The drive to the border |
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| “Texas-Size It!” |
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New Mexico |
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| “The desert is full of pointy things!” |
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| I will never again disregard my wife’s advice regarding the handling of porcupine quills. |
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97 |
| Something I've been dreading for the last year |
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18 |
| The old man who swallowed the fly |
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| "I don’t trust either of you men, but I do trust that Jesus Christ will help me.” |
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| Why am I such a weenie? |
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59 |
| “No, No, No!” |
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| Map Wrassler |
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| Brief visit to a truly deplorable outhouse |
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50 |
| Don’t stay at the Red Lion Hotel in Grants, New Mexico |
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| Our first serious navigational disagreement of the tour |
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| “Uh, that’s dirt, actually” |
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| "Fresh" |
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| The Infamous Forest Road 144 |
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| Marital harmony was restored |
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| "Oh! So you were a little bit creepy, eh?" |
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| “Some MAN pounded his tent stakes into the ground so hard he couldn’t get them out!” |
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| “That chipmunk wants our Cheez-Its!” |
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40 |
| “Brazos Ridge made me cry." |
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Colorado |
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| My Colorado mood |
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| The highest elevation, but my lowest point |
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| New chains purchased, grudgingly |
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| It wasn't a rattlesnake after all |
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27 |
| Butts of iron |
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| Joy maintains a steady smirk |
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| My belief that chiropractic is quackery is confirmed |
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| “Are you a mountain man again, Mr. Grizzly?” |
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| "You really do look terrible." |
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| We're grownups, and we can do what we want. |
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| Reboot |
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| This is the way bike touring should be! |
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Wyoming |
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| A heavy jar of Nutella is, of course, an essential item on a long bicycle tour. |
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| “YOU INSPIRE ME!” |
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Nebraska |
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| “If you see a bicycle on THIS road, you just have to stop” |
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| "IT’S STATE LAW!!” |
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South Dakota |
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| Vicious Mosquitoes |
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| “My gummy bears are produced with genetic engineering!” |
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| An unfortunately brief nap |
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| I’ve really been missing my nice teakettle |
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| “Oh no, they’re going to take all the burritos away!” |
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| "Six F*CKING peaches!" |
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| “If I had to ride that thing, the seat would be so far up my booty that I couldn’t find it.” |
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North Dakota |
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| "For funsies" |
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| EAT SOMETHING |
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| I have become the kind of cranky, picky old man who actually travels with his own supply of oatmeal. |
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Minnesota |
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| Joy inadvertently rides in a funeral procession |
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| “Think of it as exfoliating.” |
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| “These stains tell a story!” |
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| Joy ponders the inscrutability of men in general, and me in particular |
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| “Can you do 30 more miles, Mr. Grizzly?” |
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| Man Flu |
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9 |
| “You should warn a person about that!” |
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