Monthly Archives: December 2016

Trip Log – Day 388 – Seaside FL to Panama City FL

December 10, 2016 – Sun and clouds, 60 degrees Miles Today: 31 Miles to Date: 20,276 States to Date: 48   Daybreak was overcast but the sun made itself known throughout the day, sometimes at a distance, sometimes with a … Continue reading

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Profile Response: CB, Santa FE NM

  “We have an absolute way to measure a person’s consumption: How much do you spend? The correlation is pretty perfect. I like that I live inexpensively. Living on public land for free is very low impact on our environment.” … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 387 – Andalusia AL to Seaside FL

December 10, 2016 – Sun, 50 degrees Miles Today: 98 Miles to Date: 20,245 States to Date: 48  Florida!! State #48!! I couldn’t decide if I was happier to get to my 48th state or get the heck out of … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Emma and Tom DuBois, Santa Fe NM

Tom: “We met online. About six weeks later I decided to move from Vermont to Alaska. She followed me. Then we moved here.” Emma: “Is that how you tell it? We met online. He invited me to Saturday brunch, which … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 386 – Montgomery AL to Andalusia AL

December 9, 2016 – Sun, 40 degrees Miles Today: 93 Miles to Date: 20,147 States to Date: 47 A bicycle touring rule of thumb: fifty miles before noon is easier than thirty miles after noon. I started prompt at 7 … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Linda Seebantz, Ghost Ranch NM

Linda Seebantz was a marketing professional in her native Wisconsin when she decided to quit her job and move, “because I could. I was in my forties; I was single; I had no children.” Linda moved to Taos in 2003. … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 385 – Selma AL to Montgomery AL

December 8, 2016 – Cloudy, 50 degrees Miles Today: 69 Miles to Date: 20,054 States to Date: 47            In 1964, on the steps of the Alabama State Capital, where segregationist George Wallace served as governor, … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

  How will we live tomorrow? “People should be more radical. Libertarian radicalism is where we need to go. We need to rethink the basic concepts of our society: private property, money, debt. I just finished reading Debt: The First … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 384 – Marion AL to Selma AL

December 7, 2016 – Cloudy, 50 degrees Miles Today: 40 Miles to Date: 19,985 States to Date: 47 I did not know, waking from my sound sleep, that today would mark the historical as well as chronological precursor to my … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 383 – Demopolis AL to Marion AL

December 6, 2016 – Cloudy, 55 degrees Miles Today: 38 Miles to Date: 19,945 States to Date: 47  In the lexicon of touring cyclists, Alabama = dogs. Today, after a lovely morning ride through Hale County farmland and an invigorating … Continue reading

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