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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 0. Objective MTL
Bon jour. From basically utopia. Go ahead, combine the best parts of New Orleans, Barcelona and Mexico City into a city I can drive to in under 7 hours (but for some reason don’t nearly as much as I’d like), … Continue reading
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Day 14. 800 Miles. The Great Northern, FWIW.
“For what it’s worth” is one of the worst phrases in the history of the English language. Fight me about it. Why would a pre-valuation of one’s own impending statement exist in any dimension? Get on with it. Just do … Continue reading
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Day 13. 752 Miles. Day Use Deus: Flathead Fa’Sho.
Flathead County. Flathead Lake. Flathead Reservation. Flathead River. Someone important must have had a really really flat head to get all this named in their honor and likeness. I’m here in Flathead State Park, West Shore Unit Campground. This is … Continue reading
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