Les Izmore
Junior Ranger
Hi All!
Back in January we posted that we were planning to retire and embark upon a cross country bicycle adventure (the first of many). Our plans have firmed up considerably since then, and they've changed a bit. We've moved up our departure date by one month, hoping to time things so that we can attend our first Camp Inn Camp Outt in late September. Our plan now is to leave Sedro Woolley, WA (near Anacortes in northern Puget Sound) on the first of August and we'll arrive in Orlando, FL some time after mid-November. We plan on wintering in Florida in Palmetto (south of St. Pete).
This trip is our first real chance to meet other Camp Inn owners. We'll be on the road for at least 100 days and we'll only be covering about 50 miles per day, so we'll be easy to chase down, in case anyone would like to creep along with us for a day or two (or more).
Our blog went live a few days ago:http://tagteambike.blogspot.com/
That will be where wewill provide details of our plans and progress as we get closer to our launch date, plus the blog has an embedded map where we will be posting our cycling progress (probably on a daily basis, provided we have internet access), complete with embedded pictures of our day to day happenings.
Also on the blog is our intended 5,000+ mile route, which links to a more detailed map that is overlaid on the various Adventure Cycling routes that we'll be following.
The blog has some links for subscribing to the posts, but I'm a bit clueless about exactly how (or even if) all that works. I'm also maintaining a Google+ circle of folks that expressed an interest in following our progress; they will all get notified by e-mail whenever I create a new post. If you want to be added to that circle, either contact me (Steve Malone) through Google+ or e-mail me at steveandalea@gmail.com and I'll add you to the circle.
We'll likely be moving pretty much continuously, though we'll be laying over for about a week in Grand Forks, ND to visit family, and we'll likely spend a few days each in Murphysboro, IL and Carmi, IL for some family history research. By the 15th of October we hope to be out of Illinois and searching for warmer weather. At that point the only time constraint will be to reach Orlando by Christmas.
Back in January we posted that we were planning to retire and embark upon a cross country bicycle adventure (the first of many). Our plans have firmed up considerably since then, and they've changed a bit. We've moved up our departure date by one month, hoping to time things so that we can attend our first Camp Inn Camp Outt in late September. Our plan now is to leave Sedro Woolley, WA (near Anacortes in northern Puget Sound) on the first of August and we'll arrive in Orlando, FL some time after mid-November. We plan on wintering in Florida in Palmetto (south of St. Pete).
This trip is our first real chance to meet other Camp Inn owners. We'll be on the road for at least 100 days and we'll only be covering about 50 miles per day, so we'll be easy to chase down, in case anyone would like to creep along with us for a day or two (or more).
Our blog went live a few days ago:http://tagteambike.blogspot.com/
That will be where wewill provide details of our plans and progress as we get closer to our launch date, plus the blog has an embedded map where we will be posting our cycling progress (probably on a daily basis, provided we have internet access), complete with embedded pictures of our day to day happenings.
Also on the blog is our intended 5,000+ mile route, which links to a more detailed map that is overlaid on the various Adventure Cycling routes that we'll be following.
The blog has some links for subscribing to the posts, but I'm a bit clueless about exactly how (or even if) all that works. I'm also maintaining a Google+ circle of folks that expressed an interest in following our progress; they will all get notified by e-mail whenever I create a new post. If you want to be added to that circle, either contact me (Steve Malone) through Google+ or e-mail me at steveandalea@gmail.com and I'll add you to the circle.
We'll likely be moving pretty much continuously, though we'll be laying over for about a week in Grand Forks, ND to visit family, and we'll likely spend a few days each in Murphysboro, IL and Carmi, IL for some family history research. By the 15th of October we hope to be out of Illinois and searching for warmer weather. At that point the only time constraint will be to reach Orlando by Christmas.
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