2013 - Touring Plans = Where Are You Going?
01-06-13, 05:13 AM
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I did my first overnight right before Christmas on the Silver Comet Trail. This year my main goal is to do a couple of nights on the south end of North Carolina's Outer Banks. I would also like to get up to the New River Trail in Virginia and do an overnight on it.
01-06-13, 08:56 AM
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A couple of short (2-3 day) shakedown/practice trips to get the idea firmly planted in my wife's mind, then a honeymoon tour through Hokkaido in June/July.
01-06-13, 09:50 AM
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Couple of weekend trips as shakedowns in Mar/Apr, then, if I'm feeling froggy and have the time, take a 10-14 day trip back home for my 20yr reunion (600-650mi RT) in June-ish. Hopefully do a bunch of short haul weekends thru the rest of the year.
01-06-13, 04:54 PM
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We have a couple of rides that interest our group of three. Drive from the Massachusetts south coast to Albany, NY. Take a train to Buffalo and ride to Niagara Falls to Toronto and then to Montreal. We don't know if we will ride back to Albany or take a bus or something.
The second is to drive to Colchester Vt. and ride Lake Champlain clockwise.
The second is to drive to Colchester Vt. and ride Lake Champlain clockwise.
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01-06-13, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by aoeuaoeu
Preliminarily planning a 4-week Iceland tour for July/August. Will be training by doing short tours along the PCH.
01-07-13, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Machka
What we saw of Hokkaido was really nice. Rowan and I would like to spend a month or so there to see more.
01-07-13, 05:09 PM
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My wife are planning a 9 day ride from our home in SW Iowa to SE Missouri. This is only the 2nd year my wife has been riding so this will be big for her. She doesn't do hills well and she agreed to going through the Ozarks???? It could be interesting! We can't do it until August or September so weather will determine a lot of her enjoyment. She doesn't do heat well either. Hmmm. At least she's finally riding!
01-07-13, 09:53 PM
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Self contained trip, including dog, from Michigan City, Indiana to Port Austin, Mich. following the Lake Michigan/Lake Huron shoreline beginning mid-May. Starting to research a trip from Prague to Budapest for September. Probably using a touring company.
01-08-13, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by BassNotBass
Now that I'm single again I can finally go back to Scotland and do the bike/camping tour I've dreamed about for so long. I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate my 1/2 century birthday in Spring.
01-08-13, 01:31 PM
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PCH on June 8th............Anyone else headed there in june? Leaving from Seattle due to time restraint and ending in San Fran on june 29.
01-13-13, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by manapua_man
I've cruised around Honshu a lot, Hokkaido seems like it would be fun, plus I wouldn't have to deal with as many long urban stretches.
If you fly into Chitose, there's a bicycle path all the way to either side of Lake Shikotsu ... that was really nice.
In this photo set, starting shortly after the photos of me with the big panda bear, are a whole bunch of photos we took when we were in Hokkaido.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-...7630063348587/
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Originally Posted by mev
I have a six month leave from work and have been planning this for a while. Leave for Cairo in a few days where I'll participate in Tour D'Afrique, a supported ride across Africa to Capetown, South Africa. This finishes mid-May where I have six weeks before going back to work. Exact destination not decided yet, but one that is high on my list is to start in Quebec City and ride the Trans Labrador Highway to Red Bay NL. My blog for my trip is https://bike2013.com
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Anyone else planning to travel in Australia this year?
Mid-February to mid-April is probably the best time to visit the southern half of the country ... or maybe mid-October to mid-December. The kids are in school, and the weather isn't as hot as summer, nor as cool and rainy as winter.
Mid-February to mid-April is probably the best time to visit the southern half of the country ... or maybe mid-October to mid-December. The kids are in school, and the weather isn't as hot as summer, nor as cool and rainy as winter.
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01-13-13, 06:04 PM
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Yesterday I booked two tickets to a Van Morrison concert......in Northern Ireland. I'm in TX. We now have several hundred miles on our new coupled tandem. So I guess we'll spend 10-14 days touring Ireland and maybe N. Ireland. Somebody has to do it.
01-14-13, 08:16 AM
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In mid May, taking the Noon train to San Luis Obispo and riding home. Should take a week.
01-14-13, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by ltrose
Leaving the California bay area at the end of January and heading south down to San Diego, then east across the country, through Austin, onward, then cutting up through Appalachia and continuing north to New England to spend the summer in Vermont. Riding with my sweetie on Long Haul cargo bikes, taking 4-5 months for the whole thing. In the midst of the planning process, input on route, sw desert camping, etc more than welcome. This will be my first tour away from the west coast.
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Originally Posted by 2ering
Self contained trip, including dog...
01-14-13, 10:06 AM
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This summer I hope to tour in Ireland -as much of the entire island as possible - with my arvon2 folder and a travelling companion 
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My foot issues seem to have healed - as has my heart. My travelling companion suggested touring the green isle (instead of Autralia) and in spite of the "Gathering" which is bound to raise prices, I figure I should go to Ireland and do the route between Mallen H and Mizen H an all sorts of other things including Dingle.
Because my travelling lady is not robust tourer, we will also look at supported tours. Public transpo and renting a car are also on the agenda. Six weeks was the original plan, but ...
.My foot issues seem to have healed - as has my heart. My travelling companion suggested touring the green isle (instead of Autralia) and in spite of the "Gathering" which is bound to raise prices, I figure I should go to Ireland and do the route between Mallen H and Mizen H an all sorts of other things including Dingle.
Because my travelling lady is not robust tourer, we will also look at supported tours. Public transpo and renting a car are also on the agenda. Six weeks was the original plan, but ...
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My wife and I have now booked tickets to France. We land in Paris on May 12, and will be returning home on the 29th. We'll start with some time along the Loire (I'm thinking Angers to either Tours or Orleans, depending on how much we're enjoying the region), and then head...somewhere else. I like the look of the Canal du Midi, but that might be another trip unto itself. We also talked about maybe heading for the Netherlands for a bit. Who knows. I love having wide open plans.
Any recommendations would be appreciated. Does anyone think the Western Loire (Nantes to Angers) is worth the extra time? Keep in mind that we're slow cyclists, probably covering around 40km per day, so going to Nantes would add about 4 days.
Any recommendations would be appreciated. Does anyone think the Western Loire (Nantes to Angers) is worth the extra time? Keep in mind that we're slow cyclists, probably covering around 40km per day, so going to Nantes would add about 4 days.
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I'm doing a short, couple day, tour of fake Europe here in Ontario. Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin, Dublin, Zurich and more! All within a 400km loop.
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Hokkaido seems popular on here. I'm headed there in July/August and plan on riding in circles looking for hiking trails and waterfalls. There will be a lot of weekend rides and I'll probably try to fit in a week long trip in Taiwan in November/December but my Taiwan trip will wait until March 2014.
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My dog and I will be doing New England in detail- from May until December. The idea is to use as few paved roads as possible. Most of the trip will consist of being in Northern Maine.
01-16-13, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Machka
For a start, we're kind of doing some hub-and-spoke stuff around lower mainland BC where we're visiting right now.
Then, we fly back to Australia on January 16th, and will spend 2 weeks in Western Australia (Perth area) doing some cycletouring.
From there, we fly to the Melbourne area and the plan is that we'll housesit for about 3 weeks, during which time we'll likely do more hub-and-spoke cycling.
And then ******************** It will all depend on what we end up doing and where we end up living.
Then, we fly back to Australia on January 16th, and will spend 2 weeks in Western Australia (Perth area) doing some cycletouring.
From there, we fly to the Melbourne area and the plan is that we'll housesit for about 3 weeks, during which time we'll likely do more hub-and-spoke cycling.
And then ******************** It will all depend on what we end up doing and where we end up living.
Well ... we're off to Western Australia tomorrow. Or at least, we leave Canada tomorrow ... we don't get to Western Australia till Friday their time.
We go via Hong Kong. Pity we've only got a few hours there. I'd like to spend several days.We'll be going from temps about 0C ... to temps about 30C, possibly higher. That might require a bit of adjustment ... and it might require that we visit a beach.
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