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the landscapes and history
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We began our Deep South bicycle trip by transporting ourselves and our tandem in a Ford Taurus without a rack. Quite the impossible task unless you have a Rodriguez 8-Ball tandem with S&S couplings.
We couldn't add a rack because it wasn't our car. We were delivering it via a Driveaway company. But once we had taken the bike apart, it neatly fit into the trunk.
Then it was a several thousand mile road trip across the country with plenty of time to ponder, "Who's Vera?"
Next week: Hog Hunting: Life outside the "cement" world.
audio recording (Who's Vera?) by Willie Weir photos (Rodriguez 8-ball tandem) by Willie Weir
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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS appears on Friday afternoons. Willie Weir is a columnist for Adventure Cyclist magazine. His latest book Travels with Willie: Adventure Cyclist compiles his favorite writings over the last twelve years. He lives in Seattle with his wife Kat. You can read about their local adventures and life without a car at www.yellowtentadventures.com.
The route of our 1984 cross-country bicycle tour is still pretty much imprinted on my brain. So when Google announced it had created bike directions for Google maps, I was interested to see how its suggested route compared with the route we took 25-some years ago.
Just a reminder to all our Austin readers and friends that we’re doing a presentation at the REI in downtown Austin THIS Thursday at 6:30pm. It should run for about an hour with plenty of time for Q&A. If you definitely want to get in, we encourage you to register online for the event: http://www.rei.com/event/2614/session/3119.
