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Author Archives: Sean
Glacier National Park, Montana
Tweet “Sweet, I’ve got enough frequent-rider points for a free ticket to Montana. Hey Sean, wanna go to Glacier National Park?” my friend Jim asked. And so another bicycle tour was born. Tuesday, August 7th, my affable- and frequent- bicycle-trip … Continue reading
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Where DID the Time Go–An Anti-Sabbatical, A Bike Move, and More
Tweet Somehow the end of January became the end of May, almost over night. I decided to hang out in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis & St Paul, Minnesota, for a while and replenish my savings by working a temporary … Continue reading
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Plans–What are those?
Tweet At yesterday’s bicycle pub crawl the most common question, aside from “What’s on tap?” was “What am [I] doing back in Minneapolis, and what are [my] next plans?”. Both good questions. The former isn’t really relevant any more, so … Continue reading
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New Orleans LA
Tweet The first leg of my journey to regain trust in people, including myself, concluded in New Orleans after 2400 miles and two months on the road. I entered New Orleans with an open mind and a renewed sense of … Continue reading
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Home for the Holidays
Tweet After a week of celebrating my journey to New Orleans with two good friends from Minneapolis, I decided I wanted to spend the holidays back home. I’m working on a post about my time in New Orleans, one of … Continue reading
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Donaldsonville to New Orleans LA, 67 miles
Tweet Although I got to bed late, I was still up at 5AM. I tried to make the most of the “complementary” hotel breakfast, having biscuits & gravy, sausage, oatmeal, an apple, four mini pastries and several cups of what … Continue reading
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Plaquemine LA to Donaldsonville LA, 41 miles
Tweet I left my free campsite in a preacher’s back yard in Plaquemine about a quarter to 7AM, and began sniffing out breakfast. After two false starts (cafe’s that had gone out of business), I wound up at McDonald’s for … Continue reading
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New Roads LA to Plaquemine LA, 61 miles
Tweet Leaving New Roads with my newly repaired rear wheel, I stopped for first lunch at the only open restaurant in town, and had the”chicken stew”, a bland concoction on white rice with a slice of white bread. By the … Continue reading
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Port Gibson MS to New Roads LA
Tweet Port Gibson to New Roads Thursday, 1dec2011: I had purchased a quart of denatured alcohol for the Trangia stove at the hardware store on entering Port Gibson. With denatured alcohol the Trangia lit easily and burned much hotter, but … Continue reading
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Greenville MS to Port Gibson, MS
Tweet Thanksgiving in Leroy Percy State Park, Greenville MS I spent Thanksgiving in Leroy Percy State Park. Having no network access of any kind (not even voice cell-phone service), and no mileage goals, I wrote the following in my journal: … Continue reading
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