I was reading a Bicycling magazine while eating my mini-spooners and I came across an article on cycling trips. It got me way tooo excited. I am now absolutely in love with the idea of taking a bike riding vacation. I've started shopping around and there are such cool options: pedal through the tulip beds of Holland, through the rocks of New Zealand, through the ancient sites of Greece (with a West Point professor of Arcadian Military History as a guide), through the mountains of North Carolina - I want to do them all. Aaron wants to do France.
As an added bonus there are several that are designed for families, even young families which is something I suppose I should start considering. You bike and the company takes care of your food and lodging and medical care if needed. Most of the trips are prohibitively expensive and as Aaron pointed out, we could just design the route ourselves. Which is what our budget will probably dictate but I still really like the idea of booking a trip about a year from now and having it to train for. The map above is the trip that there is no way we could afford but will fill my dreams-Santa Barbara, CA to Charleston, SC. If you want to see more trips that I will be dreaming about you can go here. This company is definitely the top of the line option, I'm hoping I can turn up something more local and much cheaper.
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That's cool! My friend's little sister is biking cross country right now with two of her friends. If you want to read about it, go here: http://www.sweetprairie.com/
Thanks for the link. I am completely consumed by jealousy.
Biking around France...I'm having mission flashbacks! A few are actually pleasant.
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