Happy Woman’s Day to  all the formidable women in my life!!!!!!!

When Covid struck our flights for Leg 16 were already paid for and booked, so we were issued Vouchers, which we could not use when Leg 16 actually happened in May this year, but we now used them and were unable to up-grade them for better seats. And since Covid ended everybody and his dog now wants to travel which resulted in Heathrow Airport simply telling airlines that they can only cope with 100 000 travelers per day, so flights got canceled and this resulted in our total traveling time from JHB to Denver (via Heathrow London)  became 34 hours, so here we are,  waiting for our connecting flight.… Read More

Sadly Dog will not be joining us on this Leg, he could not get leave, so he will collect his bike and ride it to Houston later in the year. He will be missed, it was comforting to have an American Cop riding with us through the this current Continent, (he also drove our Back-up Vehicle through Mongolia, China and into Loa.… Read More

We headed South West into the Rocky Mountains and spent most of the morning on a small winding road through the forests, past lakes with fishermen and many people on Paddle Boards and Canoes, its Summer Holiday and Colorado is a very popular holiday destination. We passed many cyclists and little busses taking clients for some White Water Rafting on the Colorado River.… Read More

It was a Long day, almost 11 Hours on the road, but it was a very good day.

Last night we went back to town and looked for a place to eat, but the places were packed as the town was fully booked,  this weekend there is a very famous Mountain Bike Race of over 160km, done in one go, some take 24 hours to finish as you climb 14 000 Feet, 4 600m up a mountain and then down again.… Read More

The Springboks might have had a Shitty day, but ours is turning out to be rather spectacular. We took the panniers and Tank Bags off 4 of the bikes this morning and then we went to the Side By Side Rental Agency where Andy Boy and his Dad rented one SBS (Side By Side) and Tex and Uncle Bob rented a 2nd, the rest of us took our bikes and then we set off into the mountains to play.… Read More

Apologies Apologies, there are a few Serious Blog Followers who has been pointing out all my spelling mistakes (getting less) and confusion with the Days and Dates. In my defense, by the time I write the Blog South Africa has already clicked over to the new date and day and I must get into the habit of only getting the info from my phone and not my watch or Lap Top.… Read More

Last night we had dinner at Tex’s daughter and her family, she has two toddlers. This is the elder daughter,  ( on the last leg we met the youngest daughter, the wine maker, in Napa Valley.)  Her husband is a super cool guy, we all drooled over his garage, (several toys we also love and bicycles, even a Vespa Scooter.)

This morning it was off to the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum.… Read More

Last night we went out for dinner with Tex’s Daughter, her husband and two kids, (a boy and a girl.) Grandpa – Tex is a very good Grand Father in my opinion. Reed is very fond  of Grandpa Tex.

This morning we headed East, soon we were climbing and it became cooler. Then, only 80km into the ride Tex surprised us with a very nice stretch of Gravel road.… Read More

The Dinosaur National Monument only opened at 9h00, so we had time to kill as some of the old men in this group wakes up at 5h00, so they except everyone to be up an about by 6h00. We decided to take a ride to Moon Shine Arch (yes, lets see more Arches.) The little gravel road woke me up very quickly when I did some spectacular slides in the soft sand, luckily I managed to save myself and save-face.… Read More

Today the wheels came off, big time, but just for me, the rest had a great day. My bad day can  be traced back to yesterday, when the group split into 2 after visiting the Auto Museum. Pie had still not had enough after the museum and went to see where the old cars were being restored, Milsy and Tex went with him and the rest of us continued to Walden, and that ladies and gentlemen was the first decision made in a litany of  bad decisions that followed, that was responsible for my wheels to come off today.… Read More