2023 – Portugal

From September 26th to October 17th Jerry and Odette rode the tandem on a loop in Southern Portugal, followed by a week of sightseeing in Lisbon  Odette wanted to go to Portugal.  It seemed like everyone we knew was going there this year.  She settled on Elsewhere (the Lonely Planet product) based on their website and …

2022 – Alsace and Berlin

On July 19th Odette and Jerry flew to Paris and caught a train to Strasbourg. After touring for seven days they took another train from Frieberg to Berlin  where they stayed with Will, rode for another six days and then caught a train to Amsterdam for an eventual flight home on August 11th. At Christmas …

2018 Andalucia

Odette and Jerry biked in southern Spain from September 22nd to October 13th of 2018: Odette had a vacation problem.  The county doesn’t pay physicians too well, but it makes up for it by giving an extraordinary amount of time off.  Odette hasn’t been able to take all of her vacation for years and usually …

2018 Tibet

From the 14th of August to the 5th of September Jerry and Will (together with a friend of Will’s) biked from Golmud in China to Lhasa in Tibet – about 1,200 KM and mainly at about 5,000 meters of elevation. We flew from Seattle to Bejing with three bikes and two big duffles full of …

2018 Provence

This year Odette and Jerry travelled in France from May 22 through June 2.  They packed the tandem and flew to Paris, took the TGV to Avignon, spent six days biking a loop starting and ending in Avignon and passing through Arles.  They worried about the train strike interfering with the trip back to Paris …

2017 – Burgundy

From June 10 to 23 Odette and Jerry travelled in France   here are the photos here is the itinerary:   Day 1 – Sunday Jun 11, 2017 : Fly Seattle – Reykjavik – Paris, train Paris to Dijon Day 2 – Monday Jun 12, 2017 : Dijon – Fleurey sur Ouche – Velars sur …

2017 – De Fuca Loop

On May 6, 2017, Jerry & Odette rode from their home in Seattle to Port Angeles, then up Vancouver Island and across to Vancouver and out the Fraser River valley to Harrison Hot Springs.  They returned to the USA at Sumas and rode through Bellingham and Whidbey Island for a total of about 475 miles in …

2016 Karakorum Highway

In September 2016 Jerry and Will (together with Mako & Mika) biked the Karakoram highway in Pakistan and China   here’s the maps and the detail on the rides: 9/21 – KKH side trip (Kashgar to Upal) here’s the map – 67 miles on my Rodriguez with Will and Mako & Mika 9/20 – KKH Day 5 (Tashkurgan …