Touring in Romania right now, the north, Maramures and Moldavia regions.





Rodna mountains

Hiking up Pietrosul Mare

You gotta love the wells in Moldavia!

Netherlands

Touring Northern Spain, Valle de Arbás

Puerto de la Lunada, Cantabria




Entering Picos de Europa

Burgos - Leon

End of the Denmark tour. Took the long way to the airport

Valle de Arbás

The day before climbing the North Cascades Highway.

The rest of the story ...




Definitely a beautiful road. Have been up that way in a car, but not cycling. Reminiscent of the Tetons or Glacier.

Our storyline was quite different. Very cold morning. Because we camped at Colonial Creek we had no real warmup before the steepest part of the climb. Some of us did circuits through the campground to limber up the legs. Somewhere before Rainy Pass it started to rain. The rain turned to snow as we got higher. Fortunately, it was not sticking to the road. This was around Washington Pass.

It can be a challenge, at times. Snowking Mtn, Snowfield Peak, Forbidden Peak, Mt. Formidable, ... Got to love the mountains.

love the fog!! Great looking gravel to ride.

A picture of this group AFTER the climb will make a nice comparison

It was only the sixth day of the 93 day trip. We had a rest day in Winthrop the next day. I was the last one to reach the KOA. The owner sold $0.99 beers. Tasted divine after that day. No one wanted to shop and cook that night so we all went out for pizza. Someone made a cogent observation: It was the first time during the trip that we were sitting in chairs with backs, at least while eating.

Picos de Europa

You can almost read the weather report in their faces

Yeah. Everyone was a bit nervous. That was '99. Record snowfall in the area that winter. An environment like that was totally new to me. In Winthrop it was so dry people were watering lawns. There were tumbleweeds blowing around town the next day. I kept thinking "But yesterday, maybe 30 miles away, I was getting snowed on." You could look west towards the mountains and see clouds, like it was going to rain later, but they never moved any closer. Someone had to educate me about the rain shadow.

Picos de Europa

Fantastic! I love.the picos. Where exactly did you take that last picture?

thanks, beautiful place. from Puerto de Pandetrave goes a off road to Fuente Dé, its taken on the off road close to the highest point, bore fore going down to Fuente Dé.

Picos de Europa

I see where that is, putting it on my to do list . Wonderful pictures.

Cantabria