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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 4. 257 Miles. The Spoke Gods Must Be Crazy.
It’s a frosty morning in the desert. I find myself boiling coffee in a parking lot and shitting in vault toilets. It’s disgusting. The toilet, not the coffee. The coffee is obviously wonderful. I accept all small luxuries with open … Continue reading
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Day 3. 189 Miles. Enter Sand, Man.
If you’re just coming in and were not yet aware, three is the magic number. I promised wild UFO shit and stopped at three of the five stations and donated a quarter. Pretty weird stuff here gang. No poop. No … Continue reading
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Arranged to be unreachable
Get in your DeLorean and time travel to ten days ago, when I’m watching The Undoing on HBO. Wishing I wasn’t. Wishing I was in actual physical pain rather than psychosomatic actual pain. Climbing hills in what my research has … Continue reading
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Hoping for a Tail Wind 