Pedaling South

The Bay Area.
What an amazing, intense and unique place. Urban seals. Strung-out addicts. Ornate palatial homes. Yuppies who need roommates to help pay the rent. In-your-face disparity of rich and poor. The epicenter of all things Beat. Hills that look like walls. Bars on every window, cages on every door. Did I mention the cable [...]

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Plus de nouvelles bientôt!

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Enjoy! I did catch Lucie in the end. She stopped to take a picture.

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It had to happen eventually. Yes, we’ve finally arrived in Paradise. The Three Signs have manifested themselves. For the first time in three months, Lucie and I finished both of our water bottles in a single day. Why? Because it was hot outside and we were trying to keep up with a group ride. A [...]

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On ne rêvait même pas de dormir dans un hôtel. Notre budget ne nous permet pas d’avoir ce genre de désir. Et pourtant, nous nous sommes retrouvés dans un Quality Inn à Fort Bragg grâce à Gary, un chic type d’Anacortes (Washington) qui suit notre périple passionnément. «J’ai gagné des points en nombre suffisant pour [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving from Mendocino, California!
Lucie and I are trying to track down some turkey and cranberry sauce. We have a lot to be thankful for, now more than ever.

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La Californie héberge des arbres millénaires immenses. Nous avons roulé 50 km sur l’Avenue des Géants à se convaincre que nous ne rêvions pas et que la nature est capable de produire une forêt aussi majestueuse.

Quelques faits :

Les arbres redwoods (sequoia sempervirens) vivent dans une forêt humide tempérée dôtée d’un écosystème complexe;

Il ne reste [...]

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The roads and highways of the Americas thus far have been, for us, the site of much death, from tire casings to roadside shrines to animals killed by vehicles. Just yesterday, we saw the lifeless forms of a coyote, a black bear and a deer.

But for us, the road is also a meeting point where [...]

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