How much more official can you get than creating a blog? The train tickets are bought, the gear is (mostly) packed, employment has ended, nerves are running high, and the cold is creeping in. Excitement is taking over... or is it fear? We know we're in for an amazing adventure on the road, and our journey has already started here in Missoula. Our days have been filled with trips to REI, sweating and swearing while installing parts in the backyard, moving out of our homes, visits to the storage unit, goodbyes, picking apart every gear detail, and spontaneously shrieking between weekly backpacking trips in Montana's Gallatin National Forest. We've decided to embrace the fact that our training regiment is a bit unusual. As in, we have yet to take a ride together, or alone for that matter, with loaded bikes. But hey, nothing like diving in head first, right? And besides, we have been backpacking all summer. We know all that fancy, bank account draining cycling gear is used for something and we plan on finding out, even if it is the hard way.
Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine 2011- "Quit whining, its not that cold".
-Carolyn
You ladies are WILD and CRAZY!! Years ago when I did 50 mile road bike rides, it was my BUTT that would kill me in the spring when I first started riding again. Sounds like u ladies may not have ur "tough butts" yet. Good luck with making that happen FAST!!!!! lol!
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Emily's Unc Jim
Good Luck, and make sure you have "Fat Tire" or two when you can.
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