Prep Day Prep Day Prep Day

Bonjour, and that's right!  It's prep day today and I'm up early.  It's 6:30am my time, so 12:30am for you east coasters and 9:30pm for you west coasters still hanging in yesterday!  I was up until close to 12am inserting elevation profiles into the route guides, so I didn't get a lot of sleep but as Joe Dirt says, "You just gotta keep on keepin' on."

Today we have a whole slew of items to take care of that include but are not limited to:  Wash clothes (our washing machine broke), create guest packs (cinch sacs), write welcome cards, load the trailer and update inventory, wash the van/trailer, grocery shop, pack our bags, prep one last bike, talk logistics, print the route guides, highlight routes on a map and photocopy them, and more!  Think we can do it all in a day?  Watch us.  We're Trek Travel guides and all of that will be done by noon!  (lofty goals, eh?)

I'll update the blog with photos and blurbs about how my first trip is going.  It's a luxury trip and we are staying at http://www.crillonlebrave.com/main/en for 3 nights and the guests are staying at www.domainedesandeols.com for the last 2 nights.  Renee and I will stay at a beautiful little b&b next to Domaine des Andeols because that hotel is very expensive and we can save some euros by doing this.  Domaine des Andeols is very interesting, so check out their "maisons" or "houses".  Each has a different theme and artistic style.  Crillon le Brave is such a nice place that we stay there for 3 nights, because the trips used to stay there for 1-2 nights... but it's so nice!  Great views of the region and Mt. Ventoux, and a great staff to compliment your stay.  I'm looking forward to experiencing my first trip as a guide!

That's all for now, but stay tuned for updates over the coming days!  Thanks for reading!