I’ve been (slowly) pedaling across this country for two weeks now thinking about how to represent / show off / talk about this new part of my life. Random spur of the moment thoughts still get tossed into daily stories so if you’re into more frequent updates I’d suggest turning on notifications for those things. However, the stuff I post on main has been evolving into more relying on a narrative than just posting a pretty pic with some #hashtags and y’all seem to respond well to the words sooo I think I’ll try and keep that up.
It’s an often relayed thought that traveling by bicycle is the best way to see a place, best way to experience a city / state / country and I obviously would agree even before setting off on this ride. But now that I’m 700 miles or so into the damn thing it has solidified even more the notion that any other method of getting around is unintentionally (or maybe intentionally) avoiding what makes travel a thing worth.
When you travel by traditional means, car plane train bus, the time spend moving is something you want to reduce as much as possible. Your trip is planned and executed with the goal of arriving somewhere, then arriving at the next somewhere, then the final somewhere. Any delays along the way are frustrating wastes of time to be dispatched without remorse so that the journey can progress as expected, as planned.
