Just read Adventure Cycling Association's email newsletter,
Bike Bits. Which reminded me that although I will probably ride more than 6000 miles in 2011, I haven't been outside of Whatcom County since August of 2010, when I went away to Bicycle Mechanic School in Ashland, Oregon. I'll have to do something about that very soon.
The ACA newsletter includes excerpts from a journal kept by a young man, much braver than I am, who took off on an extended bike tour after losing his job. His journal looks like a true work of art. Here's a link:
http://www.coldsplinters.com/2011/11/pct-moleskins
Also, some medical speculation about the health hazards of cycling:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/274/16/1320.1.full.pdf+html. I've read before that doctors were concerned about the affect bicycling might have on women's moral character, as well as our mental and physical health, but never realized that balancing on a bicycle could be so mentally taxing for men.
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