On the Road: bike tour 2010
Day 1 on the road: Leaving Montreal
Challenge #1 when bicycle touring: You are too busy biking, eating, sleeping, or otherwise living freely to hunker down and write on your blog. And so, five days after my departure from Montreal, I am writing my first entry ‘from the road’. First up, I finally trek out of Montreal into the unknown of rural Quebec.
des belles jours à Montréal
My tour begins a la belle province. I’m having trouble leaving this city both because I love it and because I still have lots to do to prepare! The past several days have been spent in bike shops, rolling around the many bike lanes, and enjoying good conversation with folks who share my vision for a better world.
I’m Really Doing It: leaving Toronto, that is
After much ado, I finally did it. I rolled on out of this city and started the bike tour. Today was more of two short bike rides and a 5 hour train ride to Montreal. Wow, It’s hard to believe that I’ve actually up and left. No where to go from here but on an adventure!
Tour de FUN: A Wheel Success!
The Tour de FUN(draiser) was amazing! Feeling really connected, supported, and grateful right now. And crazy – in a good way.
i just say no to the iPhone
After a nearly losing myself in the inter-vortex, I took a step back, came to my senses and decided to go lower-tech for my bike tour. Life got better instantly.
Reverse Workshop: Bicycle Touring
What’s the best way to learn about something you know nothing about? Host a reverse workshop! Workshops are my specialty but bike touring is not, so I decided to invite over anyone I knew who had done some bike touring to basically teach me about it!
The Nitty Gritty of Travel Prep
As I get into the more nitty gritty details of preparing to leave, I find myself mired in the muck of my own bureaucracy. iPhone anyone?
Trip planning takes a life of its own
Friends of present, and friends soon-to-be come out of the woodwork to provide support, advice and connections for me on my upcoming bike tour of food projects on the East Coast. To prep for a life of living light, I give away a bunch of my excess baggage.
The Road to Revolution Will Be Planted, Not Paved
Imagine that an idea is in the form of a seed. And that each of us holds many of these seeds that are all just waiting for the right conditions to take root and sprout. I’ve been holding onto a seed that’s got the word ‘travel’ written all over it for quite a while now. [...]
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