The bike ride

First the back ground... on my facebook I have several Danish acquaintences that I have sorta forced myself on over the years. Soren Wenck is one of my connections.  After hunting for several weeks before my trip I thought I would give up and was alittle bent over it and im smiling thinking about it. After a day or two I checked my facebook and found Soren was headed out for a race in the south of sealand....thats the island Copenhagen is on. Long story short.. Soren knows my host family and offers me a bike..SHWING!!!

When Thomas returns from a bike race in France we go out the next day. Now for the ride.

Im totally thinking  im going to wear just shorts and a tee shirt..its just a ride right? Well Thomas has other plans. Out come a full bike kit with arm warmers gloves, glasses and helmet.   I was transformed..and thought I may have been a bit over dressed. The pictures will show my look. We set out after my guide assured me that I would be back by midnight and that I hopefully would not vomit, and on that note we were off.

It was dusk and as we headed towards the horse trails I got alittle nervous. I was riding with a semipro rider on a full front and rear shock s works test bike. The trail narrowedand the smell if horse shit faded to the damp sandy wood smell of  forest.Surprisingly we did not encounter any other riders on the trail that evening. Denmark is though of as being flat, but our location is well over 500 feet. We rode for over 13 miles, stopping afew places for pictures and info on sites. I slowly regained some of my bike chops and im glad that I did alittle training  before flying over. The terrain  varied from dark forest, to open trail and single track.
Deer were all over the place! Near the end of the ride I started to gas out. Some of the climbs were crazy steep and by now it was almost pitch black in the woods. The 29er can trick you Into thinking u can do  anything. I found out I couldn't lol.

The last few miles we stumbled through the forest and finally made it home. The familier smell of horse shit returned. I was forced  into being grateful for kit and the sleeves as it got cooler the darker it got. And I got afew trail  bumps to prove it!

I have to thank Thomas and Soren for sparking my trail riding bug again.

Update

Been afew days and I have to thank our host family for being nice enough to let us crash the place. The first day or so here was alittle unpredictable as far a weather goes but oh boy has that changed. We are in the middle of a Danish indian summer. CRAZY ! Sun and sun and more sun.

The last I blogged I think I was planning a run ir complete it. 10k I put under my belt in a huge 11 square kilometers park called the Deer Park in English. I was rewarded for the run at the halfway point with a view of the sea and Sweden.  A spit of beach was the pot of gold at this end. Due to the wonderful weather there was no lack of space as the Danes scramble for color on the winter bones. To the right...clothing...to the left..none. Decisions Decisions.

Now deer park gets its name due to all the deer living in the park. So trail running involves jumping horse and deer poops. But the views and the majesty of the forest makes u forget all about that. But not the stinging nettle.

Frankfort Airport

Water line

Modern Architecture

Vacation mode

Been quiet today..no training just deep vacation mode..ran into some danish nationalist today. .we like to call them racists. .lol angry people. At any rate nice lunch in town window shopping!!

Feet

Yes

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Dont know why this intrigued me..not often u see this photo on the package in the states

Under the trees

Long 2 days

The days are great the sun goes down at 1130 and rises at about 245 300 am. Nice !! Birds call right after. No run today.nursing an angry calf.  But tomorrow is another story.  Chased off mosquitoes the other day and we are deep in horse country so im sure the flies are next. Will attempt to run and work out tomorrow.  The following photos are from an amusement park nearby. Cool place ..almost walmart worthy. All the sophisticated danes arrived as we were leaving. The warm summer weather is here and I feel somewhat responsible for it. Photos will be loaded as taken. Still no sim card. Amazed at the summer bike culture.  Love it!!

French style hotdog

Danish hotdog with special sauce

Strange effect on camera

Not sure what happened here. I will clean the lense

Street lights

Alittle graffiti

Post modern architecture

Beer

Running

Ok the run was a great pressure relief. After a nice wake up at 300am sunrise it was off to the woods. On a side note apps are great. Leaving the balmy weather of Florida and going to the nice cool weather of DK. Had to share road with horse poo... but very nice to run in woods..nice thick woods.. not like the short hurricane pressed scrub we have in Florida. Only 2 people on the trail..but.. mosquitoes have found me ..even in Denmark.  I almost got swarmed..had to hall ass. Later squats and jumps for the legs. Its summer here and the folks are biking all over.  Great to see!!!

Running

Sooo the run was was a trot. Got eatten by mosquitoes. I had a full blog written and it got lost somewhere. I will rewrite later

Horse field

The travler

Airport

Running

Time to go explore and go for a quick jog

Danish evening

Layover Germany

Not alot to say at this point. Security was smooth. Didnt even have to remove shoes. All the familier moves and views as a world traveler come back. Wifi in thw airport is a log in using your email. This affords you about 30 min of free wifi. After that you are on your own dime... or euro. We almost missed our flight out. The ticket did not match thw actual boarding gate. My astute daughter caug ht that. For those who are wondering how smooth the commuication transfer will go, im still figuring out what will happen in Denmark. When we land I will find a sim card... or not. May have to wifi jump. Ok boarded and ready for puddle jumper. See ya soon

Will have to adjust order

The blogs may be out of order due to wifi availability

On the plane

Well we are finally boarded. Looking at all the wonderful fellow travelers and figuring which ones will taste good in the event of a crash and cannibalistic behaviour develops. Just kidding. The german safety film has started. Thinking back on the last 2 hours tsa has streamlined everything. I have a nice nww edition of outside magazine which I may not read totally until later. Alittle star bucks and we are off. The seats have definately gotten smaller.  Crazy!! Good thing I lost ten pounds.  Im gonna have to remember to run an extra mile or two during the trip. Ok there is wifi..for a fee im not sure. ..heres to the next 9 hours of flight!!! See ya on the other side..and that heavy guy should go well with ketchup.

Mid flight end flight

Near the end of the first leg of the flight. I changed my mind about eating anyone. We are  somewhere over Ireland according to the maps.  The built in alarm called baby alert let me know we began our decent from high altitude.  Its breakfast time. Dinner ok. A chicken and rice with a stringbean or two. I broke my first rule of travel. I didnt drink enough water so now its catchup. My wife warned me and I fell into the sweetner trap. Not even a beer.

Food court fun

In the airport

Ok so far....drive to orlando was actually a swim. It rained the entire drive up. Almost white knuckle. Arrived inn ok one ppiece though. Alittle confusion with the park and drive...looks like we will be spending the night on return. Check in is in an hour. There is an eb and flow in terminals...I can see how the airport employees dont feel like Disney employees. We ha e determined there are several types of dress for travel...the World explorer dundee northface guy complete with walking stick. Then there is the sport jersey guy..tatoos required. Then the neo hippy nice hemp clothing.smelly though. Then finally the D $ G fashion slave compete with shades and bulging male and female anatomy. .sigh what am I? Maybe a combo of all the above.

Next entry in an hour

July 2 10am

Ok precheck list complete.  With social media I can use any form of documentation I want. But I want to own my work...so here it will go. Pictures and emotions and all thoughts will follow as I travel europe with my family.