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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: preparing for the tour
La Palabra Secreta De Hoy Es… Resilience
This past March, I learned a lot about it. And a lot about myself; finding myself hospitalized for 15 days and only remembering half of them Continue reading
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Tagged ai, awareness, bicycle, bicycle touring, long distance, meningitis, mind power, recovery, support, survivor
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Loop Full Of FLowers
“Would somebody please tell Father Time to kiss my ass pause.” – Th1rt3en Back at it again… like a crack addict… on a two two-wheeled tours a year habit…. I suppose I have The Panda to thank for it. You … Continue reading
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Forty Five Days Later
On a ten mile commute to visit my cousin (aka my dentist), I imagine I’m out on the southern tier, again. Or the northern tier, again. Or any tier anywhere, ever. I self-hallucinate my way into some sort of geographical … Continue reading
