On our first night out from the group, after hoofin' it up a long hill, we asked to sleep at the fire station! What a great grou

A man befriended us on the street in Turkey, and bought us meatballs, tea, bread, and even offered to take us to his house and l

As we were riding in Turkey, Jim met some fellow bikers out for the day riding. They chatted on a very steep hill. Notice I keep

This is a cooling off hut along the roadside in Turkey.

I love to see all the cows and other animals being herded along the roadside.

Wow, one night - late we ride - hoof it up a long hill into a mountain village, and these people set us up with a room with a si

Jim is so kind to put a sit upon on the ground for me for lunch or dinner - I do not like the bugs or the sticky grass!

These are storks. We have seen them raise their new babies, and now the babes have flown... what a treat to see these huge birds

Here is a future recycler! Yeah for him - he can teach us all how to use our bikes in different ways.

Typical crowded traffic town. Great dinner that night of my first Turkish meatballs!

All along the way, Jim and I have been able to pick red and yellow plums, apples and pears! What a switch from Montana fruit at

This young man gave Jim a free ice cream after hearing about his trip.

Jim, barely visible picking yet more plums for his mom while in the hot sun in Turkey. I guess it was getting up to 113 degrees!

These two women sewed some lining onto my biking shorts in Edrienne. Somehow, I found a seamstress up three flights of stairs on

When Jim is with the real group of bikers, he camps; however, he is with the wimp now and has to stay in hotels.

This photo does not capture the incredible views of sunflowers that we have seen!

These are the Turkish tea servers in the police parks. People sit around at round tables, with table cloths and sip sweet tea or

These men in Greece, hailed us down as we stopped to turn, invited us in for a beer, and we ended up staying for hours, eating a

Found this snake on the road. A free treat to whomever correctly identifies it. The next snake we saw, I actually ran over it wi

Imbibing with Turkish tea! Notice biking gloves- I wear them constantly - but have had them washed once.....

One of the Greek houses along the route.

Entering Bulgaria, one sees many abandoned buildings in the small villages, towns and cities.

In Bulgaria, everyone, without fail, points with their whole arm always up.... go this way. This is an example of Jim asking dir

This couple actually ran out of the field they were working in with an older woman and gave us this huge melon. I strapped it on

Drying the kernels of wheat.... on the street is very typical. Sometimes rocks are placed along the edges to head off the cars o

Jim has copied down the Bulgarian alphabet so that he can read these signs along the road. We always stop and he deciphers the l

One of the Eastern Orthodox Churches I visited in Plovdiv along with some other museums.

Autumn and Jay finally make it into Plovdiv one night. Jim and I sat at the bus station for 3 hours waiting for them. Then we ha

Trying to pack up to begin the journey to meet the FBR crew back in Turkey.

Camping along a clean river.

Autumn setting up her campsite. We had to lift the heavy bikes over a huge guard rail, apply brakes as we slid down a heavily wo

This couple helped Jim find the internet in Laki to check in with FBR. They did not trust the boy who has navigated for 11 month

Along the roads, especially in the mountains, we encounter these roadside springs. Water is usually running constantly. I have s

A house along the mountain road in Bulgaria. It is hot, but some shade and not as hot as the plains.

We see adults and children herding their cows, sheep or goats along the roadsides. Those cows look so soft and dewey. Some wear

Camping along the diarrhea river. We had to camp and quickly because it was dark.... but boy did it smell. This is our diarrhea