Arriving CDG
Paris Rental Bikes w/Dan
Paris rental bikes w/Pam
Notre Dame
Dan with his architectural marvel....Notre Dame
Yep - Dan visits another Paris potty!
That's the Eiffel Tower we've been walking to...forever!
Stuck in the rain on the way to the Eiffel Tower
We made it to the Eiffel Tower - soaked and tired, but we're here Sunday afternoon
Who'd'a thunk it....machine guns just casually strolling through the Eiffel Tower crowds...
Looking up through the first Eiffel lift
Top of the Eiffel!
Breakfast room at Hotel Minerve in Paris
Dan the Man at breakfast
Pam's such a princess in the morning!
Our home away from home in Paris
The end of the 1000step climb....Mt St Marche
Pam at the top
Danimal on the steps
What a downspout!!
Jim Morrison's Grave
Feeling like "That Girl"
Yes, that IS The Arc!!
Under the Arc de Triomph
Climbing the spiral up to the top of Arc AFTER running across the street instead of using the tunnel like any SANE person did!
Top of The Arc!
Top of the Arc!
Tomb of the unknown soldier at The Arc
Yep - that's The Louvre!
The gardens outside The Louvre....and a Carnival!
The Obelisk - The Egyptians say it was stolen, the French say it was a gift....we'll never know!
Dan the Segway STUD!!
Segway tour of Paris - what a way to go!!!
Continuing our Segway tour
Twinkle, Twinkle, Eiffel Tower..
Ho Ho Ho!
Here goes the moustache for the first time in YEARS
Hubba HUBBA!!!!
More Notre Dame
Wow - fluffy hair day at Notre Dame
LIFE IS GREAT!!
The coolest light poles ever!
Waiting in line at D Orsay
The ladies guarding The Orsay
Inside The Orsay's first floor
Inside The Armee where Napolean's Tomb is - fantastic armoury museum!
Aaaaahhhh lovebirds on a cannon...
The ceiling above Napoleon's tomb
Napoleon's Tomb
Our Paris Love nest...hard to tell we have the premier room featured on their website!
Our Parisian view from the bathroom
View from the bed's window
Our itty bitty 2 suitcase elevator - but thank goodness for it!
Getting to The Pompidou (contemporary art) and I can't wait!!
My kinda fountain outside The Pompidou
The George Pompidou
Top of The Pompidou
Inside The Pompidou
Matisse in the Pompidou - I'm in heaven!!
The Pompidou is more fantastic every time I turn around!
Having to rush Pompidou to catch our shuttle to St Quentin...time to get to PBP
Dan's other girlfriend from Hotel Minerve
Yes, Yes, Oh Jesus, Yes, Baby, Yesssss
Our cab driver is lost, lost, lost trying to find L'Auberge du Manet Hotel in St. Quentin
Dan helping our driver
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Bike1 2
Bike1 3
Bike1 4
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Unpacking the bikes at L'Auberge Patio...before the rain starts anyway!
The cement pond outside Pasta Pino
"My" waiter at Pasta Pino
How Brannon fights jet lag!
Brenda Baby fighting jet lag!
McDonald's!
We actually found the bike store....AFTER we found Intersport and bought CO2 next door (part of our perfect insurance plan)
Dan the Man climbing a Frrrrrrrench hill
Looking for La Poste for postcard stamps....not open
Our new buddies Greg & Lisa on our way to a new adventure through the Rambouillet Forest
Greg's Swiss Family Robinson imitation #1
Swinging through the forest
I gotta get me some of Lisa's Helmet hair - hubba hubba
Just like a caged monkey!
Hmmmm ....a totem pole
On our way to the wild bird show - very cool!
Nothing like a live worm dropped from the sky to get a carnivore to dive bomb right in front of you!
Time to get back on the bike to head home
It just fell down....all by itself....again!
Finally meet Tom Milton and thank goodness he acts just like I expected!
Greg, Lisa, Libby (Mom) Steve, Gary, Cheri, Brannon
Wine & cheese at the cement pond!
Yes, I DO have pretty shoes!
and this is the courtyard of our St. Quentin home (& me in my new SA jersey....thanks Tom!)
and this is our room...you know....the one with the clothes drying in it? Fort Worth does France!
Howdy Brian Madison!!
Lone Star on the pre-ride!
LSR on top of the world!
My Pet's first trip to France and I chunk her in a pile of weeds! Granted it's a pile of weeds at the top of a hill overlooking a movie set-like little town....but weeds nonetheless!
The Versailles Gardens
The great lawn of Versailles
Our French tandem tour guides
Versailles
The bike room at Campanile
Yikes@!
Our view from L'Auberge du Manet
Our breakfast view
Off to "sorta" inspection
Bike storage at the Gymnasium
Pet and Tank at Inspection
Check In!
Dan & Chris saving my ass with new cleats
Chris and his family, part of my "tools for cleat" hero group
packing drop bags
Holy Dinner line!
"The" backwards pedaling OLLLLLD bike everyone talks of
Still the dinner line before starting PBP
Rani gets saddled up
Brenda checks it all out in reflection
Brenda, Mark, Brannon &Rani heading to the start
Our pre-PBP din din
The line before the tunnel to get in line
Allez Bob and Amy!!!
Still lining up to get in line
Festivities at the start
Now we're grouped up for the start around the gymnasium track & dark is coming
Control #1!!!!! After this, it's off to the start line
Yep, reflective gear works!
Mortagne au Perche (mile 88) in line to get cards done
Rani & Brenda at Mortagne
Highest point in this part of France & we're almost to Brest!
Takes Mark and Dan both to hold up MY bike!!
Proof I made it to the top of the world - there's the tower!! We're almost to Brest, so almost halfway!
Still on top of the world - one of the few times without my rain coat, but ohhhhh the wind!!!
The bridge into Brest before the camera crapped out
The view into our suite the "morning after"
The Clothing Debacle....and this is BEFORE I loaded up the bushes and filled in the entire sidewalk!
