Bicycling through Tuscany....

The middle portion of our trip was a fabulous ride through beautiful Tuscany. We traveled through pine forests, saw cork trees, stayed at a winery, visited an olive-oil mill, visited beaches, swam in the Tyrrhenian Sea and rode with 2 trip leaders and 15 fellow bikers.

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Our fearless leaders....Franco and Andrea. What would we have done without them???

Our group....

The 60ish ladies - and -

the whoe group!

Rode through pine forests....

...and through many beautiful Tuscan towns.

The view from two of our rooms.

Rome

We ended our trip with a few days in Rome. We saw the Roman Forum, (the birthplace of Ancient Rome),

the Pantheon (the most preserved church),

the Colosseum (where gladiators fought),

the Trevi fountain (where we threw a coin to ensure our return to Rome),

the people gathering place...the Spanish Steps....very romantic at night!

St. Peter's Square and Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo's Pieta

We always seemed to end the afternoon in our favorite spot....The Piazza Novona to drink coffee and people watch.

Summer visit w/family....

........we all met in Petaluma, CA to spend a few days together. We toured San Francisco, Muir Woods, Stinson Beach, Charles Schultz's museum, fed goats, ate s'mores, rode merry-go-rounds and enjoyed each other's company. I think everyone would agree it was good to spend time ALL together.

Charlie Brown gets a wet willy! Kennedy loved feeding the goats.