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From The Long Way to Cleveland by jim katzin

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Mark White commented on a photo in Day 4 - A cold start, with a promise of great weather

I know Burlington is a liberal-minded town, but "Red Square"... really.

1 year ago
Mark White commented on a photo in Day 3 How bad can it be?

Ugh...

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Eight Days a Week

Looks like the Amish.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Eight Days a Week

Looks like sandstone, very well constructed. It will be there for a while.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Eight Days a Week

Looks like a an early trappeur from Quebec. They were the ones that settled all the land around the St. Lawrence, going back to the 1600s. They got on great with the tribes in the area, and usually had a Native American wife.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Eight Days a Week

That’s what real poverty looks like.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Eight Days a Week

That’s about as bad as it gets.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on Day 7 - And on the seventh day...

81 miles is a lot, but it is flat. Your first day of 75 miles in mountainous terrain was pretty extreme, especially with a heavily loaded bike.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Day 7 - And on the seventh day...

Looks very new which is good, but not much better than sleeping in a field. A pit toilet is better than nothing I suppose.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Day 7 - And on the seventh day...

The Great Lakes and parts of the St. Lawrence have some huge tankers and bulk carriers.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Day 7 - And on the seventh day...

Paved shoulder on a 4 lane highway? No way! Usually bikes are not allowed on divided highways at all, per federal highway regulations. I have never seen this before

Research has shown that your body involuntarily responds to vehicles passing you from behind, especially if you can’t hear them approaching. 30 mph is modest, 50 mph is significant, 70 mph can be a serious jolt of adrenaline. The farther you are from the car the less the effect. But a paved shoulder can only get you six feet away when cars are going 70. So your body is sensing danger almost all the time.

No way should that be considered a bike route. Better to find a back road even if it is longer. Clearly this was done by transportation engineers who had never been on a bike. If federal money was used to build the highway, it generally is not allowed at all, so I am very surprised to see this.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Day 7 - And on the seventh day...

I wonder how many visitors they get.

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Day 7 - And on the seventh day...

Is this the Mohawks?

1 year ago
Colin Baker commented on a photo in Day 7 - And on the seventh day...

Tire patch should work ok. It’s not under high pressure. Back when my family traveled out West in 1967, had to repair air mattresses, but the patches weren’t as good.

1 year ago
jim katzin replied to a comment by Jonathan Dyer on a photo in Day 6 - Exhaustion sets in

If only it worked that way. They put windmills in places where the wind is constantly blowing. I should learn to avoid them.

1 year ago