Bicycling
Bicycling has all the environmental ingredients providing a dependable way of transporting oneself and recreating with reduced resource use along with health benefits through exercising. Mary and I love to travel long distances on our bikes which gives us a chance to truly experience the world at a pace where we can actually mentally absorb what we see and hear. These articles share some of our experiences of bike touring with the hope of inspiring others to take to the back roads to see the sites and meet people along the way.
Scenery along the way is often spectacular
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Papa Mike on a Trike was part of a crew we happened to travel with for a period of time
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Our travel group all met at the California border fora picture and yes, Mary and I happened to be the oldest
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Setting up camp at the end of the day
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Everyone has their own style of packing their bike
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Mary taking a rest
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No traffic to interfere with napping
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Up from her nap, Mary measures a tree
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Over the Golden Gate Bridge
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Mary and I reconnected with Sara, one of our traveling crew from weeks earlier as we went over the Golden Gate Bridge
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Backpacking
Traveling with backpacks offers similar benefits as bicycling. If is slow paced with many opportunities of meeting people along the way. It gives the traveler the opportunity to share each other's culture.
There is no need of extra stuff to carry. You learn to travel light and the travel becomes more important than the stuff
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