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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: open road
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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TTT23 #1: Ocracoke Island (aka Money in the Outer Banks)
Walking around making money having fun, cause even then I’m still number one… That’s TWO old school hip hop references here to highlight THREE days on my April long ride that constitute the number ONE travel spot for 2023… and … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, bicycle route, bicycle touring, bike obx, bike tour, camping, hatteras, healthy living, long distance, north carolina, ocracoke, open road, outer banks, travel
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Hoping for a Tail Wind 