Paws and Friends

We rode our e-bikes every day while staying at Mesa Verde RV Resort, creating our "special", private bike route! We rode up the highway (US 160) for about half a mile, then down the bank and around a barricade onto the frontage road. From there we rode up to the closed entrance to the National Park (all uphill!). But, it was like my friend Ruth said:  "she always wished she could ride bikes always down hill!"  With pedal assist, it almost was like that!    On the last day before the park opened, here are my stats: average speed:  11.8   maximum speed:  24.1   When we turned around at entrance station, we moved the gear to no assist, as we were going downhill!  Hence the 24 mph speed!  I went almost all the way  down without any pedal assist, only shifting it into pedal assist level 1 just before I had to turn around when the frontage road ended. At that point, the ride up-hill began! When level 1 pedal assist was not ...

I drafted this post on my reunion journey traveling to and from Aurora, Illinois October 2017 on April 18, 2018. I'm posting it now. I am working on "catching up" on posts, as we continue enjoying our experiences traveling in our home on wheels with our two special Corgis. Here is Lindy's Road Trip to Aurora University, Class of 1967 Reunion - Part 1.  Waaay back in January, 2017, I began planning on a road trip to Aurora, Illinois. Fifty four years ago, I, and two others from teeny tiny Colton, Oregon traveled to Aurora to attend college , and graduated June, 1967. Instead of flying back for the 50th, I planned a road trip where I could visit friends along the way:  stopping in Gallup, NM and Dubuque, Iowa. I also squeezed in a short visit to a Presidential Library along the way! While in Gallup, I had lunch with three former students at Lincoln Elementary, in Shirley Russell's and my 5th grade classes; who are now teachers at that school! We had a great ti...

US 30, Lincoln Highway, and DAIRY QUEEN! Lindy's Road Trip to Aurora University, Class of 1967 Reunion - Part II .  Lindy graduated from Aurora College (now University) June 5, 1967. She planned to drive to Aurora, following as much as possible US Highway 30. She stopped along the way to visit friends and special sites, such as the Eisenhower Library! Here are her observations and thoughts on the last day of travel to Aurora finalized from a draft written April 20, 2018.  My last day of the trip I purposefully planned travel along old US 30, the same route taken 50 plus years ago as we (Carol Ann Ryan Brandenburger and I) traveled from home in Oregon to Aurora. Our class gift to the University is a Labyrinth. I parked near the Labyrinth, taking these pictures.  These were posted around the Labyrinth. So true!!! I've always liked Eleanor! I walked it. There was no one around. I thought about the three of us, 54 years ago, as we boarded the...