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Thumbs up guys.I’m a bit of an entomologist so any bug related questions can be directed to me.
10 months agoNot a roach. Looks like a ground beetle.
Notice the mandibles (heavy biting mouthparts)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202105-Pterostichinae/browse_photos?place_id=7182
No long, thin antennae
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82232-Blattidae/browse_photos?place_id=7182
Have you had to do any bike repairs? What spare parts did you bring in cas??
Do your clothes still fit. Must be loosing some weight?
Keep on trucking guys.. great job!
The fan club in West Palm Beach ⛱️
Matthews has nothing on you....
10 months agoThe headwinds sound awful but the scenery is great!
10 months agoOr, what is it trying to keep out?
11 months agoI agree with your "just do it" philosophy. Last week when it was near 10 degrees F I saw a kingfisher on a branch, but just passed it because things were so cold. I have checked every day since and not seen it again... I wish I had just frozen my hand and taken the picture. Probably will never again get such a perfect chance.
Do it and live the moment that will then be gone.
Only a Canadian (not from the Prairies) would call it hydro!
11 months agoWhat a great way to celebrate a birthday!
11 months agoRipio, I had to laugh! Yeah, sounds just like you wrote!
Although I knew what it meant from all the bike touring journals I have followed, I thought I would get an "official" rendering of its meaning:
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/spanish-english/ripio
Holy smokes guys, that's AMAZING! Also, I might have found what reepio is. But I dare not put my guess here. Keep on riding and sharing. I am inspired to get on my indoor trainer in the morning and pretend to be on David Fife Line...
and a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!!
Happy Birthday David!
Excellent Journaling Peter!
Foreign Correspondence may be in your future!
Amazing scenery.. almost feels like I am with you guys!
Happy Trails!
What am amazing trip! I am so glad you are sharing the adventure with us. The photos are fabulous. With any luck, just a few more days of blood-sucking bugs.
11 months ago
OOOOH!
10 months agoGreat there's someone else out here that can help folks!
At age 78 I am not sure how much longer I can keep offering "maybe it is xxx" IDs. My 1969 zoology degree is slowly fading.