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First Ride Post crash – on the mend

June 21, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 18 Comments

(June 21, 2022 - written by Dave) A quick post just to say woohoo! 6 weeks after surgery - nothing but blue skies from here! Yesterday I had my 6 week check-up with my orthopaedic surgeon. He could hardly find the fracture in the x-ray. Ok, sure, he could find it, he’s an expert. But … Continue reading First Ride Post crash – on the mend

Day 0 Crash and recovery. Please don’t cut my jersey!

May 21, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 21 Comments

(May 1, 2022 - written by Dave) This blog post will remind long term readers of a similar post back in 2010 when we were getting ready to ride across Australia and onto Europe. The day before we were supposed to leave we were riding our bikes over to a friend’s house and somehow Nancy … Continue reading Day 0 Crash and recovery. Please don’t cut my jersey!

Julian to Borrego Springs- 43 miles/590 meters

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 10 Comments

(Feb 18, 2022 - written by Dave) Today was our last day with the REI tour. We (ok, me) kind of introduced a fun who’s the best guide” contest at the start of the week – to have some laughs with Jason and Jerry, our guides. Well, now that the week is done, I can … Continue reading Julian to Borrego Springs- 43 miles/590 meters

Borrego Springs to Julian- 27 miles/1,300 meters

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 5 Comments

(Feb 17, 2022 - written by Dave) Today had all of us worried. First there was another high wind warning and best we could tell from the forecast, a headwind was in the cards. Second, while a short ride, there was a lot of climbing. One of our riding compadres had done heaps of research … Continue reading Borrego Springs to Julian- 27 miles/1,300 meters

Borrego Springs Loop Rides- 38 miles/590 meters

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 10 Comments

(Feb 16, 2022 - written by Dave) Today was a free day. That is, we were staying two nights in the Casa del Zorro and had we wanted, we could have just hung out being resort-types all day. Nancy was interested in the 10AM yoga/meditation session at the resort but I managed to talk her … Continue reading Borrego Springs Loop Rides- 38 miles/590 meters

Coachella Valley to Borrego Springs- 21 miles/250 meters

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 6 Comments

(Feb 15, 2022 - written by Dave) Wow, what a day! I’ll start with a screen grab of the wind forecast for where we are at (see below). Last night at dinner, when I asked our wonderful guides about riding today I don’t think that they’d seen the forecast. Even at brekkie this morning, I … Continue reading Coachella Valley to Borrego Springs- 21 miles/250 meters

Joshua Tree to the Coachella Valley- 48 miles/1,060m

February 14, 2022February 15, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 10 Comments

(Feb 14, 2022 - written by Dave) After a leisurely Valentines brekkie, we checked out of our hotel and regrouped at the van for a ride brief. Today is super easy navigation wise – one turn the entire day (if you don’t count the small bit of back street turns we took to miss riding … Continue reading Joshua Tree to the Coachella Valley- 48 miles/1,060m

Best of Joshua Tree National Park

February 13, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 7 Comments

Best of Joshua Tree National Park - 50miles/920m (Feb 13, 2022 - written by Dave) REI has a name for every day of the ride. Today we started with a ride called “The Best of Joshua Tree”. There’s no sense in saving the best parts until the end I guess. With the trip’s best ride … Continue reading Best of Joshua Tree National Park

Death Valley and Joshua Tree

February 11, 2022February 12, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 22 Comments

(Feb 11, 2022 - written by Dave) Finally, a new bike trip. Our last proper tour was back in late 2020/early 2021 in Tasmania. It seems like forever ago. Kind of funny when you think of our pre-retirement working-stiff days when one trip a year was a good year. Now, some of us (i.e. me) … Continue reading Death Valley and Joshua Tree

Fort Stevens Run – Winter break (151k/6,000m over two days)

January 25, 2022 / Dave & Nancy / 18 Comments

(January 24, 2022 - written by Dave) Long time no blog! Yes, we are alive and well. It’s been a while since we posted mostly because we haven’t had a proper bike trip since Tassie at the start of 2021. We survived the Aussie Covid waves and wet Oz winter, then for some reason I … Continue reading Fort Stevens Run – Winter break (151k/6,000m over two days)

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