GC1jnam – FOUND IT!

Our first geocaching experience goes, well, well!

I visited www.geocaching.com, downloaded some spots (little treasure chests on my garmin) and jumped into the car. I don’t have any street maps on my machine so it was all by cardinal directions, yeah, bad ass. But once we were out of the car we pointed our Garmin GPSmap 60CSx and away we went. It took Kira right to the spot. Unfortunatly, we didn’t know that you weren’t allowed to burry things, so we spent some time poking about with a stick in the mucky, snow covered grass, but eventually we just looked up and BAM! there it was. GC1jnam.

Today I finally ventured out into the cold of Colorado for my first bike ride since driving my little road racer 1,200 miles from California on the back of the Volvo. Dawning my Chinese riding pants and socks, I also made sure to put on my sleeved Mizell Racing jersey because of weather. I packed some goods in case I broke down or stopped to dine, which included a light jacket for any sudden storms that may approach this reckless land and strapped it all to the back of my Trek 1000, just so I could reminisce of the good old days of packing it all down the road. I inflated the tires to their peek performance level of 120 psi, strapped on my helmet, and downloaded MapMyRide for my iPhone. (I also started up my Holux m-241 for redundancy and spot checking.) The only thing left to do was embark.
I stepped out into the brisk 70 degree air, lightly clouded, so the nuclear heat of the sun could be avoided. I shivered. This was a desolate place. The light cloud cover, still air, and seventy degree ambience created a surreal mind fog. Burrrrr…fog.. I plunged right into my ride with vigor and quickly found two factors to be the most obnoxious: one, there was debris all over the roads from the previous storm and de-icing techniques, two, I was dehydrated before my first mile was completed. Racing downhill, I was struggling for good deep breaths, and found mucus collecting faster than I could project it into traffic. However, my body quickly warmed up and I drained a water bottle. Then I began to enjoy the ride, the weather, the scenery and my brief loop through the springs proved to be a fantastic dry, thin-air, up-down warm up for the end of a riding season up here in the Colorado Rockies.

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… I suppose I should add that it really isn’t cold here. It’s beautiful and warm and today was a perfect day to ride… but I’ve got to scare the other Californians away, right?

I finally got the route off the gps and online!!

Cycling China
For the full GPS file, us this URL:

http://blog.johnmizell.com/man-uploads/gpslog/2009-08-23-china.kml

More so, each post now has the daily GPS route accompanying it’s text.  Soon I hope to have routes on MapMyRide too.

Chinese Cycling Information

Plans, Links, Pictures, Updates.  A living document if you will, living vicariously through both this site and other sites which we update.

The Plans

Notes: This plan is being continually updated and contains our comprehensive travel plan including map links, points of interest, routes, alternate routes, contacts and hosts, and any other information we gather.  By looking at this document, you know what we know, updated as we know it (per our internet connectivity)

THE ROUTE – kml file of our actual, shortened, and generally screwy route.

The Calendar

Notes: This Calendar should update as we move.  It contains approximate times for arrival into cities including who we’ll be staying with.

The Photos

Notes: none yet.  Look in your mail box.. maybe you got a post card.  Maybe. :)

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The Route

Notes: These are PNGs of our route as shown by Google Maps.  Links to dynamic versions of these PNGs can be found within our SH-HK Plan document.  After we upload our actual route as tracked by our GPS we’ll post those here too.

Destination 1 (Shanghai to Hangzhoug):

1. Full Pan Sat Image: d1-sat-o1
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d1-o1.png
3. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d1-o2.png
4. Detail Road Map (1): d1-d1.png
5. Detail Road Map (2): d1-d2.png
6. Detail Road Map (3): d1-d3.png
7. Detail Road Map (4): d1-d4.png
8. Detail Road Map (5): d1-d5.png
9. Detail Road Map (6): d1-d6.png
10. Detail Road Map (7): d1-d7.png
11. Detail Road Map (8): d1-d8.png
12. Detail Road Map (9): d1-d9.png
13. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 2 (Hangzhou to Shaoxing):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d2-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d2-o2.png
3. Partial Pan, Road Map (3): d2-o3.png
4. Detail Road Map (1): d2-d1.png
5. Detail Road Map (2): d2-d2.png
6. Detail Road Map (3): d2-d3.png
7. Detail Road Map (4): d2-d4.png
8. Detail Road Map (5): d2-d5.png
9. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 3 (Shaoxing to Tiantai Mountain):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d3-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): hd3-o2.png
3. Partial Pan, Road Map (3): d3-o3.png
4. Detail Road Map (1): d3-d1.png
5. Detail Road Map (2): d3-d2.png
6. Detail Road Map (3): d3-d3.png
7. Detail Road Map (4): d3-d4.png
8. Detail Road Map (5): d3-d5.png
9. Detail Road Map (6): d3-d6.png
10. Detail Road Map (7): d3-d7.png
11. Detail Road Map (8): d3-d8.png
12. Detail Road Map (9): d3-d9.png
13. Detail Road Map (10): d3-d10.png
14. Detail Road Map (11): d3-d11.png
15. Detail Road Map (12): d3-d12.png
16. Detail Road Map (13): d3-d13.png
17. Detail Road Map (14): d3-d14.png
18. Detail Road Map (15): d3-d15.png
19. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 4 (Tiantai Mountain to Wenzhou):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d4-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d4-o2.png
3. Partial Pan, Road Map (3): d4-o3.png
4. Partial Pan, Road Map (4): d4-o4.png
5. Detail Road Map (1): d4-d1.png
6. Detail Road Map (2): d4-d2.png
7. Detail Road Map (3): d4-d3.png
8. Detail Road Map (4): d4-d4.png
9. Detail Road Map (5): d4-d5.png
10. Detail Road Map (6): d4-d6.png
11. Detail Road Map (7): d4-d7.png
12. Detail Road Map (8): d4-d8.png
13. Detail Road Map (9): d4-d9.png
14. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 5 (Wenzhou to Taimu Mountain):

1. Partial Pan, Sat Map (1): d5-sat-d1.png
2. Partial Pan, Sat Map (2): d5-sat-d2.png
3. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d5-o1.png
4. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d5-o2.png
5. Partial Pan, Road Map (3): d5-o3.png
6. Detail Road Map (1):  d5-d1.png
7. Detail Road Map (2): d5-d2.png
8. Detail Road Map (3): d5-d3.png
9. Detail Road Map (4): d5-d4.png
10. Detail Road Map (5): d5-d5.png
11. Detail Road Map (6): d5-d6.png
12. Detail Road Map (7): d5-d7.png
13. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 6 (Taimu Mountain to Ningde):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d6-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d6-o2.png
3. Detail Road Map (1): d6-d1.png
4. Detail Road Map (2): d6-d2.png
5. Detail Road Map (3): d6-d3.png
6. Detail Road Map (4): d6-d4.png
7. Detail Road Map (5): d6-d5.png
8. Detail Road Map (6): d6-d6.png
9. Detail Road Map (7): d6-d7.png
10. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 7 (Ningde to Tantouzhen):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d7-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d7-o2.png
3. Detail Road Map (1): d7-d1.png
4. Detail Road Map (2): d7-d2.png
5. Detail Road Map (3): d7-d3.png
6. Detail Road Map (4): d7-d4.png
7. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 8 (Tantouzhen to Jiangkouzhen):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d8-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d8-o2.png
3. Detail Road Map (1): d8-d1.png
4. Detail Road Map (2): d8-d2.png
5. Detail Road Map (3): d8-d3.png
6. Detail Road Map (4): d8-d4.png
7. Detail Road Map (5): d8-d5.png
8. Detail Road Map (6): d8-d6.png
9. Detail Road Map (7): d8-d7.png
10. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 9 (Jiangkouzhen to Chongwu):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d9-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d9-o2.png
3. Detail Road Map (1): d9-d1.png
4. Detail Road Map (2): d9-d2.png
5. Detail Road Map (3): d9-d3.png
6. Detail Road Map (4): d9-d4.png
7. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 10 (Chongwu to Quanzhou):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d10-o1.png
2. Detail Road Map (1): d10-d1.png
3. Detail Road Map (2): d10-d2.png
4. Detail Road Map (3): d10-d3.png
5. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 11 (Quanzhou to Xiamen):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d11-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d11-o2.png
3. Detail Road Map (1): d11-d1.png
4. Detail Road Map (2): d11-d2.png
5. Detail Road Map (3): d11-d3.png
6. Detail Road Map (4): d11-d4.png
7. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 12 (Xiamen to Jiuzhen):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d12-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d12-o2.png
3. Detail Road Map (1): d12-d1.png
4. Detail Road Map (2): d12-d2.png
5. Detail Road Map (3): d12-d3.png
6. Detail Road Map (4): d12-d4.png
7. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 13 (Jiuzhen to Qiaodong):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d13-o1.png
2. Detail Road Map (1): d13-d1.png
3. Detail Road Map (2): d13-d2.png
4. Detail Road Map (3): d13-d3.png
5. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 14 (Qiaodong to Longdong):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d14-o1.png
2. Detail Road Map (1): d14-d1.png
3. Detail Road Map (2): d14-d2.png
4. Detail Road Map (3): d14-d3.png
5. Detail Road Map (4): d14-d4.png
6. Detail Road Map (5): d14-d5.png
7. Detail Road Map (6): d14-d6.png
8. Detail Road Map (7): d14-d7.png
9. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 15 (Longdong to Shenzhen):

1. Partial Pan, Road Map (1): d15-o1.png
2. Partial Pan, Road Map (2): d15-o2.png
3. Partial Pan, Road Map (3): d15-o3.png
4. Detail Road Map (1): d15-d1.png
5. Detail Road Map (2): d15-d2.png
6. Detail Road Map (3): d15-d3.png
7. Detail Road Map (4): d15-d4.png
8. Detail Road Map (5): d15-d5.png
9. Detail Road Map (6): d15-d5b.png
10. Detail Road Map (7): d15-d6.png
11. Detail Road Map (8): d15-d7.png
12. Detail Road Map (9): d15-d8.png
13. Detail Road Map (10): d15-d9.png
14. Detail Road Map (11): d15-d10.png
15. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Destination 16 (Shenzhen to Hong Kong):

1. Full Island Satellite View: d16-sat-o1.png
2. Full Island Terrain View: d16-ter-o1.png
3. Full Island Road Map: d16-o1.png
4. Partial Terrain View (1): d16-ter-d1.png
5. Partial Terrain View (2): d16-ter-d2.png
6. Partial Terrain View (3): d16-ter-d3.png
7. Partial Terrain View (4): d16-ter-d4.png
8. Actual Route.  *.kml file (soon to come)

Other Important Links:

John’s CS Profile

Dan’s CS Profile