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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.”
Category Archives: bicycle touring
A1A, Beach front avenue… Rollin!
Ok. Enough Vanilla Ice references there for all of our lifetimes. First day out and it’s rainy what Floridians call “cold”. Meaning 60°. Loving it. Straight shot down from Hollywood into South Beach, plenty of horns and nasty comments because … Continue reading
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72° at 11pm. Yes! The shift from -25° to that has me so speechless that I decided on using emoji for the subject of this post. Arrived in FLL, met our Warm Showers hosts Dave and Leo, as well as … Continue reading
Arrivals
Happy to say that my beloved touring bike has arrived in Florida. Hopefully FedEx took care of the precious cargo, considering all the money they accepted from me to ship it. Next up, my turn. Can’t wait to get out … Continue reading
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Hoping for a Tail Wind 