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It's a joy to see through your eyes and read your thoughts while you travel by bike again. Thank you for this smile.
1 year agoEl Paso! You weren't with me :(
1 year agoDeath Valley?
1 year agoMý gosh, they grow up so quickly. Cherish these milestones, as we know you do, and enjoy the ride. The bicycle ride too!
1 year agoWell put, Bruce! We are all very thankful to Jeff for the site.
1 year agoSounds fantastic! Looking forward to reading about it!
1 year agoAnd you have provided a great place for us to record our adventures. Thank you. I'm sure we will cherish having them as we age. In fact, we already do. The bonus is being able to share our stories with others.
1 year agoI'll be flying solo on this trip, and cycling close to home. I'm leaving from my driveway, in fact! But we're working hard to set the stage for future family cycling trips: running errands around town on the cargo bike, graduating Juniper from balance bike to pedal bike, multi-night camp-outs, and preaching the importance of regular ice cream breaks. The GAP trail is central to these touring plans!
1 year agoDuring those early trips, I remember people telling me how much I'd appreciate having a record of what I was doing, so that I'd be able to relive the adventures in future years and decades. They were right!
1 year agoThanks for the bug report. It's been fixed!
1 year agoIt's just me this time around! We've done some day trips near home, and regularly travel around town on an e-assist cargo bike, but the little one will be in school once September gets here.
1 year agoI've never done any multi-day touring with my now 34 year old daughter Lauren, but back when she was 18 months old, putting her on a baby seat on the back of my old Schwinn and doing 22 miles out and back between Confluence and Ohiopyle PA on what eventually became the Great Allegheny Passage trail reignited my love of biking and touring.
We moved on to a kiddie trailer and then a trail-a-bike third wheel kinda deal when Lauren reached the age of your daughter. Many family rides ensued over the years - until the dreaded teenage girl years!
I won't try to scare you with those horror stories, the real Lauren eventually came back and asked me to buy her a bike for her birthday and now has a 3 year old and a 1 year old and I gave them a kiddie trailer - the circle keeps turning!
Have a blast on your trip, look forward to following along. If it involves coming through the Baltimore/DC area, we'd be glad to be a warm showers kind of host.
Yes, I'll have to reread your past journals and try to remember who you are....or were.
I'm very much looking forward to your next adventure. I wonder where you are going.
We are eager to read future and past Jeff entries! But help, clicking on The Great Unwind produces this:
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"Il dolce far niente"
1 year agoItalian for "The sweetness of doing nothing".