It all started innocently enough. I asked my son “What do you want to do on spring break this year?” Of course, I was thrilled with his answer. “How about a bike tour?”

“How about a bike tour?” What an awesome idea! But I was a bit worried about his bike handling skills. However, that was a problem that could be handled “easily enough” (why does it always start that way?) by building a tandem bicycle for the tour. So it began, The Texas Hill Country Tour.

At the time, we lived just outside of San Antonio, and we had some good friends living up in Lampasas, TX. We decided to make a ride from San Antonio to Lampasas (and back if possible). For us this really made sense as I was not in the best of shape, and my son was new to this whole “touring thing.” We also concluded (in one of our few moments of common sense) that this ride would leave us no more then a few hours (by car) from assistance if the need arose.

As luck, and a bit of (poor) planning would have it, the bike is “finished” at about 10:00pm, the night before the ride begins. How great is that? Up until now, we have had only a couple of practice miles of riding to learn how “Double Trouble” (yup, I name my bikes) will work for us. Nevertheless, we are a strong team, and we can learn as we go along…