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Yeah - the 23-miles in the heat were enough to continue to hold my "tough guy" card. I didn't need to sleep in the sweat lodge that night :-)
5 months agoI've camped in some pretty bad heat on a few occasions in my backpacking days. Once in Death Valley it didn't get below 93-degrees all night. Another time I had outrageous heat and humidity in northern Arkansas. Camping was the only choice in the backcountry. I think that's why I turned to bike touring. You made the right 23-extra-mile decision.
5 months agoQuoting "Airplane" is never inappropriate. It has a lot of great one-liners.
5 months agoI may have been too impatient to look that up myself š. Thanks for the assist. Always good to have a botanist to help out when posting a touring blog. Thanks.
5 months agoImpatiens
https://www.thespruce.com/shade-tolerant-impatiens-flowers-2132141
I've been waiting on this since retirement date May 3. Waiting and logging about 490 miles on the new bike since that day. My legs are ready, I'm ready, and the bike is ready. Now all that's left is to ride it and plan the adventure.
I did two videos during a short trip to the Golden Isles (I think you watched them) so that kept me busy and distracted while this tour creeps ever closer.
Looks like a really great adventure, with an impressive amount of planning, by the way! Iām looking forward to following along (not to mention seeing a video some day?)
6 months ago
Yeah. Guess I picked the wrong week to give up cycling touring in the heat and humidity...
5 months ago