Completed: August 16th, 2012
You get full credit no matter what. Extra credit for going through any mountains
We've been back in the US of A for several days now - sorry it took me so long to finish this! After we left Geneva, we were in the Jura mountains for 2 days before we had a steep descent and then suddenly we were in Bourgogne. Not that there weren't any more hills after that...
We took a little more time to do some sight-seeing in Bourgogne and saw many impressive churches, towns, cities, and of course beautiful scenery and lots of vineyards!
A couple days before we reached Paris we were able to stay with a family Dave stayed with when he was in college in Montargis. Jacques, Josée and their granddaughter Emma fed us lots of delicious food, wine, and showed us the city of Montargis.
Once we got close to Paris, we were able to visit Judy in Montévrain (right next to Euro Disney!) and stay in a campground that was about an hour away from her. It was better for disassembling our bikes than the place we had stayed when we first arrived. And no stolen tents - just lots of stolen bungee cords! The day of our flight home, we woke up at 3am so we could make our 3 trips to the airport. And we all made it home with our bikes! Except Judy, whose new release date right now is September 30th.
Here's the rest of our itinerary:
Day 2: ? (est.100km)
Day 3:
Day 5:
Day 6:
Day 7:
Day 8 (unloaded climb):
Day 10:
Day 11:
Day 12 (unloaded climb):
Day 14:
Day 15 (Chamonix):
Day 17:
Day 18:
Day 19:
Day 20:
Day 21:
Day 22:
Day 23:
Day 24 (Dijon):
Day 26:
Day 27:
Day 28:
Day 29:
Day 30:
You get full credit no matter what. Extra credit for going through any mountains
We've been back in the US of A for several days now - sorry it took me so long to finish this! After we left Geneva, we were in the Jura mountains for 2 days before we had a steep descent and then suddenly we were in Bourgogne. Not that there weren't any more hills after that...
We took a little more time to do some sight-seeing in Bourgogne and saw many impressive churches, towns, cities, and of course beautiful scenery and lots of vineyards!
A couple days before we reached Paris we were able to stay with a family Dave stayed with when he was in college in Montargis. Jacques, Josée and their granddaughter Emma fed us lots of delicious food, wine, and showed us the city of Montargis.
Once we got close to Paris, we were able to visit Judy in Montévrain (right next to Euro Disney!) and stay in a campground that was about an hour away from her. It was better for disassembling our bikes than the place we had stayed when we first arrived. And no stolen tents - just lots of stolen bungee cords! The day of our flight home, we woke up at 3am so we could make our 3 trips to the airport. And we all made it home with our bikes! Except Judy, whose new release date right now is September 30th.
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| Chardonnay! |
- Col de la Faucille
- St. Claude
- Moirans-en-Montagne
- Lons-le-Saunier
- Louhans
- Tournus
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| Hôtel Dieu in Beaune |
- Chardonnay
- Cluny
- Taizé
- Cormatin
- Chalon-sur-Saône
- Beaune
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| lunch on the Route des Grands Crus between Beaune and Dijon |
- Clos de Vougeot
- Fixin
- Dijon
- Sombernon - we ate lunch on the continental divide!
- Montbard
- Abbaye de Fontenay
- Montréal
- Avallon
- St. Père
- Vézeley
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| view of Vézeley |
- Auxerre
- La Ferté-Loupière
- Montargis
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| Auxerre in the morning |
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| Jacques, Josée, Emma and their neighbors |
- Montigny-sur-Loing
- Fontainebleau
- Pontcarré
- Montévrain
- Annet-sur-Marne
- the airport!
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| visiting Judy! |
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| some new friends |
EDIT:
Odometer stats:
My wheel size was set wrong, so multiply everything by 1.234. The end result was about 1807km, or 1130 miles. Plus ~130km, according to google maps, for the first two days when I didn't have the odometer set up.
starting when we left our campground near Nice:
Day 1: ? (est. 30km)
Day 2: ? (est.100km)
Day 3:
Time: 3:57:10
Avs: 6.4 km/h
Max: 23.2
Dist: 25.42
Day 4:
Time: 5:19:17
Avs: 10.0 km/h
Max: 43.1 km/h
Dist: 53.24 km
Day 5:
Time: 4:15:05
Avs: 11.3
Max: 47.3
Dist: 48.15
Day 6:
Time: 5:57:36
Avs: 10
Max: 47.0
Dist: 59.79
Day 7:
Time: 3:34:57
Avs: 10.6
Max: 44.7
Dist: 38.27
Day 8 (unloaded climb):
Time: 4:25:04
Avs: 9.6
Max: 46.0
Dist: 42.71
Day 9:
Time: 6:20:06
Avs: 9.1
Max: 49.2
Dist: 58.12
Day 10:
Time: 4:21:11
Avs: 10.2
Max:31.2
Dist: 44.81
Day 11:
Time: 6:20:34
Avs: 10.5
Max: 47.3
Dist: 67.23
Day 12 (unloaded climb):
Time: 2:37:31
Avs:10.7
Max: 41
Dist: 28.10
Day 13:
Time: 7:25:05
Avs: 8.1
Max: 45.6
Dist: 60.23
Day 14:
Time: 5:03:15
Avs: 11.0
Max: 39.9
Dist: 55.82
Day 15 (Chamonix):
Time: 0:56:11
Avs: 8.9
Max: 26.9
Dist: 8.36
Day 16:
Time: 3:29:40
Avs: 10.7
Max: 50.2
Dist: 37.52
Day 17:
Time: 6:29.32
Avs: 13.0 (13.9 before we ate raclette for dinner....)
Max: 39.6
Dist: 84.58
Day 18:
Time: 2:37:17
Avs: 13.3
Max: 34.8
Dist: 35.08
Day 19:
Time: 5:43:48
Avs: 10.5
Max: 40.5
Dist: 60.72
Day 20:
Time: 5:40:34
Avs: 14.5
Max: 58.6
Dist: 82.31
Day 21:
Time: 4:23:51
Avs: 11
Max: 36.2
Dist: 48.46
Day 22:
Time: 5:13:54
Avs: 13.3
Max: 36.1
Dist: 69.61
Day 23:
Time: 4:00:40
Avs: 11.3
Max: 36.9
Dist: 45.60
Day 24 (Dijon):
Time: 0:41:59
Avs: 11.1
Max: 24.4
Dist: 7.82
Day 25:
Time: 5:11:13
Avs: 13.4
Max: 32.5
Dist: 69.56
Day 26:
Time: 4:13:33
Avs: 13.6
Max: 49.6
Dist: 57.83
Day 27:
Time: 5:08:21
Avs: 12.2
Max: 40.4
Dist: 63.11
Day 28:
Time: 4:40:03
Avs: 14.3
Max: 36.6
Dist: 67.17
Day 29:
Time: 2:30:48
Avs: 14.1
MAx: 38.0
Dist: 35.67
Day 30:
Time: 7:27:59
Avs: 14.6
Max: 39.5
Dist: 109.03
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