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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: Montreal
Day 1. 67 Miles. 108 Kilometers And Running.
I’m on the shores of the St Lawrence River, feeling a feeling which must be what it’s like to be ass raped in a Canadian prison. The offending offender’s name is Chad. He tells me so I don’t have to … Continue reading
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Tagged bike ride, Montreal, ontario, route vert, waterfront 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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Hoping for a Tail Wind 