One of the best outings we’ve taken on our journey was an official tour of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France. I can honestly say that I had a deeper sense of pride and gratitude for the sacrifices made by our military, perhaps more than ever in my life. We spent some time in the...
Well, this post has been more than a month in the making. It is time to share with our readers the big changes we’ve undertaken since our visit in London. Let’s give some back story: We had known for a while that we wanted to have Dave tested for a gluten (wheat) allergy, or Celiac’s...
Well better late than never! Finally we are posting an update from the wonderful week we spent with my (Bethany’s) parents in Ireland! It was nice to have a change of pace, as we dropped our bikes off in Dublin and hopped in a car to make a big loop of the Emerald Isle. Dave...
Wales for us was the first reunion with family since April. My (Bethany’s) aunt was over in the UK for a weaving conference, and for months had planned to meet us in Wales for a few days. We pedalled from London to Llandudno, Wales, in six days, then spent four days at a bed and...
The bulk of our time in England was spent catching up on life in London. However, we did have almost two weeks of time touring around the lovely countryside, visiting cities we had read about in literature or history, actually putting a “face” to the names we had heard in the past. We landed on...
Much of our time in London was spent running errands. It turns out that after a year on the road, there’s a lot of life that just catches up with you! So we worked on things like a doctor’s appointment, visas for Asia, picture uploading, shopping for new rain gear, etc. Between all that and...
