There are maybe a dozen people who have followed the adventures of G-2 across the spectrum of three different websites, including this one, since the beginning.  The beginning was seven years ago.  For those who aren't familiar with G-2, I'll help you catch up.

G-2 is a cartoon character I created for my "The Man Who Biked to Canada (With No Complaints)" journal.  That character started out as a fun companion, but after tagging along on subsequent bike tours and hundreds of day rides, he devolved into my evil cartoon alter-ego.  He became a pest, an opinionated loudmouth, and a constant critic.

In order to distract him from bugging me all the time, I drew up a female cartoon companion.  It was love at first sight for G-2, but he was too shy to ask her out on a date.  Doris was strong and independent, and that intimidated G-2.

Yet, somehow, the two of them made a connection one day in a local coffee shop.  Fortified by caffeine, G-2 mustered the courage to ask Doris to go on a bike ride with him.  I wrote about that magical coffee shop encounter and the bike ride, but, alas, that story was eliminated from internet history.

Anyway, G-2, Doris, and friends went dancing at a cool punk rock venue a couple weeks after the bike ride.  The good news is that Youtube hasn't kicked me off the site (so far), and a video of the historic dance still remains.

There were more happy encounters between the two over the years.  Perhaps the best connection came last year in one of the most incredible coincidences in romantic bike touring history.  They just happened to meet up while simultaneously touring in, of all places, Antarctica.  They even shared an igloo one night on that desolate continent.

I happened to be touring in Antarctica at the same time.  I was a little hurt that they wouldn't let me spend the night in their snow shelter, nor would they let me ride along with them the next day.  Okay, I get it.  Who wants a third wheel tagging along?

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Bruce LellmanAn igloo with a skylight! So romantic.
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Back to January, 2024

G-2 and Doris are back on tour together.  Unlike me, they are ready to venture out into the Minnesota weather for fun and adventure.

It took some serious groveling, but I finally convinced G-2 and Doris to give me permission to write a real time Cycleblaze journal about their tour based on their diaries, pictures, and oral accounts.  The story of their adventure will begin in the next couple of days.  Brace yourselves.