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Down, Over and Up...


With no particular agenda

152 days from September 21, 2006 to February 19, 2007

Topic: Bicycle Touring  
Categories: Tour diaries, 3-6 months
Years: 2006, 2007

Permalink: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/conq

Copyright © 2006-2012 By Charlie Tronolone - (contact)

Status: Completed Feb 2007Featured Journal #211
Last updated: Friday May 18, 2007 17:20 UTC -08:00 (edited Wed 29 Jun 2011 22:06 UTC -08:00)
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I woke in the middle of the night, sat up and immediately exclaimed, "I can fix my pump!!" For some stupid reason, it had never occurred to me that I should take it apart and see what was wrong with it. The o-ring was out of place... heh. I put it back together and laughed at myself to hear air flow effortless out the nozzle. "Good one, Chuck." -- "Oh please, it was meant to be. I met two great people because of this!"


Table of Contents

Preparation

      Introduction: When dreams collide

East Coast

      Truckin' along
      Get me out of this state already
      The Outer Banks: Slowing things down
      A genius idea and a stroke of good luck: Fortune on the islands
      A new perspective: Life after the OBX
      Heaven, Hell and everything in between
      Millions of Peaches
      A timeout for some reflection: The dangers of a reckless society
      One hell of a trip: Finding Florida and losing myself

Southern Tier

      Riding West
      A Fork in the Road: The Tallahassee Times
      Marianna and the Bicycle blues: The holy overdose
      McGuires Irish Pub and the Blue Angels: Living large in Pensacola
      A Dozen Short Stories
      Clean is a Relative Term: So is Normal
      Horizontal Tears: Screaming Down the Mountainside
      The Imagination Runs Wild: Sanity in Short Supply
      The Breaking Point: I've Finally Found Home
      Between Earth and Sky: Life on Land
      The People Make the Tour: Earth is both Art and Home
      There are no Words
      Random Thoughts on the Road: A Regurgitation of the Mind
      What is truly important?: And what do "they" want us to believe?
      "Hey! I Know You!": Close Encounters Enroute to California
      Eating Cookies with the Sheriff: How Sweet It Is!

... and Up!

      An Extremely Quick Update: Everything's Good
      A Christmas to Remember: Eight Days in San Diego
      The Third and Final Leg: And Unfortunetely, Some more Ranting
      Some Crazy Spaniards: And an Adventure Detour
      Welcome to the Farm
      Nature's Private Balcony to the World
      Expect the Unexpected: Chillin' with BIIIIRRRRDDDDD MAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!
      Old Love
      The Beard Learns to Whistle: A Virtual Storybook
      A Piggy and some Pineapples
      Fit into the Mold
      The Natural Sound of Silence: A Spirit of the Wilderness
      Sometimes it needs to be about how many Hamburgers you ate
      I've Crossed Over: And Into the Beyond
      Dreams within Dreams: Don't Look. Simply Find.
      The Machine
      Material for my next Deja Vu: Something will come up. It always does.
      Question
      Some weird freaky shit
      Oh the Places You'll Go
      Reflections and Cavernous Madness
      Furball gets a shave


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