This was a really odd day.. can’t say I wasnt’ warned!! I’ve left Glacier Park and need to travel through a bit of another Indian reservation.. I’m traveling now through the land of the Blackfeet tribe toward the Canada border and I saw this red band around a tree. I wonder what it means… red is for warning, right? Well the border...
I’m back on blog!! Sort of.. only a quickie while bike is in for repairs.. now where did I leave off.. Here I am leaving Yellowstone (in August) and found this important little sign to pass on my way to the north of America.. I’m on my way to Bozeman Montana to visit and stay with Barton Churchill, whom I met last year in Russia.. a man with very...
After I finished my bike service in France I made my way to a small town near Geneve Switzerland. I have friends here I met in Fiji a few years ago and they have invited me to stay. As I said, I am on a mission to go north, but this country is so beautiful… like SO beautiful, I stayed here two nights.. I won’t need to explain much as the photos will...
I’m running short on time and I need to get a move on through Spain and up into France. Problem is, I need service on the bike and desperately need a new rear tire! All those little stone streets in Portugal ate my tire right up and it’s completely bald. But there is no where around here to get a new bike tire, the kind I want anyway...
Aha!! New Camera project accomplished in Seville Spain.. finally! I’ve got somewhat normal photos again! Hallelujah!! Now I can get on the road again.. yay! I’m going to Portugal!~! I’ve been looking forward to this as it’s one of the main countries I wanted to see in Europe. As normal I follow the back routes...
Barcelona.. my favorite city in the world! (so far..) I made a joke on my facebook page at the time that it’s flattering this guy’s interest in my bike when there is a far more interesting site behind me! ;-)) I’ve been here once before, on that same cruise with George’s boat 15 years ago.. I remember so clearly how much I loved it and...
I did it!! Managed to get from Slovenia to Spain in record time! Came in through Italy via Monaco and France into Spain, and navigated my way to Barcelona easily to the ferry port to board with an hour to spare. As usual, the ferry to Palma de Mallorca is an overnight sailing, and an expensive one at that, so it’s deck chair space for me again. ...
Not far from Umag Croatia, I ride through Slovenia. Heading for a planned stop at Lake Bled, as so many people have recommended it to me. It’s not far, I’m not in a hurry, so I pick the little dirt roads.. well me and Mr. Garmin picked them. My camera is still very sick if not dying. It’s getting really bad.. I get the odd picture...
First, a few more bullet holes.. The last day with Josip, we finish riding through north Bosnia before crossing the border to Croatia.. but not without witnessing a few last abandoned and destroyed villages. So few people have moved back since the war. I haven’t seen any other country like this on my trip so far. And it would be such a...
We eventually made it into Sarajevo, Bosnia, where we are to meet and stay with Josip’s wealthy business friends. It really struck me as we are parking under the veranda near the pool, how nice and pretty this property in the middle of town was. As on the other side of the pool is more of a bold reality of war-torn Sarajevo. It’s like night...