle Touring

  Adventure Travel, Bicycle Touring, Bike Packing, European Cycle Tour, France

• Travel vs. Vacation

  Flashback 2016. Sitting at Gatwick airport waiting for our flight, we, like everyone else in the airport, were logged into the one free hour of wifi available. Checking email and Facebook, my family was just passing time before our flight to Spain. As the time grew closer for boarding, an announcement. Fight delay. Then again. […]

  Gonzo Girl

  May 7, 2022

  Adventure Travel, Bicycle Touring, European Cycling

  Adventure Travel, Bicycle Touring, Culture shock, European Cycle Tour, Middle-Age Adventure

• Little Surprises

  I was longing for a hot shower. The fantasy of this simple pleasure kept me focused for the last 10 miles of a grueling day. Arriving at the Costasnovasurfhouse ( yes, one word) I smiled to myself. A youth hostel. I should have known with a name like that. So when the sun-weathered owner walked […]

  Gonzo Girl

  April 30, 2022

  Bicycle Touring

  Adventure Travel, Bike Touring, cycling in Portugal, European Cycle Tour, Middle-Age Adventure, Old Dog New Tricks

• No Airlift

  As we posed for our Bon Voyage picture at SeaTac airport, my sister in law called out teasingly, “You two look like you’re in an ad for AARP magazine!” Here we were, heading out for a huge bicycling adventure, and somehow it slipped my mind that Rick and I are, well, mature. Not in the […]

  Gonzo Girl

  April 25, 2022

  Bicycle Touring

  Adventure Travel, Bicycle Touring, Bike Packing, European Cycle Tour, Middle-Age Adventure, Over 60 Adventure