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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.”
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Day 11. 551 Miles. The Many-Faced Mother Road.
This super 8 breakfast is rather meek. The coffee machine provides a pretty solid brew, though. Apples, bananas, common muffins, etc. Oh, look biscuits and sausage gravy. It’s actually warm food, score. I am easy like Sunday morning, Lionel. Chugging … Continue reading
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Day 00. 0 Miles. Like a Bauhaus Bawse.
Gesamtkunstwerk. Bring your seat backs to their full and upright positions and stow your tray tables, we’ll be arriving into Modernism shortly. Sort of. My Raleigh Sojourn and I arrive, safely into Kansas City. I’m still nervous about bike breakage, … Continue reading
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