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Tour D’Afrique 2023 – Rest Day In The Valley of the Kings
With a scheduled rest day in Luxor most TDA riders decided not to rest. Julie, from Canada’s frozen Yukon, Ethan our TDA photographer from Hawaii and myself hired a car and guide and took off for what is arguably the most famous archeological site in the world. We crossed the Nile to the West Bank,…
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Tour D’Afrique 2023 – Arrival in Luxor
On our sixth day, after about 425 miles on our bikes we arrived in Luxor the site of ancient Thebes. A thousand five hundred years before Christ, the Pharaohs were at the height of their power and Thebes was their capitol. They built and worshiped in the magnificent Luxor and Karnak Temples on the east…
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TBour D’Afrique 2023 – Luxor
The 88.5 miles that was our second leg from the Red Sea to Luxor nearly proved disastrous. It could have ended my trip and possibly my life on our sixth day out. I was feeling strong and taking advantage of a long down hill route and nice tailwind. But I was cursing at the guy…
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Tour D’Afrique 2023 – Red Sea to Luxor
Best day ever on a bike! No one wants to see a nearly naked, nearly 80-year-old man. So, there will be no pictures of my obligatory swim in the Red Sea started inland the next morning, At the riders meeting the ride was billed as a 108 km ride with our first significant climb of…
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Tour D’Afrique -_The Red Sea
I’ve said before, I don’t really consider myself a cyclist. I don’t love riding a bike but I love where it takes me. It opens doors and like they say, if it doesn’t kill me, it’s definitely gonna make me stronger. Today my bike is taking me to the Red Sea. The road is excellent,…
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Tour D’Afrique -_The Red Sea
I’ve said before, I don’t really consider myself a cyclist. I don’t love riding a bike but I love where it takes me. It opens doors and like they say, if it doesn’t kill me, it’s definitely gonna make me stronger. Today my bike is taking me to the Red Sea. The road is excellent,…
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Tour D’Afrique 2023 Cairo to the Red Sea
Mount Everest climbers ask the Tibetan Gods for permission before they start. On the eve before our ride we asked the Egyptian Pharaohs to grant us a safe ride. The next morning, alarm at 4, breakfast at 5, and load the trucks at 6. At 6:45 we boarded a bus for a photo shoot at…
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Tour d’Afrique 2023 – Cairo
After a years delay due to a separated shoulder I have finally arrived in Cairo for the start of the Tour d’ Afrique, a biking adventure from the pyramids of Egypt to the wind swept shores of South Africa’s Cape Town. In preparation the last year I have ridden well over 5,000 miles and peddled…
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Hello World!
You are gonna think this is crazy Tour D’ Afrique 2023 Training The Mississippi River on the Completion of my first RAGBRAIs at age 70. This has led to a pathetic attempt to prove I’m still young by doing the Tour D’ Afrique in January 2023 at the age of 78+. The ride is from…
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WEST COAST ODYSSEY
On the morning of June 30, 2022, my 78th birthday, I packed my camping gear and two bicycles in my Toyota FJ and began a West Coast Odyssey. One purpose of the trip is to learn and practice the blogging process. So here goes. After driving two hours north to Spencer, Iowa and having breakfast…