I'm a 60-year-old retiree, who has a husband who clearly wants to ride a bicycle around the world, one bicycle tour at a time, and somehow manages to convince me, every freaking time, to go along with him. I hate it, and love it, in equal measures.
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...
3 Jun 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I had great intentions about posting daily on the blog while we were on our bike tour, but after the first day, I realized that I was just too tired from riding anywhere from 20 to 55 miles (33 to 88 km) and then exploring the area where we spent the...
7 May 2024 3 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
It's travel days and we are off for our amazing bike tour in Europe. We left the house way too early in the morning only because of all the flooding that has happened in our area and we had an hour and a half drive to the airport. We did not encount...
26 Apr 2024 5 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead
Well.... He did it again. For the second time in six years, my husband has convinced me that we should drag our nine-foot-long recumbent tandem bicycle over to Europe for a bicycle tour. We will be putting ourselves and our Rans Screamer (yes that's...
