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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: touring
Day 1. 39 Miles. Mind Set Match Point (or… My Magic Rain Jacket)
I got a thing with rain jackets, specifically whichever rain jacket I have when I have it. Over the years they’ve been used ones, new ones, cheap, whatever. They all work. Whenever I put it on, the rain stops (or … Continue reading
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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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Day 13. 763 Miles. Feen.
Shaving removes 10 years off my reflected appearance in the mirror. Not that I’ve been around many mirrors the last couples weeks. More Muir then mirror, fa sho. Riding removes about 12 pounds from my body. I’d like to keep … Continue reading
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