Staying with the Arnone's
This entry was posted on 8/4/2006 9:45 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
Aug 4: 22.5 miles to Tom and Pat Arnone's home\
Last night, we enjoyed our first shower in three days at an RV park and
had pizza with Dick and Jan, who stayed in the area. This was the
last chance we or the dogs had to bail out. Now we are committed.
The dogs seemed very tired last night. In fact, Lander crawled
into the tent as soon as we set it up and only came out to eat or do
his business. In fact, he even stayed in it while we collapsed it
around him this morning. We think they are sore plus their pads
are just slightly worn. So we decided to make it an easy
day. It was 20 miles to the home of Tom and Pat Arnone, who offer
their yard for cyclist to camp in. It was fairly flat, much of it
city riding today, so we pulled the dogs in the trailers the whole
day.
Tom and Pat have a lovely home at the base of the mountains.
Since we pulled in early, we had a semi-rest day enjoying their yard
and just relaxing. Then she offered us fresh veggies from her
garden-beans, snow peas, cucumbers and carrots. A nice change
from dehydrated vegetables we've been eating all week.
Tom and Pat are big into racing. Their son used to race in Europe
and now works in a bike related industry. They also do quite a
bit of serious racing themselves. So we have alot to talk about.
It is so wonderful to stay at homes and get to meet the people of the
area. We still remember the people we met from our last trip in
98.
PS: Jon just calculated the total weight we are carrying.
He has 65 pounds of gear and 24 pounds of water he carries. I
have 35 pounds of gear and 12 pounds of water. Plus each of us
has a 30 pound dog half of the time.
In
1998, we rode across the United States from Oregon to Virgina with our
children, Jodie, age 15 and Todd, age 12. Read about our trip
using the links below. Now the kids have grown up and left
home, so we we are taking the dogs. This time it's a mountain
bike trip through the Rocky Mountains, roughly following the
continental divide, called the Great Divide route, mapped by 
oments as well. Why do we do this? Because God has given
us a wonderful country and this is the best way to be thankful for
it. 
