Category: Europe 2023

Near Bonn to just passed Koblenz

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Downtown Koblenz {CAPTION}

My riding partners for the last couple days from Netherlands 🇳🇱. Andre and William. {CAPTION}

Hilltop castles along the Rhine. {CAPTION}

Rain on the Rhine kept me busy putting on and taking off my rain jacket all day. But it was cooler so that was a real relief. {CAPTION}

Petty little towns in wine country. {CAPTION}

Hiding from the rain. {CAPTION}
A stop for morning cake 🍰. It’s become addictive. Sent from my iPhone

Hitdoff to Rolandswerth Germany

Continuing up the Rhine passed Cologne and Bonn. It’s getting much prettier as I approach the middle Rhine with beautiful castles perched on the hilltops of the Rhine. {CAPTION}

Castle ruins at the top of dat hill over there 👉. {CAPTION}

In the rain on the Rhine. The back of Andre and William my riding partners for the afternoon. We are camping in a nice little spot with a hot shower 🚿. OMG I smell beautiful 🤩. {CAPTION}

I love umbrellas ☂️ . Could have used this afternoon 🚿. {CAPTION}

Bonn from a moving bike 🚴🏻 🧐. {CAPTION}

Cologne cathedral and a guy the could use so cologne. {CAPTION}

It’s huge.
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Approaching Cologne and so was everyone else 😂. {CAPTION}

Da big ass bridge and the big rain clouds. {CAPTION}
Broken Ferry ⛴️. I will need to wait here until tomorrow- time to bush camp 🏕️. {CAPTION}

Gyro plate and Tums for lunch. {CAPTION}
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Reese my granddaughter needs one of these. {CAPTION}
The world needs more of these. {CAPTION}

Is it any wonder that I get lost. But I have a new app from another biker called MapOut and I haven’t been lost since. Well some will argue with that statement. {CAPTION}

Fork in the road. I take left – it’s not a good choice cuz the cows 🐄 weren’t happy with me going through their pasture . I did a bat 🦇 turn and got the hell out of there. I think they had mad 😡 cow disease 🦠 😂. {CAPTION}

Am I supposed to follow the red, purple, or magenta? I keep forgetting. You’re only lost until you’re not. Don’t waste a crisis- is a my new motto 😃😂. Love you guys. Thanks for the comments . You are the best.

1 country down 7 to go

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They have Mammoths 🦣 here. Nobody told me 😂
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Bike fairies everywhere. I crisscross the Rhine several times every day. {CAPTION}

Drive through windmill 😃. With desserts just beyond . {CAPTION}

Yes , that’s chewable orange juice. I’m loving it. {CAPTION}

Camp Happy on the Rhine. {CAPTION}

Entering Germany 🇩🇪. No border crossing guard 💂‍♂️. {CAPTION}

The shaded trail along the river Rhine. {CAPTION}

Crossing the Rhine on big ass bridge. {CAPTION}

Morning on the Rhine. Just me and da big barges. {CAPTION}

Flat with a wind from behind. Great way to start the day. {CAPTION}

A dip in the Rhine. Great way to end the day near Düsseldorf Germany.

Rotterdam to Wijk bij Duurstede

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Rotterdam a beautiful city and easily got lost 😠. {CAPTION}

Camping with the sheep. {CAPTION}

Following the river Lek to the Rhine on heavenly bike tracks. {CAPTION}

Chewy orange juice 😂❤️ {CAPTION}

Life’s a beach. The cold river felt wonderful. {CAPTION}

Drive thru windmill in Wijk bij Duurstede included carrot cake. {CAPTION}

Carrot cake break and more chewable orange juice. {CAPTION}

Camping with chickens in the backyard of a guy and wife that I stopped to ask directions. Julius and Ann were wonderfully kind and I had a great nights rest in camp happy 😃.

Tire dip

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It’s official. After a two day ride from Amsterdam I dipped my tires in the North Sea this morning. {CAPTION}

The Rhine. I’ll be following it upstream all the way to Lake Constance. {CAPTION}
Lunch in Rotterdam . {CAPTION}
More beautiful windmills and the amazing bike paths in Holland.