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We fight enough headwinds. It’s only fair every once in a while.
6 months agoI remember driving that route and crossing the divide twice, which I knew was impossible; once, or three times, but not twice, so I looked it up on the map. Very interesting.
6 months agoYou da man!
I did mention the descent down Goshen Rim -
but there is no way to tell conditions from year to year.
Sorry about the washboards.
Yes, there are some very long trains out here.
6 months agoGOOD
6 months agoThanks!
6 months agoYes, I'd never seen a movie theater in such a plain metal building.
6 months agoI'm not sure at what point I tried V-8 juice on tour. I'm sure it's the salt. The first year I took up the habit, I came home and bought a half gallon of V-8. It sat in the fridge forever! It just wasn't as tasty when I wasn't sweating gallons while bicycling hours every day. V-8 is definitely a touring thing. It's getting hard to find now. It's not a popular drink. I didn't find one tonight. But yesterday I had two, to make up the deficiency.
6 months agoI've never seen this "nut roll" you've mentioned. I used to eat Payday bars, which are available everywhere of course, but I got burned out on them.
Not a big fan of V-8 juice, but I should try it on a bike tour.
Well done on the gravel!
6 months agoSalted nut rolls and V-8 juice. Don't knock it until you've tried it!
6 months agoThey didn't spend much money on aesthetics. Hopefully the sound is good.
6 months agoThat's right!
6 months agoJeff Lee: the Connoisseur of Dirt Roads
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Paper maps are "old school?" Well then, I guess I'm guilty as charged. I prefer to have a paper map in the map holder on top of my handlebar bag and follow it all day, and/or have a cue sheet with mileages that I reference as I'm riding. I do use a GPS, but only when necessary and/or as a backup to my paper map/cue sheet. But in the interest of complete disclosure, I have used a preloaded RWGPS route on my phone RWGPS app so that it gave me verbal commands for turns once when I was leaving in the pre-dawn hours on a route that had a lot of complicated turns from county roads - I wouldn't have even been able to see a paper map while I was riding in the dark - so I guess I'm not totally old school. Oh well, you youngsters would be at a loss if you ran out of battery - paper maps don't have to be charged. :
6 months ago