As we have zero bike touring experience, the concept of how the weight of our gear will affect our travels is hard for us to grasp. All I know is that every single cycle tourist we have read about has started off with too much stuff, and has ultimately ended up sending things home. Since we don't have a home, I'd like to avoid being forced to do that. I recently read a comment by someone who said that "ounces add…
Even though we're not quite yet ready to leave Martinique, and Frost, Rebecca and I spent some time yesterday sorting through our limited belongings. Just as we did all those years ago when we were first planning our cruising adventure, we divided our stuff into several piles. Piles of things to keep, things to sell, things to dispose of, and things to give away (that is the most fun pile to create). As you might imagine, the stacks this time…
I first mentioned 180? South almost a year and a half ago. The film, which documents a young man's trip to Patagonia, includes all the makings of a real adventure. While searching for something completely unrelated on Youtube, I came across a couple of links for the entire movie, and that surprised me, but I have to imagine that they are legit as Youtube is way too good at removing copyrighted materiel. So, for your viewing pleasure, I include the video here.…
It's hard to believe but in exactly one week's time, Rebecca and I will be on our way to the airport to begin our journey to California, the starting point for our next adventure. Bucking all odds, in the past few days things have just fallen into place. Given how long we've been sitting here - only one week short of 6 months - it seems funny to suggest that our escape plan has come together quickly, but it does…
Ever since the first time that I saw one of these lift bags in use here in Martinique, I've imagined how cool it would be to have one on board, especially for those cats that require regular haul outs to service their sail drives. I promised myself that the next time I saw one in use, I'd try to figure out where they came from, and hopefully their cost, etc. Well, today was the day, and even though I failed to…
Confession: I have never had to deal with a flat tire on a bike. Not only that, I haven't done any real bike repairs to speak of. Does that lack of experience concern me? A bit, I guess, but what makes me less inclined to stress it, even though I know that, at some point in time, we'll have to deal with a mechanical issue somewhere in the outback, is the knowledge that, when we first bought our cat, we didn't know…
