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In “Desert Solitaire”, Edward Abbey notes:
“A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles. Better to idle through one park in two weeks than try to race through a dozen in the same amount of time. Those who are familiar with both modes of travel know from experience that this is true; the rest have only to make the experiment to discover the same truth for themselves.”
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Day 15. 983 Miles. Bigger.
I’m in a suburban strip mall plaza on the outskirts of El Paso. If everything is bigger in Texas, why isn’t there a whopper this actual size yet? I mean, people would eat that shit up. Literally. Spend all week … Continue reading
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Day 14. 900 Miles. Final Boss Shit.
Down El Paso way things get pretty spread out. People got no idea where in the world they are. They go up north and come back south. Still got no idea where in the world they are. -Talking Heads, “Cities”. … Continue reading
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Day 13. 825 Miles. No Fear Nor Loathing In Las Cruces.
Long distance bicycle travel is about a lot of things for me. Physical and mental health, to start. Touring and site seeing. A sort of battery recharge for sure. It also really about the people you meet along the way… … Continue reading
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Hoping for a Tail Wind 