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Category Archives: How
Staying Small, Living Large
Tweet I’ve been downsizing my list of possessions for over a decade, gradually changing my focus from a life rich in stuff (I’ll be happy once I’ve got…) to a life rich in experiences. One of the unexpected consequences of this has been the … Continue reading
Bicycle Commuting vs Bicycle Touring
Tweet I’ve got a confession to make: I’ve crossed the line from bicycle commuter to bicycle tourist and back several times over the last decade, and yet I am still struggling to integrate both into my life. Let’s take a … 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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Open-Ended Tour Update: It’s a “GO”
Tweet After weeks of intense cogitation, I’ve decided to embark on an open-ended bicycle tour this fall. I’ve given my landlord notice of my intention to move out by October 29th, 2011. Launch day will be sometime in October; based … Continue reading
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Mental Shift
Tweet A big part of the process of overcoming so many of the obstacles between where I am now and where I want to be involves looking at the problem from enough different views that the solution becomes obvious. Robert … Continue reading
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The First Step: Commute by Bicycle
Tweet So you want to ride your bicycle to work. Cool. Believe it or not, you’ve already taken the hardest step. The only other difficult part is actually doing it. Fear not, I’ve been through this and it’s easier than … Continue reading
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“The Road That Has No End”
Tweet Late one afternoon a few weeks ago I was hanging out at a friend’s bike shop discussing my post-early-retirement dream of long-term bicycle touring. Jim, my friend, companion on several past bike tours and proprietor of the shop told … Continue reading
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Downsizing, or “the Coffee Maker” story
Tweet While having dinner with a friend who is in the process of buying a house, the question “was it difficult moving into a smaller house?” came up. Off-the-cuff, I didn’t think so: although I moved out of a 2,000 … Continue reading
What’s it Going to Cost?
Tweet One of the big questions when thinking about long-term bicycle touring is “What’s it going to cost?” And rightly so; as what you’re expecting to be able to spend directly controls both when you launch and what you will … Continue reading
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