It was an early rise, shower, shave and run out the door to grab a taxi to the airport (actually he was waiting for me). My strategy was to stay awake to the bitter end to avoid jet lag. It was going to be a long day Madrid, Munich, Toronto, then home....had a long layover in Toronto and I would see if I could bump it up once I got there.Got to the airport and went to the Lufthansa lounge...kinda barren no real food per say just some cappuccino. They give you ...

Set my alarm for 5....ughhhhhhhhhh it hurt to wake up. I had my gear all ready to go. This time put on the longjohns....and long sleeve shirts...it was going to be a bit chilly I figured. Packed up....grabbed a coffee....slurped half of it.....hopped on bike.....and hit the road.Only a couple of choices to ride today....I figured its the home run...so keep it simple. I was just south of Waterton.....hmmmmm road to the sun....yaaaaa. could cut some time. I che...

Okay so this is a really last minute trip.....at about 2:00 o'clock the decision was made....yup just do it! Big decider...got a tuneup...and new tires....hate to not wear these ones down evenly...must work on that....:^) ergo part of plan....must FIND TWISTYS!!!!!!!!So ran around packing what I thought I needed. since I was planning to go south thought I would give Dave and Darla a call to see if they were home. Good chance for a quick visit. Lo and beho...

Ok Hi All!!Long time since I did this cause we hadn't gone anywhere worthy of a blog lately since our Egypt adventure.This is the hard part....need to kick this thing off. Was up late trying to pack and all that and needed to tinker with me computer. Shauna is sleeping nicely......Se we even bought new luggage again wonder if they will survive, always a mystery.Andy's taxi service got us to the airport, we even had time to get breakfast for Andy, right ...