Category: Solo Travel
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Over Futa Pass and into Bologna!
After my short day yesterday, I went to bed early after a lovely dinner at the campground restaurant! And so, I woke up at 6:30 AM and hit the road by around 8 AM. It was still cool. The forecast was for 92° that day and I planned to ride about 35 or 40 miles…
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Days in Florence waiting for bike.
I started this ride in Florence primarily to spend some time with my friend Anna, the widow of an old friend from Boulder who lives in Florence. I met her just once a few years ago with her husband John and my friends Randy and Jeanne, and wanted to connect again. We spent hours sharing…
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Off again….what did I forget?
We returned from our big trip on October 10th last year, and about 7 weeks later I went in for heart surgery to repair my leaky mitral valve. Other than that valve, I was in good shape for the surgery after our long trip. Me and my doctors had been tracking that naughty heart valve…