Aachen-North Cape-Aachen - 2nd (Failed) Try

Breakfast with my sweetheart on Saturday, 25 May 2019 when I took off on this trip. The expectation is that we won't see one another again for three months. It ended being a somewhat tearful departure, and I had thoughts of tossing the whole idea right then. I love this wonderful woman with all m...

Packing up with Gudrun and our friends Manfred and Resi watching.

Packing up with Gudrun and our friends Manfred and Resi watching.

Packing up with Gudrun and our friends Manfred and Resi watching.

Day 1 - Me arriving at the church in Herzogenrath to ride the first 40km of the trip with my friend Heinz-Peter (Men).

Day 1 - Me in Herzogenrath, ready to take off to ride the first 40km of the trip with my friend Heinz-Peter (Men).

Short break in Mönchengladbach. This is where I started having restart problems with my Garmin.

No ferry over the Rhein this time. Nearing the end of the first day.

It doesn't look anything like last year when the water level was far lower than this.

My first pitch in the campground at the southeast end of Mülheim, DE.

Day 2. This guy came to send me off.

Shortly after leaving the campsite early on day 2. One of the reasons I love cycling in the early morning.

Ha! The Ash steakhouse near Centro in Oberhausen. Too bad they don't serve breakfast. I'd have stopped.

Crossing the Dortmund-Ems Canal on day 2.

Day 2 scenery.

More day 2 scenery.

Me on the Münsterland Radbahn. I rode much of this path for two days.

Münsterland Radbahn - Day 2.

Münsterland Radbahn - Day 2.

Day two in a hotel near Steinfurt.

Day three started with alpacas instead of cats.

More of the Mänsterland Radbahn on day three.

Just before Fürstenau, DE on day 3.

Just before Fürstenau, DE on day 3.

Fürstenau, DE - Day 3.

Fürstenau, DE - Day 3.

Scenery south of Cloppenburg, DE - Day 3.

Scenery south of Cloppenburg, DE - Day 3.

My handlebar bag map case. Photo of Anne and Tobias. Glückstein from my friend Heinz-Peter (Men). Spot Gen3 to keep Gudrun posted on where I am. And, map of Norway.

Day 4 - One of the "nice" tracks I was routed on.

Day 4 - Great indicators of wind direction.

Day 4 - Crossing the Weser on the Bremen-Stedingen ferry.

Day 4 - Me on the Bremen-Stedingen ferry over the Weser.

Day 4 - Nearing the end of my day I was routed over a rough path. Seeing this family of storks was my reward.

More storks.

And, more storks.

Day 4 - The final kilometres before the campground in Gnarrenburg, DE.

Day 4 - The final kilometres before the campground in Gnarrenburg, DE.

Day 4 - The last kilometres were truly off track.

... but with beautiful scenery.

Day 4 - Can you see the track here?

... or here?

Day 4 - Finally back on a paved road just before the campground.

Day 5 - Proof that blimps cast shadows.

Day 5 - Leaving the community of Basdahl where I was stationed in the U.S.A.F. for three years.

Day 5 - Beautiful farm scenery.

Day 5 - I met this guy on the Elbe River ferry near Glückstadt, DE. The "bike" is a Mango Sport Sinner.

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