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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: florida
Death To Bike Thieves
Damon the packed the 99 miles into Jacksonville yesterday. Then someone stole his bike and all his shit, including his passport. Fuck whoever did that in their ass with an 18 wheeler. It was an 80’s red Peugeot bike. Front … Continue reading
Day 41. 2,551 Miles. Let’s Get Wet.
We’re just babies, man. In some alternate reality, gentleman volunteer Juan Ponce de Leon — who despite historical inaccuracies was never searching for a fountain of youth — finds such a thing and is stuck in a time loop, repeating … Continue reading
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
Hoping for a Tail Wind 