Tis the season

[pbray]

There has been a distinct lack of snow since I moved to New Hampshire. I'd planned to go out cross-country skiing every weekend, and to learn how to snowshoe, but so far, not so much. Obviously there is still plenty of winter left to go, but in the meantime, Stacey and I are planning our annual bike trip.

This will be our fifteenth trip together, so we're looking for something special. Problem is that we don't want to go back to a state that we've already been to. We want to save the easy/flat terrain tours for our hip replacement years. Cost and travel time are considerations, as is the fact that our schedules mean that we can travel in either mid-August or mid-September.

Currently the top contenders are Coastal California, Ireland (Connemara & Galway) and Croatia. So I'm pretty sure we're going somewhere that starts with a "C".


2011 Santa Fe/Taos New Mexico, Bicycle Adventures
2010 Outer Banks North Carolina, Carolina Tailwinds
2009 Black Hills South Dakota, Timberline
2008 Northern Shenandoah VA, Carolina Tailwinds
2007 Crater Lake Oregon, Bicycle Adventures
2006 Canadian Rockies Alpiner, Timberline
2005 Historic Quebec, Classic Adventures
2004 Bryce/Zion Alpiner, Timberline
2003 Finger Lakes, Classic Adventures
2002 Blue Ridge NC, Carolina Tailwinds
2001 Nova Scotia, VBT
2000 Mid-coast Maine (Camden, Castine), VBT
1999 Nantucket weekend, Easy Riders
1998 Middlebury VT weekend, VBT
Before Stacey, I did two tours:
1996 Kerry Ireland (9 day), Easy Riders
1995 Maryland Eastern Shore, VBT

The trip we are not going on is the California Pub & Pedal tour, which has a fantastic itinerary planned, but we don't do well with stopping to taste beer (or wine) and then being expected to get back on the bike and put in serious miles.

Comments

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Have a great time, wherever you find yourselves. :-)

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I obviously vote for Ireland. :)

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

FWIW there hasn't been too terrible much in Upstate NY, either, this year...