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nancy wrote a new blog post Embarking on a brand new adventure in the group On the road

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 06:37:48 +0200

I feel like I’m lost – I’m standing there looking at the pile of rubbish scattered around my feet and I have absolutely no idea what to do with it. This home improvement learning curve is steep. Now I know what others feel like when they are just starting out on a bike tour. We finally closed on […]

anna wrote a new blog post hmmm, costa rica… in the group On the road

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:12:07 +0200

Well, I have tried to like Costa Rica but it’s a small country – as I’m sure I have already mentioned – and most of it is in the hands of Americans, so, the good news is that my bank card has finally arrived at the Liberia Post Office and once I back track, by bus, to pick […]

nancy wrote a new blog post My 7 links: Posts I think deserve to see the light of day again in the group On the road

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:31:46 +0200

I’ve been having so much fun reading through various bloggers’ 7 Links posts, I’ve had a hard time staying focused to find my own. What’s this about, you ask? It’s about digging back through your blog and finding seven buried posts that deserve to see the light of day again. So – without further ado, I present […]

hanna wrote a new blog post Sacred valley tour(ist) in the group On the road

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:33:22 +0200

I am finally in Cuzco, the archeological capital of the continent and a cultural heritage of the world. While cycling into the ancient civilizations of Peru I have also reached a modern infrastructure of tourism. Tourist towns are not the most charming ones, but they are very comfortable and convenient. In the narrow alleyways I find […]

hanna wrote a new blog post Tur(ist) i Perus heliga dal in the group On the road

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:45:23 +0200

Äntligen är jag i Cuzco, kontinentens arkeologicentrum och en av världens kulturarv. Samtidigt som jag har cyklat in i de antika civilisationernas Peru så har jag även nått en infrastruktur för nutidens turister. Turistorter kanske inte är speciellt charmiga, men de är väldigt bekväma och behändiga. I de smala gränderna med kullerstensgator finns det nämligen restauranger […]

nancy wrote a new blog post When the unreasonable makes sense in the group On the road

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:31:36 +0200

If I’ve learned anything from pedaling thousands of miles around the globe, it’s that sometimes the unreasonable actually makes sense. A few years ago if you had asked me if it made sense to fly back to the USA in order to pick up a bicycle wheel, my response would have been along the lines of: Do fish […]

nancy wrote a new blog post What does a world cycling dad look like? in the group On the road

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:00:54 +0200

Here’s what other traveling parents look like!
Edventure Project
Drew Gilbert
Almost Fearless
Travels with a Nine-Year-Old
Our travel lifestyle
Wandermom
Snaps and Blabs

nancy wrote a new blog post Why do some people live their dreams and others don’t? in the group On the road

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:29:20 +0200

How does one go about making the decision to drop out of everything that’s expected to go ride bicycles around the world? How is it possible for two middle-aged school teachers to take off for a year or four? In the end, the answer comes back to priorities. We will make time and money for the things that […]

Sergio F. Tolosa wrote a new blog post Alta Ruta Transpirenaica en mountain bike in the group On the road

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:17:00 +0200

Soñamos con el Pirineo desde hace meses. Bueno, en realidad, desde hace años. Ir de punta a punta, del Mediterráneo al Cantábrico, con nuestras bicis y nuestras alforjas, con el equipo de acampada a cuestas, avanzando poco a poco por una nueva ruta que nos permita ir lo más cerca posible de las cimas del Pirineo. […]

nancy wrote a new blog post Define your destination so you know when you get there in the group On the road

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:02:06 +0200

Depending on what you want, it may be just fine to allow the wind to blow you where it will. If you want something specific, however, you need to define your destination and know what it will look like when you get there. When my family set off from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on our bikes, our destination was […]

nancy wrote a new blog post What we learned in three years on the road in the group On the road

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:16:01 +0200

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about our journey from Alaska to Argentina. I’ve thought about the many, many hours we spent on the road. I’ve thought about all the experiences we had, the people we met, the lessons we learned. We learned a lot on this journey of ours. We learned plenty of “school” things. […]

Carl-David Granbäck wrote a new blog post Arriving To The Caribbean Sea in the group On the road

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:18:09 +0200

When I set off from Medellín, I realized that my bike was starting to fall apart. My tubes easily cracked in the heat and I couldn’t find 28” tubes with thin racing valve stems in Colombia. The cassette was loose, the handlebar was loose and some attachment at the front-wheel was also loose. And the chain […]

nancy wrote a new blog post What we’ve been up to in the group On the road

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:52:12 +0200

Those of you who have followed us on Facebook or Twitter will know that we’ve just finished a wild road trip – by car. In the past few weeks I’ve driven something like 2500 miles and flown a thousand or so more. It’s been a whirlwind. It’s also shown me a couple things – namely that I don’t […]

hanna wrote a new blog post Into Peru, down in the dirt in the group On the road

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:43:59 +0200

I am on the dirt roads between Huancayo and Cuzco. They take me over passes that are mountain high and down valleys that are river deep. I can struggle up to a place where the snow is falling and rattle my way down to desert heat on the same day. The climate contrasts are amazing and […]

hanna wrote a new blog post Into Peru, down in the dirt in the group On the road

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:43:59 +0200

hanna wrote a new blog post In i dammet, in i Peru in the group On the road

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:47:44 +0200

Jag är ute på grusvägar mellan Huancayo och Cuzco. De leder mig över höga bergspass och ner i djupa dalar. På förmiddagen kan jag kämpa mig högt upp där snön faller och på eftermiddagen kan jag skaka mig ner i ett hett ökenlandskap. Klimatkontrasterna är otroliga och det är även landskapet. Dessvärre behöver jag mest hålla […]

anna wrote a new blog post marking time in costa rica in the group On the road

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:25:39 +0200

I’m stuck in Costa Rica waiting for my new bank card to arrive. Sadly, it’s a small country and not one I’m particularly interested in. However, I can definitively report at this point in time that if you cook for yourself and camp it is not an expensive place to visit. A pineapple, a butternut squash, a […]

nancy wrote a new blog post How did the holocaust happen? in the group On the road

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:18:54 +0200

We’ve spent the past few days learning about war. It’s ugly. Horrific. Awful. Certainly not the glamorized view of war we generally see in the movies. As we drove north from Atlanta toward Connecticut, we stopped at numerous Civil War battlefields to learn about that aspect of our nation’s history. Today we spent the entire day wandering around […]

Sergio F. Tolosa wrote a new blog post Otros tiempos in the group On the road

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:06:00 +0200

En agosto de 2008 (ya hace casi 3 años!!!) subimos al Aneto Miguel, Marc y yo . Unos 10 días antes había salido de la playa de El Fangar, en el Delta del Ebro, con la bicicleta y el remolque lleno de ropa de montaña. Al llegar al Valle de Benasque, en casa de Miguel pasé horas y […]

Sergio F. Tolosa wrote a new blog post Stage pre-Transpirenaica a nivel del mar in the group On the road

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:05:00 +0200

¿Que cómo nos preparamos para la Transpirenaica de este verano? Muy fácil: tumbona, sombrilla, protector solar, un libro, una neverita con refrescos… Los grandes del ciclismo, el triatlón y el alpinismo, todos los manuales de entrenamiento y el saber popular en general y el sentido común en particular se decantarían por el entrenamiento en altura. Nosotros, en […]

nancy wrote a new blog post Blogging: The good, the bad, and the ugly in the group On the road

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:10:26 +0200

Sometimes I feel like blogging is all raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens; bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens . Other times, it’s as bad as, well… doing the dishes and taking out the trash and I look forward to it like I do hauling the laundry to the laundromat. And still other times, blogging is […]

nancy wrote a new blog post Jumping back in the box in the group On the road

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:38:50 +0200

Dear reader, Before you read this post I need you to promise not to laugh at me. I know that you could have told me what I’m about to say years ago, but I didn’t get it until yesterday morning. I know… I know… But still, I need you to promise you won’t laugh at me. I […]

anna wrote a new blog post costa rica in the group On the road

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:25:19 +0200

I know it’s de riguer to complain about how expensive and inauthentic Costa Rica is but, after a grand total of three days, I have to say I’m liking it so far. It is full of birds and they have names like the shining honeycreeper. I bought a papaya, a head of garlic, three sweet potatoes and a […]

nancy wrote a new blog post The real price of quality of life in the group On the road

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:33:21 +0200

I’ve been asking a lot of questions lately. Where do we go from here? What do I want out of life? What do I want to do when I grow up? But all I seem to end up with are more questions. I’ve recently found myself in a bit of a quandary and am having to place […]

nancy wrote a new blog post What Were We Thinking? now available for presale!! in the group On the road

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:50:57 +0200

We are so excited! We’ve managed to finalize our book, What Were We Thinking? Bicycling the Backroads of Asia , enough that we feel we can finally offer it to the public! The presale is now on! Order it now for a special presale price and we’ll ship it as soon as have our hot little hands on it! […]

nancy wrote a new blog post To thine own self be true in the group On the road

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:57:39 +0200

It’s that time of year again – high school graduation time. Think back, if you will, to your own high school graduation. If you are like most of us, you probably didn’t listen to the speeches given that day – to this day I wonder what was said at my graduation. I’m guessing it went something like […]

nancy wrote a new blog post Health insurance options (or lack thereof) in the group On the road

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:19:50 +0200

Seeing as how this topic is bound to come up again in this blog – and maybe end up becoming a major theme (although I hope not) – I figured I’d start it now… We’re looking for health insurance. In the USA. And it’s not looking great. Before we left for our adventures we were covered through […]

nancy wrote a new blog post Experiencing Knowledge in the group On the road

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:20:47 +0200

We are so very excited to be a part of a way cool event in Atlanta, Georgia in a couple weeks – Experiencing Knowledge . If you live in the Atlanta area and have teens or tweens, please consider attending! Experiencing Knowledge is a hands-on event designed to give kids information about a myriad of various career options – […]

nancy wrote a new blog post The health benefits of cycling in the group On the road

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 02:22:10 +0200

There is nothing quite like cycling for positive effects on your body. As you cycle you have the opportunity to please the senses aesthetically by cycling through fields and down sunlit country lanes, and cycling is tremendously beneficial to your health too. It is commonly known that cycling is a good form of exercise and can increase […]

anna wrote a new blog post looping the loop on ometepe in the group On the road

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:50:05 +0200

Two linked volcanoes rising up in the middle of Lake Nicaragua form a infinity symbol that you could spiral around endlessly. Ometepe is lush and tropical and very enticing but my stay here is marked by a sudden crisis of purpose – is that the infinite making itself felt? (A blog without photos is very impoverished thing.) […]

nancy wrote a new blog post Inspired by a simple woman in the group On the road

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:23:22 +0200

I’ve met a lot of women in my travels – and been inspired by even more. It seems like every time I turn around I meet yet another woman who has picked herself up by her bootstraps and faced life with a courage I can only dream of. Many people tell me I’m brave and courageous, […]

nancy wrote a new blog post Five essential/useless items for travelers in the group On the road

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:00:30 +0200

Every traveler has them – those items they’d never be caught dead without. And, mostly likely, another traveler would consider those very things useless. It’s an interesting thing, this travel idea. With that in mind, a bunch of us family travel bloggers are all posting today with our lists of essential/useless items. I can’t wait to see […]

Sergio F. Tolosa wrote a new blog post Puente Aéreo BCN-MAD by CompeGPS in the group On the road