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I believe this picture may end up somewhere in black and white. LOL!
2 years agoAnd then she whipped a very agitated grass snake out of her apron and darted out of the kitchen and through the back porch screen speaking in tongues, never to be seen or heard from again....
I suppose it takes a lot of trust on both sides when relying on the kindness of strangers.
You put me in the way back machine mentioning the Good News. I remember thinking the expression was odd every time I heard it, and I knew what it meant.
2 years agoAhhhhhhh! you invoked the Fogelburg earworm!
2 years agoHi Greg, regarding the "one the most entertaining journals I've seen" comment.... I know you've read a lot of journals, so that's quite a compliment. Thanks! I've read yours, too, and have enjoyed all I've read so far. I'm looking forward to your next ride!
2 years agoI just totally enjoyed this! Great writing! Thanks for a great gift!
2 years agoThank you so much, Suzanne! I'm glad you could come along for the ride! There are a few more sequels, but in none of them am I as young and dumb as I am in this one... well, at least not as young. :-) I'll get around to posting some of the other ones eventually, so keep an eye out.
2 years agoThat's really cool, Bill! It's amazing how much things have changed and and remain unchanged at the same time. I'll make sure I read that journal, and wonder if you've considered transferring it to CycleBlaze. Also, I see and appreciate all your flora/fauna comments. Thanks for joining me!
2 years agoIt isn't easy to transform a few notes and memories into a fine on-line bike touring journal, but you succeeded. I must say, it's one the most entertaining journals I've seen.
I think I'm about your age, but in 1982 I thought a cycling adventure was riding my old Motobecane 30-miles around some lakes and then back home. I had no conception of riding from town to town to town for months at a time.
I took up wilderness backpacking a few years later than that. Then I did RAGRAI for six years. It was those experiences that sparked my interest in combining my two favorite activities. Of course, I am fully aware that bike touring is so much easier now than it was in 1982.
I loved reading your reconstructed journal from the distant past. Too bad there are no more sequels, it was a fine read.
2 years agoGreat journal! Had to chuckle a bit when I read your comment "It doesn’t matter if you’re a person who had a “widowmaker” heart attack and your heart’s ejection fraction is only 30%..." because I did have one in 2010 and then in 2011, 9 months later, I rode a 500 or so mile trip and wrote about it on cgoab (Heart Attack Comeback)!
My first bike tour was July 1963 when I was 17. I used a no-name 26 inch lightweight bike with pedal brakes and no gears. I rode from Mojave, CA to Ventura, in 2 days, camped on the beach a few nights and rode back.
This journal brought back some memories!
"Thanks for the memories!" -Bob Hope-
Not that I ever want to contract one, but if I ever DO get an incurable skin disease, I think I’d want to be “herpes gladiatorum,” like in the link.
“What’s that rash you got there, Mark?” “That? Oh, that’s just my [mumble mumble] GLADIATORUM.
What?!? YOU were once Young and Dumb, too?? :-)
2 years agoAlmost every word on this page has a ring of familiarity. Ohhh, the things we do!
2 years ago
Who wears short shorts?
2 years agolol