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Day Nine on the Danube River... Linz, to Bad Kreuzen, Austria. (A case of 'ICYMI.... Apparently I did....)

14 Jun 2024 8 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I've been trying to post each day about our bicycle trip but had to skip yesterday. We had just arrived at our summer camp, which is a 20-year-old travel trailer. There was lots of unpacking and setting up to do. I was just too tired from it all yest...

Day Eight - We needed a day like today.....

13 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I don't have any exact cycling stats because we still hadn't figured out the app yet. My explanation from the previous day's post was learned after we completed day eight's ride from Niederranna 3 to Linz, Austria. It was roughly 40 miles with a s...

Day Seven - Off down the Danube (If we'd only had that meeting.....)

11 Jun 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I have no exact mileage information for this day because we used the tour company's GPS routing in their phone app and that information is no longer available to us.  Whatever the mileage was, we rode more than that.... and then some.  This post is r...

Day Six... Pausing in Passau (AKA This is the way we wash our clothes.....I think....)

10 Jun 2024 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Our first rest day and I'm glad to sleep in a bit, enjoy a leisurely breakfast knowing that the only thing on our agenda today is laundry and a walk to the old city to see the things my husband has on his bucket list here.    I really don't have a li...

Day 5 ...... Will This Day Ever End???

9 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Cesky Krumlov, or rather Nove Udoli, Czech Republic to Passau, Germany, 36.2 miles (58 km), and 1519 feet (463 m) of elevation (climbing).     This route is very deceiving. It looks downhill the whole way. It wasn't....   Our cycling route today act...

Day Four and a Half (I couldn't do it justice in one post)

8 Jun 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I just had to break out Cesky Krumlov into two posts because it's such an interesting, fun place. We arrived there on a Saturday afternoon and boy oh boy the tourists were out in droves. It's a touristy place but worth a visit. It's also a UNESCO Wor...

Day Four.....My Favorite Place on the Entire Tour (and a nod to the Beer of Kings along the way)

7 Jun 2024 3 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Hluboka nad Vltavou to Cesky Krumlov, 27.2 miles (44 km), 2 hours 53 minutes, 1532 feet (467 m) of elevation (climbing).     Finally, we get an easy-ish day with fewer miles and a mostly flat ride, as you can see from the elevation chart. Unfortu...

Day Three....Are We Hiking or Cycling? (Today it was hard to tell......)

6 Jun 2024 5 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead

Tabor to Hluboka nad Vltavou, 40.1 miles (65 km) 3 hours and 47 minutes, 2135 feet (651 m) of elevation (climbing).     Not exactly a 'flat' ride today, for sure. I did a lot of cussing.... and I recorded a few videos where I bemoaned having just co...

Day Two...Vistas and Grocery Stores (and an angry cashier....)

6 Jun 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Day Two: Benesov to Tabor, 39.6 miles (64 km), 4h 13m, 2991 (911 m) feet of elevation gain (climbing).   After yesterday's realization that it wasn't going to be a nice easy ride to Passau, I gritted my teeth, whined when I needed to vent my frustra...

Day One....."The Hills are Alive"...and I am not...

4 Jun 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Prague to Benesov,  40.5 miles (65 km), 4h 25 minutes, 2504 feet (763 m) of elevation gain (climbing).   I was woefully (and I mean WOEFULLY) unprepared. If you have read my other blog (60 Pounds by 60 Years), you know that I lost 70 pounds last year...