Tempertandem

We have made it 41 years of the greatest journey of our lives called marriage. Sarah has been the most incredible wife and I (Scott) have been a pretty good compliment to that as her husband. Five kids were raised under our roof but they are all grown now and in various stages of their own marriage journey. We are the Grandparents of eleven grandchildren and we hope many more to come. 

 

Over the years it has always been my dream to do a long distance bike tour with Sarah. To be honest with you, Sarah did not share that dream and I get it, most wive's wouldn't. But I can't tell you how blessed I am to have a wife like her. She is not a big fan of riding bikes due to an accident she had as a child but one day I came up with a great idea, "Honey let's rent a tandem bike."  To my surprise, she said "yes" and it was game on. We had a fantastically fun time on our first tandem bicycle touring journey.    

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It was not long after our first ride, probably a couple of hours, that I was searching the internet for tandems to purchase. Tandems are quite the capital outlay and I put forth the idea to Sarah and the next thing you know we were off to have a custom bike built by da Vinci Designs in Denver. 

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in the Summer of 2022 we mounted our tandem in Astoria, Oregon and headed for Yorktown, Virginia. Our plans changed mid ride and we ended up in Washington DC 4,200 miles later. You can read all about our Transamerica ride on our blog page. The most surprising takeaway from our trip is that we both had such a great time we decided to take another journey. In the Summer of 2023 we rode a 3000 mile loop 

through Europe starting and ending in Dover, England. We rode through five countries, unsupported, and took each day as they came.         

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With just a few weeks to go will be embarking on another 2000 mile journey across Europe. We are looking forward to all the new people we are going to meet along the way and the stories we will add to our already solid collection.