Category: Bike Tour
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North Atlantic, International Waters
I’ve never thought of myself as a “cruise person”. In fact, I had assumed (hoped?) that I would pass to the end of my days before ever taking a cruise. Read more…
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Brooklyn, NY, USA to North Atlantic, International Waters
Last night, I wanted to check something about our cruise, so I entered my info (you get a “record locator” code, just like for a flight), and the website returned “Sorry, your ship has already departed.” WTF?!? Did I mess up the dates?!? After a few seconds of panic, I told myself that I had… Read more…
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Chappaqua, NY to Brooklyn, NY
I needed to continually remind myself that we were not actually repeating a ride from Chappaqua to New York City that we’d done two years ago. Because it certainly seemed like that’s what we would have done. After all, I had memories from then of being all over Manhattan, and loading our bikes onto a… Read more…
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Skaneateles, NY to Chappaqua, NY
Fitting our deep-V rims with fat tires required deflating the tires, and was still a bit of a squeeze, but doable. Overall a lot of work to deal with 2 bikes and luggage, but didn’t feel like we were holding anyone up. I didn’t prepare Rett well for the 9 mile ride, it was super-hilly,… Read more…
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Skaneateles, NY to Fair Haven, NY to Skaneateles, NY
We are booked to sail on the Queen Mary 2 from New York City at the end of July, so our original plan was to ride from Skaneateles to New York City to continue restoring our cycling muscles before landing in England (we would take the “new to us” Erie Canal/Empire State Trail route rather… Read more…