The day before leaving.

A new blog for all the ardent fans of our previous two bike/hike trip blogs! This time we're spending a month biking through Catalonia Spain.

Readers may recall that April and I sometimes quibble over the style of our trips, April likes to hike and I like to bike. April was arguing for a hiking trip along the Lycian Way, which is a 300 mile walk along the coast of Turkey. I was pushing for a ride in Spain. My arguments weren't really carrying the day until April read an article that she found about biking in Majorca. Then it became her idea, and now we're going to Spain. Funny how that works, huh.

And the best thing is last night we decided to skip Majorca, the ferry was too slow, 8 Hrs, overnight, pain in the ass and expensive if we got a room, so now we're back to the original plan of just cruising around Catalonia, which is the region northeast of Barcelona. We're going to spend a few days in Barcelona. I'm going to visit the folks at worldreader.org, a wonderful non-profit that is bringing ebooks to classrooms and children in Africa. Then we're going to take a train to Girona and start our ride around Catalonia.

Girona is where alot of pros, including Lance Armstrong, have houses, and do their early spring rides getting ready for the summer racing season. There are plains, the coast, foothills, and the Pyrenees all within a day or so from Girona. We have no set itinerary, we're just going to wing it each day. we're carrying just our clothes and tools, no camping gear. We'll stay in hotels, B and Bs, etc, and eat in restaurants, Travel light, travel right! Probably carrying about 20 ponds each. so the next post will be from Spain.

Also this freakin iPad is a huge pain in the ass to type on. The keyboard sucks. And the app sucks, there a menu overlying the right side of the scene that I can't get rid of. So well have to see just how painful it is.