After just coming off the three month Northern Tier bicycle trip of 4,282 miles and 127,000 feet of climbing, it seems like there might be time for one more trip to wind down the 2017 biking year . . .

How about something EASIER????

Lets see  . . . the check list should include:

• No hauling 60 pounds of gear
• No sleeping in tents
• No cooking one pot meals for 15 riders
• No cooking AT ALL
• Always knowing where you will be sleeping at night
• Having a bathroom closer than 2 blocks away
• Having nice towels to use after a hot shower
• Not having to worry about logging trucks running you over

If you read my Northern Tier journal, you get the idea.

Sound sort of dull . . . maybe, but after three months of crossing some of the some desolate areas known to man (eastern Montana and North Dakota) a nice trip to the south of France might just be in order!!!!

We are heading off to the Provence area of France and staying near Avignon and Luberon Regional Park. It’s supposed to be BEAUTIFUL biking . . . so we will see.

We’ll be staying in this cozy four bedroom, 17th century, stone farmhouse with three other couples also from MSN . . .

so . . . we have the whole place to ourselves. We’ll ride loops from the house each day. NO PACKING AND MOVING every day . . . Nice!!!

The first step of course it getting across the pond. Hope the plane is more comfortable than the one I returned on from Portland, ME after the Northern Tier . . .

. . . once on the ground, it is the TGV from Paris to Avignon and them a chauffeured ride, provided by John and Diana, to our little house in the country.

The day before we left, Connie arrived home. The poor girl had gone to pieces after the end of the Northern Tier!! She has gotten herself back together and is ready for the next adventure (although it won’t be in FR. Bikes are being supplied!!!)

Can’t wait . . .