We started riding today by getting off the M7 as quickly as we could. The rest of the day was spent on quieter country roads. Road conditions weren’t necessarily better than the M7 but many many fewer trucks and some … Continue reading →
Макарьево is a nice little tourist town, with the large monastery in the center. Tourist boats stop here on their way along the Volga. This is also site of a ferry across the water. We wandered through town to start … Continue reading →
Today we got lost from each other, but fortunately ended up at the same place at the end. The idea for the day was to remain on the northeast bank of the Volga and bypass Ðижний Ðовгород. The sun was … Continue reading →
Today a day to just take a breather and a slightly easier day. We had been riding long days five in a row and needed to get ourselves around the next big city. Last night it rained as well with … Continue reading →
Today we crossed over the Volga to Городец (the town is ~40km upstream from Nizhney Novgorod). We’ve been roughly following the river the past week and now further south. Both hotels in town are full, so camping short distance out … Continue reading →
Where is one of the best places to be during a rainstorm? Twice today we had the good fortune of being in a cafй during the rain. This is now being written in my tent with “thousands of biting insects†… Continue reading →
A surprisingly difficult day as we crossed two smaller Russian cities. The awkward part is directions that are not well marked. It isn’t as tough to get into town as it is to get back out again. Some mosquitoes in … Continue reading →
Another nice cycling day as we crossed ЯроÑлавль and headed into the countryside. Our cycling days are definitely a bit warmer. This morning we headed back 1km to the main road and then on steadily busier roads into ЯроÑлавль. We … Continue reading →
A nice solid ride today with good roads and two somewhat different halves separated by РыбинÑк in the middle. Last night we had some thunder showers with lightning. Fortunately, they stopped by morning and it was just overcast. The roads … Continue reading →
Nice day riding along a reasonable road along the lake without too much traffic. We packed up early from our hotel and got ready for the road again. One part of Mickey’s rear rack was broken, but fortunately easy to … Continue reading →