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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.”
Tag Archives: cross country
Day 1. 39 Miles. Mind Set Match Point (or… My Magic Rain Jacket)
I got a thing with rain jackets, specifically whichever rain jacket I have when I have it. Over the years they’ve been used ones, new ones, cheap, whatever. They all work. Whenever I put it on, the rain stops (or … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure cycling, bicycle, bicycle touring, bike breakdown, bike ride, bike tour, cross country, exercise, healthy living, inspiration, Kansas City, long distance, Missouri, morning grind, motivation, open road, preparation, raleigh sojourn, rock island trail, tour, touring, trail
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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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Tagged adventure cycling, bicycle, bicycle touring, bike tour, canada, cross country, exercise, healthy living, long distance, Montreal, open road, raleigh sojourn, tour, touring
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Day 9. 544 Miles. Palouse To Potatoland.
I’m thinking about this $85 Eddie Bauer shirt that I am wearing. They don’t pay me, I pay them. It is a nice shirt though. Lightweight. SPF protection. Long sleeve. Thumb-hole hand thingies. Worth it for sure. I have no … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bicycle touring, Coere d’Alene, cross country, Eddie Bauer, hall of fame, long distance, Malden, open road, Palouse, rail trail, Rosalia, tekoa
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