Sunny Santa Barbara bike tour

You can tell it's a lot warmer and sunnier in southern California this time of year than it is in Virginia (see below.) Here's our group at the end of our new Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley bike tour last week. We don't get blue skies like that very often in the fall here in Rochester. Thanks for sending along the photo Kathy!

Shenandoah Bike Tour

We had a wonderful group of women on our Shenandoah bike tour a week ago. While another group was enjoying the sunshine in Moab, Utah, we were enjoying the autumn colors - when we could see them through the fog - in Virginia. We had a couple days of cold rain, but there wasn't a whiner in the group. They were wonderful.

We've learned our lesson though. We've scheduled next year's tour for the spring. We'll hope the rhododendrons are blooming.

Moab Bike Tour Slide Show

Beth and Annette have done it again. They've produced the most amazing slide show of our recent Moab Arches and Canyonlands Bike Tour. Caution - view it at your own risk. You might just want to go yourself. What a place.

Moab Bike Tour Blog

Our photographers are on assignment on our Moab: Arches and Canyonlands tour this week. Check out their Road Trip blog about their tour.

Discount on our November Death Valley tour

In celebration of our wonderful touring year and in support of the PBS Ken Burns special about the National Parks: America's Best Idea, we're extending the 5% discount on our last tour of 2009.

There are 7 spaces still available on our Death Valley National Park tour. Come join us and you'll get a 5% discount off the tour. That's a savings of $94.50.

The offer is good until the tour is filled.

New Women's Cycling Magazine

There's a new Women's Cycling Magazine in print. They're trying to cover all things female cycling, not just racing. They have a nice website too, full of articles about fashion, new products, bike industry trends, eating healthy, etc. Looks as if they're really trying to cover all the bases. Check it out here and let me know what you think.

Eavesdropping on a Bike Forum

I couldn't help but eavesdrop on a women's bike forum over at Team Estrogen - my ears always perk up when I hear "WomanTours." Feel free to read the unsolicited comments, and add your own. They made my day....