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Exactly! Good memory! LOL!
2 years agoIn the title of one of my journals I called myself "America's Most Naive Bike Tourist." I must say, after reading this post about your ride through the rain, it looks like I have some competition.
2 years agoGood job on not doing illegal things in the deep south. That was smart. As I recall, you also didn't commit multiple offenses along the Montana-Alberta border. LOL
2 years agoThanks LJ! I'm really glad you're enjoying it!
2 years agoI am loving this journal Mark! So funny. I wasn't yet born when you set off, but it's funny how so many things have changed unrecognisably but some things haven't changed at all!
Looking forward to reading the rest of it!
Cheers,
LJ
Very enjoyable reading! This reminds me a lot of my early attempts at bike touring in 1975 - 76; absolutely no idea what I was doing, but the energy and wildness of youth made up for that lack. Looking forward to reading the rest of your journal.
2 years agoThanks! I'm kinda surprised myself! (although, some are better than others)
2 years agoI'd LOVE to see that photo, Greg! I forgot to mention in the post that I had rattlesnake meat as well. Mine tasted like fried batter. There was so little meat and so much batter that it was the only thing I could taste. Still good, though. :-)
2 years agoAwesome, inspiring shot.
2 years agoI have a photo of myself with Miss Snake Charmer of 1989. My brother and I were on our way to Big Bend National Park when the water pump on his truck went out. We were stranded for a full weekend in Wichita Falls, TX before we could get it fixed. So, for something to do, we rented a car and drove down to the Rattlesnake Roundup. As I recall, my rattlesnake meat really did taste like chicken.
2 years agoI just looked up that date in my original journal, and it appears that the $9.75 was my portion of the room the three of us shared in Walsenburg.
2 years agoYour photos are very good quality for being so old. Amazing!
2 years agoDon't leave us hanging too long!
2 years agoI love reading "vintage" touring journals, so I'm really looking forward to this one.
It's interesting that you spent less on a hotel room on May 29 than you did on "blank tapes" on June 1st.
Or was the $9.75 for your portion of the bill of a room you shared with another rider?
Guilty as charged. :-) Of course, I'm sure you read the subtitle for this journal... about young and something? Seriously, I look back on that kid and wonder, "What, seriously? How?"
2 years agoI also hope that there are people out there reading about it and thinking, "Wow... if that idiot can do it, then so can I."