One of our friends is a retired Air Force officer who is an avid cyclist. Of course, living in San Antonio with its mild weather helps him to engage in his favorite sport all year round. Others in our group also like cycling, as a serious sport or as recreation. (You may remember the Titusville Trail outing.)
Bob is a serious cyclist who participates in the most interesting trips. In this post, he discusses the trip and gives us a link to the New York Times for further info. Bob writes:
This is a bike Tour I did last year with LizardHeadCycling. There were only 12 of us on the tour and two guides--some really spectacular scenery throughout and the last night was spent in Monument Valley where something like 37 movies(several John Wayne westerns) have been filmed. We rode through the Navaho Indian Reservation in the Four Corners area.The last day of riding was through the Moki Dugout and on to Lake Powell for about 108 miles with some mega climbs. Anyway, Chris Solomon , a NY Times adventure/travel journalist rode the entire tour, and we also had a photo journalist with us who took some great photos. This is the article that appeared last year in the NY Times. I'm going to send you a video as well as I was interviewed daily by the photo journalist to get my take on this herculean endeavor from the perspective a 67 -year -old rider.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/travel/01Biking.html?_r=1
Fantastic, Bob! Those of us who couldn't possibly accomplish such a trip are in awe. For those of us who also do serious cycling, this is a tour you may want to do. Thanks, again, Bob. We look forward to the video.
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