Bike Check Just Prior to Camping Trip

Well, tomorrow is the big day. I'll depart this hilltop home to head for the bottomlands of the Main River. I estimate that I have about 40 or 50 pounds not counting my grandson on the back of my trike.

I think I'll be able to average about 8 miles per hour and it is 53 miles to Schweinfurt. I should be there with several hours of daylight left to put up my tent. I'll take pictures along the way and post them when I return the following day. I'll likely not post them till I've had a night's sleep in my own ... (more)

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This what happens when you try to mount while standing on open faced cement...

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Well, at least my socks are clean.

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Yes, my trike is worth more than both of my cars. Guess which gets...

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Oh! There's a hill. Just let me get to it. Of course; I'm...

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Well, I've been around the block and the bags and tent are still...

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Who is this kid that just appeared on my lap? When you have a trike, all the...

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One of the trails I traveled today.

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This would have been a beautiful campsite but it was too early in the day.

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There are many gardens along many of the bike trails in Germany.

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A restruant in Ocheanfurt where I stopped for information. I hope to...

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This is along the Main in Kitzingen where I ate my first sandwitch.

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Kitzigen.

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Kitzigen

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Kitzigen.

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Kitzigen.

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Along the Main near Dittlebach.

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Near Dittlebach

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Near Dittlebach

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Near Dittlebach.

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My wife loves Sun Flowers. I took this for her.

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Hotel in Volkach.

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Fountain in Volkach

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Yes, Tweety climbed this with 50 pound bags on her back. She almost came...

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A different angle of the embankment.

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Still, a different angle of the embankment.

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The name on the front of the Guest House where I stopped for directions. The...

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Another angle of the patio of the Golden Anker.

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article published 7/7/2003

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thank you
it has been just over 30 yrs since i lived in Dittlebach though the Army....You brought tears to my eyes to see that countryside once again...ty and keep on biking
— catherine, April 26, 2009

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I think too, the best pictures I ever seen. So beautifull peoples, so great images! Very, very cool! Thats what we needed here! Tucker, you must give us more! Thank you, you are great!
— Road Jacker, August 6, 2004

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— Bobele, August 1, 2004

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— Archie L. Tucker, July 9, 2003

To, Too Tired
What do you ride and where? I told you the ride wasn't finished yet. But, now it is. I've got one planned in August to ride from Zell a.M to Koblenz and on into Koln. Want to go?
— Archie L. Tucker, July 9, 2003