The weather forecast is rather wet and so we have decided to hunker down in Leon. We got a great 3 bedroom apartment 200 m from the Cathedral. This gives us time for some catching up on posts. Orvar needs a new sprocket and chain and so we dropped off his bike today.… Read the rest
Daniel and Petros took the day to run the loop to Leon and back since it is his last day with us. Trevor and I are recovering from colds and the Swede is exhausted after sprinting from Sweden. The plan is for us to rest up and then the four of us will head back to Leon thru the Picos de Europa region.… Read the rest
We had fantastic weather forecast again today near the north coast, but rain on our planned route on a loop south thru Leon. So to the mountains and the beach today on a 260 km loop.
The first stop was breakfast at the bottom of the hill and the second was the one hour espresso top up.… Read the rest
Today the weather is much better and we should have mostly sunny skies for the ride thru the Mountains and the National Park Montaña Palentina and on towards Oviedo for 326 km.
At Potes we decided to cut across to the autovia so we could arrive to the hotel by 530!… Read the rest
We made good time and arrived in Bilbao before our 2 pm check in and so we headed downtown to see if we could connect with our friends that flew in from Athens this morning. We first met Petros on the Faroe Islands in 2015 and then again in 2016 when we made it to Greece.… Read the rest
We had a great experience with Carrie at Motorcycle Express! The bikes were very well secured with way too many tie down straps, but each one was completely padded. The bikes arrived at Cargo city less than an hour from touchdown at Charle de Gaulle Airport.… Read the rest
We had a couple of days to explore while waiting for the bike to arrive. The first day the weather was stellar sunny but not too hot. We got a bolt into the city and started our day at the Arc de Triomphe and then we strolled down the Champs Elysee.… Read the rest
We are all packed and ready to hit the road. We are shipping the BMW 1250 to Paris. The first step is taking the ferry off the island. Dan rode the bike over with the panniers and dry bag and I went as a foot passenger with 2 almost empty pieces of luggage.… Read the rest
We woke to a rain storm, but on the satellite it looked like it was going to pass by noon. When we set out at 1130 it was already pretty much stopped raining. The oil light on the 650 was briefly flashing on start up yesterday, but the dip stick level was “good”?!… Read the rest
Still in Ontario after days, but at least we are finally Alberta bound!
We woke to a much warmer day at 18 degrees and rode up to Little Current for breakfast.
The road is smooth, but mostly straight and with peek a boo views of the lake.… Read the rest
