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Monday, May 24, 2010

Women's Bike Ride in Freeport Maine

The only bad thing about working our Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks bike tour this June is I can't join the Women's Ride in Freeport, Maine on June 13th.

Coordinated by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine, this 9th annual event is extremely well-run. There are a variety of bike ride options: 50, 25, 15 and 5. Surely, anyone can find a suitable distance for herself!

So if you're looking for an excuse to bike in Maine, join hundreds of other women in Freeport (home of LL Bean.) If it weren't for Yellowstone, I'd be there. So many places to bike, so little time!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Santa Barbara Tour and Michelle Green Update

Here are the beautiful women of our Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valley bike tour, except for Michelle Slusher who must have been taking the picture. They've obviously cleaned up from the day's bike ride and are waiting for dinner.

As for my sister, Michelle (front, far right,) she rode 56 miles that day. Some of the women she was biking with had a slew of flat tires. After fixing all of them, they just flat ran out of time. They took a short ride in our van so they wouldn't be late for dinner. Can't say as I blame them!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Michelle on our Santa Barbara tour

When my sister Michelle started working for WomanTours, she didn't even own a bike. Four tours, 2 flat tires and a couple hundred dollars in clothes later, she's now a bona fide cyclist. She's on our Santa Barbara tour now, enjoying the sunshine and dreading today's 69-mile day. She doesn't know it yet, but she's ready for it - she's been biking to work a couple times a week this spring, up a nasty hill. If she bikes all today's miles, it will be her personal best....

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Save $283 on our new Washington DC bike tour

Save $283.50 if you can fill the last space on our Washington DC Bikeways bike tour May 24-29, 2010. We're offering a 15% discount to anyone who can go at this last minute and take the last spot. The money you save can pay for your flight to the tour, or you can drive and leave your car at the start.

We're psyched about our newest tour. It's nearly all on bike paths, quiet, car-free, pastoral. You'll forget you're in a huge urban center. You'll get the chance to bike by the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian and along the Potomac River. Our photographer Annette is going, so you'll be sure to get some beautiful pictures while you're there too.

Call or email us if you're interested!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

List of Women's Only Rides

If you missed the women's only Cinderella Classic bike ride in California last week, then consider joining one of these upcoming women's only cycling events. We're going to try to attend as many as possible.

Girls with Gears in Limerick, PA on 4/18/10
Goldilocks Women Only in Herriman, UT on 5/8/10
Velo de Femme in Paso Robles, CA on 5/29/10
Little Red Riding Hood in Logan, UT on 6/5/10
Annual Women's Ride in Freeport, ME on 6/13/10
Venus de Miles in Longmont, CO on 8/29/10
Hope on Wheels in Leiper's Fork, TN on 9/11/10
Cycle the Wave in Issaquah, WA on 9/19/10
Princess Promenade in Sacramento, CA on 10/3/10
La Tour de Femme in Cary, NC on 10/9/10
Wild Goose Chase in Cambridge, MD on 10/17/10
Cinderella Classic in Pleasanton, CA on 4/2/11

Monday, April 12, 2010

Bicycling the Cinderella Classic

I joined 2499 other women in bicycling the Cinderella Classic on Saturday. It's an extremely well-organized, women-only, metric century coordinated by the Valley Spokemen Bicycle Touring Club in California every year.

After the ride, we sponsored a drawing at our booth for a free WomanTours trip. Of the 244 women who entered, Nancy Levin of San Francisco was the lucky winner. Many thanks to Roxanne and Meri for staffing the booth and for Kathy for pushing me so hard on the ride.

Get on the mailing list now and plan to join us next year. The ride sells out every year!

Thursday, April 08, 2010

Our Tour Schedule by Guide

While we think all WomanTours guides are excellent, I know that some of you have your favorites. So here's a listing of our 2010 tours by guide. It might help you decide where to bicycle this year - good luck!