How thoughtless of me. I mentioned all the wonderful friends (both old and new) that have hosted me this last week, but did I thank them for their fabulous and enriching hospitality? No.
So a special note to Boo Boo, Glenn & Tim, James, and Willing & Abal: THANK YOU!!!! For food, for sleep, but most of all, for friendship! It's truly what makes the world go round...and I am blessed to have you all, each and every one of you, in my life. You are the GIFT.
Til next time,
BagLady
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Weaving My Way West
That's Blaze as seen from my bed in the back of the car through the moonshot. She's got her space suit on to protect her hide from flying debris.
I'm in North Dakota waking up this morning, about an hour or so west of Fargo. I thought I'd seen farm fields living in NY, but nothing like these that go on for miles and miles. Talk about deforestation! We did it when we cleared the land to farm out here. There are only wisps of trees left. So, so sad.
Since I left home a week ago (other than when driving), this is the first I've been alone - first I've slept in my car. I stayed with Boo Boo in Cleveland (AT friend), James in Fulton IL on Mississippi (biker friend I met online), and Willing and Abal in St. Cloud MN (more AT friends). I also had lunch with Glenn and Tim in Chicago (friends from RAGBRAI - google it if you don't know what it is:)
Been a fun week making the driving quite easy with so much inbetween. And even got a little biking in everywhere I went. Makes me realize how different pedaling Blaze will be in my legs. Got some muscles to build up there. Sometimes my feet go numb too and I have to dangle them to get the blood back on them. I'll figure it all out. It will be what it will be
Here's the plan: driving to Riverton WY (my brother's house), arriving Monday. Leaving on Blaze Friday (weather dependent). Hoping to avg 40 miles a day but will be going up in to the Rockies so don't know what I don't know. Have to be in Boise by June 20th to meet Fuat who's flying out to bike to Portland with me:). He's never done a bike tour and doesn't know me that well, so I give him lots of credit for just jumping in! We'll have a blast. I know it.
Niece's wedding in Portland July 9th. Then I head back out alone to the coast and up to the Olympic Peninsula. Across the water by ferry and west into the Cascades to Winthrop WA to visit Skyward (a PCT friend). We'll do some backpacking on the PCT for a week to 10 days depending on timing. Then by bus or train or both, I'm off to Glacier National Park (arrive Aug 10th) to backpack for a week with more friends I met through my AT hike although Maryland Edge probably won't be there.
Aug 17th pedal south to Yellowstone Park to meet up with Yellowstone from PCT and afterwards back to Riverton.
Don't know what happens then. Open ended just the way I like things!
View of my soccer field, last night's sleeping spot from my bed. I'm practicing this mournfully method. I hope after all this typing it uploads.
Off to find a restroom and breakfast, then see North Dakota!
Pedal on, pedal on!
BagLady
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I'm in North Dakota waking up this morning, about an hour or so west of Fargo. I thought I'd seen farm fields living in NY, but nothing like these that go on for miles and miles. Talk about deforestation! We did it when we cleared the land to farm out here. There are only wisps of trees left. So, so sad.
Since I left home a week ago (other than when driving), this is the first I've been alone - first I've slept in my car. I stayed with Boo Boo in Cleveland (AT friend), James in Fulton IL on Mississippi (biker friend I met online), and Willing and Abal in St. Cloud MN (more AT friends). I also had lunch with Glenn and Tim in Chicago (friends from RAGBRAI - google it if you don't know what it is:)
Been a fun week making the driving quite easy with so much inbetween. And even got a little biking in everywhere I went. Makes me realize how different pedaling Blaze will be in my legs. Got some muscles to build up there. Sometimes my feet go numb too and I have to dangle them to get the blood back on them. I'll figure it all out. It will be what it will be
Here's the plan: driving to Riverton WY (my brother's house), arriving Monday. Leaving on Blaze Friday (weather dependent). Hoping to avg 40 miles a day but will be going up in to the Rockies so don't know what I don't know. Have to be in Boise by June 20th to meet Fuat who's flying out to bike to Portland with me:). He's never done a bike tour and doesn't know me that well, so I give him lots of credit for just jumping in! We'll have a blast. I know it.
Niece's wedding in Portland July 9th. Then I head back out alone to the coast and up to the Olympic Peninsula. Across the water by ferry and west into the Cascades to Winthrop WA to visit Skyward (a PCT friend). We'll do some backpacking on the PCT for a week to 10 days depending on timing. Then by bus or train or both, I'm off to Glacier National Park (arrive Aug 10th) to backpack for a week with more friends I met through my AT hike although Maryland Edge probably won't be there.
Aug 17th pedal south to Yellowstone Park to meet up with Yellowstone from PCT and afterwards back to Riverton.
Don't know what happens then. Open ended just the way I like things!
View of my soccer field, last night's sleeping spot from my bed. I'm practicing this mournfully method. I hope after all this typing it uploads.
Off to find a restroom and breakfast, then see North Dakota!
Pedal on, pedal on!
BagLady
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