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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: ontario
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
Posted in bicycle touring
Tagged bike ride, Montreal, ontario, route vert, waterfront trail
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Farms of the Future
Windmills everywhere along the shores of Lake Erie in Southern Ontario. I counted well beyond 100 before giving up on an actual total. New energy is really growing, i saw plenty in Wisconsin and Michigan as well. Wind is plentiful … Continue reading
Posted in bicycle touring, on the road
Tagged green economy, lackawanna, ontario, steel winds, wind energy, wind farms
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Training Day
“You wanna go home or you wanna go to jail”? Continue reading
Posted in preparing for the tour, Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle, buffalo, canada, denzel, ethan, niagara, ontario, open road, preparation, trail, training
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Hoping for a Tail Wind 