For Immediate Release
Bicycle Adventures’ Fall 2013 Departures
Include Cycling Through Sierras into Death Valley,
And Cultural / Adventure Tour of New Mexico
Issaquah, WA, Aug. 7, 2013 – Do you know the way to San Jose? It happens to be the starting point for
Bicycle Adventures’ six-day fall epic; Death Valley Bike Tour, a 500-mile two-wheel journey averaging 70 to 100 miles per day crowning the Sierra Nevadas, past Yosemite National Park and dropping into Death Valley and Badwater Basin. The tour concludes with a spin over Jubilee Pass and into some well deserved R&R at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Death Valley Bike Tour is one of several trips Bicycle Adventures has on its Fall 2013 schedule that includes a Southwest tour coinciding with an October hot air balloon festival in New Mexico.
“We call the San Jose to Vegas tour an ‘epic trip’ because it targets advanced cyclists,” said Todd Starnes, owner and president of Bicycle Adventures (
http://bicycleadventures.com/), the Pacific Northwest-based active travel company specializing in two-wheel tours in North America, Canada, Hawaii and New Zealand.
Bikes, all meals and five nights of accommodation are included in the per person, double, rate of $2,415. The trip departs on Sept. 29. See:
http://bicycleadventures.com/destinations/california-bike-tours/Death-Valley-Bike-Tour
New Mexico Land of Enchantment Bike Tour is a seven-day extravaganza departing Albuquerque along the Turquoise Trail past historic mining towns beneath the Sandia Mountains before taking the High Road to Taos skirting the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Then it’s on to the legendary Enchanted Circle’s 84 miles of stunning scenery. Enroute, cyclists who average 40-60 miles daily on bikes will raft the whitewater of the Rio Grande, visit artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch and hike among ancient Anasazi cliff dwellings and pueblos in Bandelier National Monument. The trip concludes in Albuquerque in time for Day 1 of the world famous Balloon Fiesta. See:
http://bicycleadventures.com/destinations/new-mexico-bike-tours/Land-of-Enchantment-Bike-Tour
Departing Sept. 29, the Sunday to Saturday trip for intermediate to advanced cyclists includes bikes, activities, all meals except one lunch and one dinner, six nights lodging and access on Oct. 5 to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (Oct 5-13, 2013 -
http://www.balloonfiesta.com/). The per person double rate for this Classic Plus tour is $3,395.
For more information, availability and reservations contact Bicycle Adventures by phone: 800.443.6060, email:
office@bicycleadventures.com or visit online at:
http://bicycleadventures.com/.
About Bicycle Adventures - North America’s Premier Bicycle Touring Company™. Scenic byways, four and five-star accommodations and local dining and visits to National Parks are trademarks of Bicycle Adventures, founded in 1984. Types of tours include
Classic (25-50 miles a day),
Classic Plus (50-60 miles a day) and
Epic (70+ miles a day with the most demanding terrain). Value-driven
Casual category trips offer budget-conscious lodging and meals, with the same full van support.
Pre-set and
custom tours embrace the Pacific Northwest into Canada, California and the Southwest, as well as Colorado, South Dakota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Hawaii and New Zealand. Excelling in its own backyard the Issaquah, WA-based company conducts tours of Washington State’s wine country and offers
Pub and Pedal programs focused on the craft beer industry in California, Oregon and Washington. Cyclists can opt for tours embracing the following National Parks: Arizona - Saguaro; Canada - Banff, Jasper and Waterton Lakes; Colorado - Rocky Mountain; Hawaii - Hawaii Volcanoes and City of Refuge; Montana - Glacier; Nevada - Death Valley; New Mexico - Bandelier; Oregon - Crater Lake and Columbia River Gorge NSA; South Dakota - Badlands; Utah- Zion, Bryce; Washington - North Cascades and Mt. Rainier.
