For a bicycle ride back to the days of yore, check out the bicycle exhibit at the Longmont, Colorado museum.
Heres the website: bicycle exhibit @ Longmont Museum in Colorado
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Apr 21 2010
Longleaf Trace Bike Trail in Mississippi
If you are bilingual, you may know that tres + tres = seis;
However, if you are bikelingual, you should know that Trace + Trace = fantastic biking.
I just had the opportunity to ride the Tammany Trace Trail in Louisiana & the Longleaf Trace Trail in Mississippi. They were both incredibly peaceful and enjoyable trails with lots to see and do.
It was a yin and yen type of trip that started w/ me eating lots of delicious cajun food in New Orleans, then balancing that with four days of biking on the two rail trails.
I spent two days on each of the trails and stayed overnight in New Orleans and Covington, LA then Hattiesburg and Prentiss, MS. To find out more information about the Mississippi & Louisiana trails visit trailsnet.com where you will get trail statistics, pictures, and trail maps.
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Apr 19 2010
Support Rails to Trails
Here’s your chance to help support rails-to-trails w/out spending a cent of your own money.
American Express is going to donate money to five different funds, and you get to decide on one of those.
Please visit: http://www.takepart.com/membersproject/vote and cast your vote for Rails-to-Trails conservancy.
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Apr 19 2010
cruiser bike
On a recent trip to Louisiana, I had the chance to ride a good old, one-speed cruiser bike. It reminded me of the original bikes I owned back in Montana.
It was very comfortable and one speed was all I needed on the Tammany Trace Trail since it was so flat and well paved. It took me a while to get used to the good old back pedal brakes. A couple times, when I got to highway crossings, I tried to find hand-brakes only to realize they weren’t there.
Since I spent two full days on the trail, I appreciated the wide seat and the high handlebars. It was a blast from my past and the real deal on two wheels.
A picture of the bike I rode is on the right:
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Apr 14 2010
Lone Biker
“One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.” – Thomas Jefferson
Another reason for my solo travels.
Every time I go on a trip… and I mean every time… and I go on lots of trips… the same people ask me: Who are you going with? Are you going alone?
The answer is always the same: I’m going by myself.
I wonder if other “business travelers” get these questions over and over. My guess is, probably not. I don’t think people perceive my trips as “business trips” because they involve riding bikes on awesome trails in beautiful landscapes. Doesn’t sound like a typical business trip does it?
Besides, I’m pretty sure I would have trouble finding the perfect travel partner. They would have to have the following qualifications:
- Enjoy bike riding
- Be willing to ride very slowly (Even on a good day, I’m a slow bike rider since I like to enjoy the scenery, but on these “business trips” I take tons of photos and jot journals full of notes.) or…
- Be willing to ride alone
- Be satisfied w/ a wide variety of accommodations from nice to budget
- ditto w/ meals, from sumptuous to meager
Bottom line… I love these trips, but more picky travelers might not. I love being on the road and on the trail and my expectations for everything else are pretty low to non-existent.
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Apr 13 2010
Sunny Skies on the Trail
Everyone’s talking about the weather, but thank God nobody is doing anything about it.
I happen to be blessed w/ great “vacation weather.” Okay, I’ll knock on wood, but so far, I always have good weather on holidays. And my trail trips are no exception.
For example on my last trip to the Silver Comet Trail in Georgia and the Chief Ladiga Trail in Alabama, it rained the day before I got there and the day I left. But every day on the trail was sunny and beautiful.
On my upcoming trip to the Tammany Trace Trail in Louisiana and the Longleaf Trace Trail in Mississippi, the weather is supposed to be… you guessed it: sunny and beautiful.
I think it’s a sign that I was destined to travel and explore trails throughout the world. Mother Nature is giving me her blessing. “Go forth, my son, and discover new trails and report them to the world on trailsnet.com.
Either that or I’m just lucky.
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