New trips in our sights

With the amazing success of our new Peru and Chile trips (almost all of our spots for 2008 are sold out or close to selling out), we're setting our sights on other destinations for 2009 and beyond. In 2008, we will be heading to Guatemala and Croatia/Slovenia to develop new trips.

Our Guatemala trip will offer North Americans a quick winter getaway and a chance to bring the bike out of the basement for some midwinter singletrack fun. The trip will likely be around 7-8 days, with most of the riding around Antigua and Lake Atitlan. We're going to do a scouting trip in late February with our local friends in Guatemala; if you're interested in joining us, we're going to offer spots on this scouting trip at a heavily discounted rate. Call our office at 1-888-423-7849 or e-mail us: ride@sacredrides.com.

I'll be heading to my homeland Croatia in early September 2008 to visit family, and then will be doing a trial run of our new 8-day trip in Croatia and Slovenia. The trip will feature about 4 days in each country: mountain biking and beaches in the Istria region of Croatia, and mountain biking and kayaking in the Julian Alps of Slovenia. Again, if you want to join us and save a few bucks off the regular rate, give us a shout.

Happy holidays, everyone!

Mike