June 29, 2025
Page One: WHAT?
My standards have gotten pretty low when it comes to the length, distance, difficulty, variety, international adventure, and seriousness of purpose for my bike trips. My journals look pretty insignificant compared to the REAL bike trips seen regularly here on Cycleblaze. It would be nice to report that's all going to change this time, but that would be a lie. Truthfully, this will be one of my shortest mini-tours ever . . .
[I intentionally put the three dots at the end of the previous paragraph to give everybody the opportunity to opt out of reading about this minuscule mini-tour, and it seems to have worked. Millions of readers quickly clicked onto better journals. That's okay. I sense a few dudes and chicks are still here. Thank you.]
The tour may be mini, but the journal will be MAXI. According to the plan I have in my head, this three-day mini-tour will produce three WEEKS worth of uncensored narrative prose, unfathomable poetry, cycling-related essays, egomaniacal bragging, and a multi-media extravaganza of videos, performance art, pen & crayon illustrations, and vocal music talent.
Aside from me, who else would dare to reduce day-to-day posts into hour-to-hour posts? Nobody, that's who. That gives me hope that this experiment will finally earn me the Pulitzer Prize for Bike Touring Journalism that I've been coveting for several years.
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1 day ago
I'm already sure your journal will be markedly better.
Plus, the illustration looks awesome. We need one of those for every summit and viewpoint, please, if you're doing requests?
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Hooooo boy, now that I'm done laughing at my last sentence, I have a more appropriate simile: Like a holiday fruit cake, that journal needs to be choked down a little at a time.
P.S. Nice Gilligan's Island related slip up.
20 hours ago
Thanks for the compliment on my artwork. Indeed, there will be more. My Crayons are packed and ready to go.
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