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How to stay alive traveling by bicycle
Lessons from the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (My personal experiences and solutions)
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Authors note: Much of this information relevant to all travel by bicycle, survivalists and backpacking as well. It is primarily intended for novices, but I believe the experienced folks will enjoy it as well.
Introduction: Understanding situational awareness and cause-and-effect:
Situational awareness and understanding cause-and-effect is paramount to surviving any long journey. Knowing where you are and what’s around you and then taking the appropriate action to navigate through that environment or situation will keep you alive, hopefully. It all depends on your skill set, grit, and knowledge as well.
Common sense is needed as well. A good example of situational awareness is riding from one destination to another in the middle of a rainstorm when the temperatures are between 35f and 55f. Knowing your gear and limitations, and where possible shelters are on route. And also having the understanding of cause-and-effect that if you keep riding in that weather, eventually you could get a hyperthermic and have to call for rescue which could put the lives of other people in danger. So maybe in this situation it would be better to stop and camp and get under some shelter versus continue. Or, if able to find some commercial shelter, and wait out the weather. I will talk more about this later.
Another example is cycling through bear country, especially in Montana, making sure that you are making noise, “HEY BEAR”, especially at turns in the road, so you don’t come around the corner, coming off of downhill at high speed and bumping into a grizzly bear with cubs. I’ve seen too many people on FB with pictures of grizzly bears that were fairly close to their proximity, that only tells me that they weren’t being properly noisy on route.
Situational awareness and cause-and-effect is very important here… Because if you get attacked by the grizzly bear, the grizzly bear will be euthanized. End of story. Other examples I have are people that did not state properly hydrated and ended up having to be rescued, and others who are just unrealistic on goals.
There’s more that I’ll talk about in my next podcast on the subject. But I think you get the idea.
Invisibility
The number one thing I teach in bicycle safety courses is to have the consistent mindset, while riding, that you are invisible. I know that on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) much of the time you’re in areas where there’s very little traffic but even then, it’s good to stay vigilant and make sure that people can see you and they know you’re there. There are times when you have to bike through urban areas where traffic can be fairly heavy or in resort areas like Breckenridge, and in those times, one should have flashing lights and make sure they obey the street laws that you are a vehicle yourself. I know of at least one person who was hit from behind and killed on a New Mexico Highway in 2019. I don’t know the circumstances, but I do know from riding numerous highways myself heavily trafficked that it’s super important to be on whatever shoulders available and have flashing lights and also a good they have a rearview mirror to know there are vehicles coming, so one can ditch. It’s also important to know that in times of early morning or late afternoon that makes people harder to see as well because of bright or low-level light. Additionally, coming to turns or cresting hills can be dangerous. So, if you want to stay alive, and I’ve ridden my bike for 24 years commuting, full-time and doing my long-distance journeys and I’ve never been hit by a car because I assume I’m invisible and you should always do the same.
Bear country tactics (and other wildlife)
The first time that I rode part of the GDMBR. I flew into Missoula Montana and rode my bike over to Seeley Lake, MT to connect with the Divide. I stayed at the campground in Seeley Lakes, there was an ex national park ranger who used to live in Alaska, and he asked me if I was carrying bear spray and I told him I didn’t think I needed it and he proceeded to explain why I did need it. He shared a story of a man who was killed by a bear because the bear was surprised by the man who ran into it on a turn, a sad ending for the man then Fish and Game came to euthanize- the bear so I went and bought some bear spray.
Last summer, I based myself out of Polebridge, Montana in between the Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park just 20 miles from the Canadian border. The Saloon I worked at had us go through bear training through the Glacier Institute where we actually were taught how to use bear spray by using inert bear spray. It’s important to go through that training and the two biggest things I learned was that you want to carry the bear spray on your body because if you get separated from the bicycle and the bear spray is on the bicycle, then it makes for even more of a dangerous situation. One can attach it to the strap of a Camelback, hip belt, or small backpack, and there are also companies that sell bear spray holsters that are strapped to your chest. The instructors told me about an incident, where a young woman had the bear spray attached to her chest strap on her Camelback and had come around the corner and surprised a grizzly, and she fell off the bike trying to stop and was on the ground as the surprised grizzly charged her. She was able to reach up to the strap and unclip the safety and expel the spray still in the holster, driving off the bear -not an ideal circumstance, but it did save her life. Another thing to that I took away from the class is how to spray the bear spray- is that if a bear is coming to you (mountain lion, moose, dog, wolf, anything that is about to attack you) with a charge, you spray it from hip to hip and a half circle basically at hip level, so whatever animals coming to you, they get into the cloud of the spray and it will immediately deter them. They recommend you carry two canisters, for obvious reasons. And do not accept old canisters as they can fail. Oh, and hang your food or buy a bear canister and don’t keep food in your tent!
Water purification
The last time I was on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. I ended up getting Giardia and some other nasty parasites that affected me for almost 2 years afterwards.
Even caused me to poop my pants while I was on the Divide- you can read about it in my book, Bikepacking School- What ‘they’ don’t tell you in the guidebooks-available on Amazon. And I was using two forms of water purification, a Steripen and chlorine tablets. The Giardia was never really bad when I was on the Divide with the exception of the pooping accident and that could have been a combination of things-stress, bad water, a greasy hot dog. But when I got home, I really felt the effects. My contention, based on my experience, is that no water purification is completely safe. And also on the Divide, there are many places where there’s agriculture and the use of insecticides, fertilizers, poisoned water sources from mining as well as many high places in the high country where there is grazing for animals, and that runoff is in the water supply. There are a few exceptions. But I’ve also come to the conclusion that it’s almost better to just drink water directly out of a source, then try to purify it. I know this is controversial and there are exceptions to that. But unless you are just totally anal and wipe off any excess water on containers that you purify and don’t swim in streams, then chances are you’re somewhat at risk. I know riders who drink out of streams and rivers, and creeks on a regular basis. As long as I am below a town or pasture, I would try to drink bottled water or even ask locals if I can refill. And I also know riders who will only buy bottled water. And I’ve known a lot of through hikers on, like the continental divide trail who say they end up getting diarrhea anyway. I myself have done a lot of backpacking and I usually have a bout or two of diarrhea at the very least even with regular water purification. I am not going to plug any products, do your own research. This past summer I drank out of lakes and streams in remote Montana, and never had any problems.
I do have questions about some of the water purification companies to like, for instance, the trip where I got Giardia. I was using a Steripen, which says it kills everything because of the use of ultraviolet light? But doesn’t ultraviolet light come from the sun? And they talk about how the UL kills viruses but yet viruses are believed to be from dead tissue-because to date no one has ever been able to show us a “living” virus-which begs an even larger question 'how do you kill something that is not alive?’ And how could something so small that can only be detected by an electron microscope be filtered? And one has to wonder if the reality narratives we, as humans, are being told, are indeed false. False by ignorance or blatant lies. Do your own research. I can speak of this as I was very cautious but still got sick. This is a good article citing a study out of the Sudan and here is a good book that will give you more insight on water borne parasites.
If you think you're compromised you should on a regular basis use electrolyte mix as well, there are many out there, just practice with them so you know it won’t upset your tummy. Most water is sterile and your body needs the salts, and minerals when spending long days in the saddle and those mixes will help you avoid bonking- I have been on two trips with people who bonked severely and had to be helped-to recover, they were completely irrational, ranting, messes. I got food and water in them and stayed with them until they were coherent and themselves again. Fuel up! If you are solo and bonk severely you can make a bad decision and crash.
Staying safe, camping strategies
I always prefer camping out either setting up my tent or just sleeping cowboy style on the ground just my pad and sleeping bag. And although I do welcome the occasional campground with showers and other folks, I usually prefer to stealth camp. I once rode with a Chinese guy who claimed he rode all the way from New York City to Baja California, where I met him, and never paid to camp. While camping, unless in bear country, there are two things I worry about. That I’m well hidden from human eyes, and I make no impact on the environment, well as little as possible. In all seriousness, it’s the the wildlife, you really have to be leery of, not the animals, unless you’re in beer country and you were foolhardy enough to leave a bunch of smelly food in your tent, now the type I’m talking about is the wild humans. One really has to use common sense. It’s important to memorize the no trace camping principles- I’ve been mortified by all the places I’ve been to in the United States all over the United States where people camped and they left behind trash and toilet paper, and I’ve been to some pretty remote areas. Being safe camping also means camping smart too. You can be harmed by an inanimate object like a tree falling or a branch falling from a tree. I’ve seen a lot of how-to videos from newbie Bikepackers, and experienced, who set up their tents right under trees that look pretty sketchy.
And when stealth camping- as long as you start camping at around dusk, and leave at first you can camp anywhere, within reason, without having to ask for permission if it’s not public land, most people won’t begrudge you a place to sleep especially if they’re close to the route. Go with your gut instinct, and if it feels wrong, move on.
Bumps in the road
I don’t have very many fears when I’m on the road, but I do like to make sure I err on the side of caution. Sometimes there’s a lot of bumps, debris, litter, on the road and it’s always important to keep your line as you ride. And it’s always important to stay in the moment as much as you can. It's easy to get distracted with thoughts and maybe look at the scenery. And I have this issue whether I’m in the city commuting for bikepacking on expeditions. There’s always bumps in the roads or holes on the roads. It’s just an evitable and it’s important to know where they are so you can avoid them otherwise you can have a catastrophe that could possibly end your expedition. One of the biggest things I learned on the great divide mountain bike route was that when you’re on a downhill and the roads rough and it’s either early morning or late afternoon and the roads surrounded by trees, there can be lots of shadows from those trees that make the road look dark in some places and light and other places, and it’s hard to tell the difference between a shadow and a rock, so it’s probably a good idea to take it slow.
Bike failure
This past summer I was based out of Polebridge Montana. I was working out of the saloon there, and I took my surly bridge club. That was basically only three months old and did a lot of bikepacking trips, mostly bike overnights in that area in Glacier National Park also into the Flathead National Forest and up GDMBR as well. For some reason the bike I had was jinxed, I had issues with the crank arm coming off five times and I managed to put it back on, but it was a pain.
And later in the season, I was cleaning my rear wheel, and I noticed there were cracks in the rim on eight different places where spoke entered the rim. There was a total of 23 cracks, it was the WTB rim which came with the bike. I ended up replacing the rims, but I was definitely aggravated that I had to do that. Later on, I went to Glacier Cyclery in Whitefish, MT, and they told me that there were a lot of Divide riders that came in with the same issues. I’m not sure why wheel manufacturers would make such a product. And then I was equally aggravated at surly bikes for promoting that bike as the ultimate Bikepacking bike and having such a crappy wheel I mean; don’t they test the wheels? I’m just glad it didn’t fail on me when I was doing a trip. I also found that using simpler bikes versus sometimes better than a high dollar one. In 2018 I rode my Salsa Cutthroat from New Mexico to Banff and had more issues than I ever had with any of my other bikes. Then after the divide, I used it on a few bikepacking trips in Kansas, Missouri and Colorado and I used it as a commuter bike as well and two years later I was going to sell it and found out the top tube had two cracks in it. Salsa claimed it was my fault because I didn’t clean the top properly but that could’ve been a disaster as well. Keeping your bike well maintained and checking it over every day can perhaps avert a disaster. I have had a pedal come off that caused me to crash, and a chain issue that caused a crash as well. I was riding with a friend of mine on a very rough gravel road, he got his wheel stuck in a deep rut, tried to turn his handlebars to get out of it, but the handlebars were loose, and as he turned the bars, the bars moved but the wheel did not turn, and he crash landing his 240lbs body on the handlebars. He broke six ribs, and punctured a lung, it was a good thing I was with him to preform first aid and call for help.
Weather and self-rescue 101
When I was 16 years old, I was the head medic at Military School. I remember having to treat Cadets with heat exhaustion and heat stroke on an overnight bivouac after hiking through dense woods by the Missouri River in 95f+ heat and high humidity. I had to treat myself for heat exhaustion as well, I remember thinking I never wanted to go through that again. Just a few weeks after that I had to split a football player's broken leg on the sidelines. I learned first aid at a young age, and the need to be able to self-rescue as well.
I commute at least 300 days a year, and all types of weather and when I’m home I make sure that I test gear throughout the year and when there’s opportunities to go out and get wet and cold and try new gear out, same with the heat, I take advantage of that because I’m in a controlled environment. On a regular basis I even do long hike and bikes, fully loaded, just to stay strong. I understand hypothermia and I understand heat exhaustion and heat stroke, I know the signs, how to treat and I know how to avoid it. So, I do avoid it. And I’m amazed at the stories I hear of people getting rescued off the great divide mountain bike route because they’re hypothermic. So, I guess it comes from my mountaineering background that I know that if it’s a situation where you could possibly get hypothermia and then you set up your shelter and get into your warm sleeping bag, eat, and heat up a drink if you have a stove. And I know people take lightweight shelters, bivy bags. I personally think people should have to take tents instead of bivy bags so they can stop and set up and wait for the storm to pass if needed, so they don’t have to put other people at risk having to be rescued. They become self-rescued, which is something that I think all Bikepacker‘s needs to take courses on. Maybe I’ll make a course for it.
I think too many people rely on the rescue buttons on Spot trackers versus using good sense. It wasn't that long ago when there were no cell phones or satellite tracking devices. It’s cause-and-effect. Consider this, what if you get cold or hyperthermic and you have to call for rescue in the middle of the night and a helicopter is dispatched, but the helicopter crashes and kills a crew because of your mistake? That’s not good. I interviewed a woman in 2018 who rode through New Mexico during one of the hottest years and she was found on the side of the road unconscious and had to be in the hospital for two days before she continued riding. She was 69 years old at that time and turned 70 by the end of the trip. I understand pushing your limits and one can do it smartly.
The first time I was bicycle touring the GDMBR I flew into Missoula I was dealing with multiple non serious injuries: Afib, winged scapula, sciatica, old neck injuries that occasional cause vertigo, depression and anxiety-but was not on any medications (by the way know what the possible side effects of medications or recommended travel preventive vaccines are before you head out on the road, so you are not surprised.) I knew how to manage my stuff through Yoga, rest, and breathwork.
Anyway, when I flew into Missoula, I had just gotten off the plane and met a Tour Divide rider who had to scratch (take himself out of the race) and was heading home. It was 2017, a cold and rainy year. He had pushed himself too hard and his Afib caused him to quit after a visit to the emergency room. Since I have Afib as well, it scared me a bit, was not what I wanted to hear just off the plane- but I went on my 21-day journey anyway…a story I will share soon.
A good dose of common sense, experience, training, and preventative measures can keep you alive on adventures like the GDMBR.
I think solutions can be doing a lot of training before you go out on the ride and that training can be just commuting by bicycle, being in touch with your bike, your body, your mind. And how everything works in all different types of weather throughout the year. I know you can’t predict everything and sometimes circumstance and fate will put you in unpleasant situations, but what you can do as a Bikepacker is be prepared as possible.
And that brings me to one thing I should’ve brought up earlier I’ll just bring it up now- is make sure you have strong wheels and make sure before you go on a bike packing trip that a couple weeks before hand, if you need to replace your chain then replace your cassette, have your brakes bled if you need to check your brake pads. Also do a full inspection of your bike especially if you’re on a carbon fiber bike, check the bike internally for cracks if possible. Also, my last thing and I want this one to go to heart more than any of the others.
Sidenote, to all you who travel by bicycle, you are the explorers of the 21st-century, you have many character traits that are similar to the explorers of past. I will write about this soon, so stay tuned.
Remember while riding your bike, you’re invisible. Be safe my friend.
Peace and love, Bill Poindexter
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-26230758353236798722024-02-15T09:43:00.000-08:002024-02-15T09:43:48.634-08:0010 Things I do to distract myself on long bike trips<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNRJkp8EsmPEhxb0lJwMAuL_MMacyoMIsF33b1Fxnsn1dVjzSPVQR9QPESy75P07KEZy61VgSg4Es0ELESDkahma8E_OoKxnwseRnzl8q8psUMS67SNQV_tBA0J_g782jagAbKlKRXGBtCNsRY0Miqcq1FaufBmDKnvVPJS6YoLw83estw3hXvf32lOI/s4032/IMG_4021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNRJkp8EsmPEhxb0lJwMAuL_MMacyoMIsF33b1Fxnsn1dVjzSPVQR9QPESy75P07KEZy61VgSg4Es0ELESDkahma8E_OoKxnwseRnzl8q8psUMS67SNQV_tBA0J_g782jagAbKlKRXGBtCNsRY0Miqcq1FaufBmDKnvVPJS6YoLw83estw3hXvf32lOI/s320/IMG_4021.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bootleg Bikepacking Diary-Top 10 things I do to distract myself on a long bike ride</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6e4b1b4a-7fff-2362-fb7b-4d821031d791"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am usually in a state of situational awareness, almost “trace like state of being”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> while riding my bike long distance, but sometimes I need distractions so I don’t fall asleep on boring stretches. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here are my top 10</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Sing songs</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I think singing songs is what I primarily do when I’m on bike tours, even when I’m commuting. It tends to free up the mind and allows you to be expressive as you’re riding your bicycle. And it’s especially fun when you’re in remote places you can just sing to the top of your lungs and just let it rip. Some of my favorite artist and songs are Hang me Oh, Hang Me by Dave van Ronk, and some of his other songs, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji8E3E6LErY" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bob Dylan, fare thee</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> well, many songs from the Eagles, but a particular favorite is dueling daltons, Neil Young – old man, James Taylor,</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFLKyAGzzI" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Imagine-John Lennon</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, Pink Floyd. So many more.</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Tell stories</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I love telling stories and</span><a href="https://wholeearthguide.blogspot.com/2023/07/dispatches-from-road_27.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> creating them</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> sometimes I’ll just do it based on a subject I see, maybe an animal on the side of the road, maybe a bird in flight may be a story I’ve been working on. And I always love starting off like this,</span><a href="https://wholeearthguide.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-seedling-by-bill-poindexter.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> “far away, long ago, there was a…“</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> I particularly like to anthropomorphize a story… As I’m a big proponent of nature and see everything is being alive, rather than inert because we’re all created all the same things in the universe. I know it’s deep, but that’s me.</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Listen to something</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I don’t listen to anything while I’m traveling. I go with my own internal dialogue. Also, especially if I’m in the wilderness areas I don’t want to be distracted and I want to give all my time to whatever nature I’m seeing and hearing and feeling and tasting and touching. But that being said, I know a lot of people who listen to podcasts, audiobooks, and music. And there have been instances where, like last year I was on a trip and I was somewhere on the transamerica trail just getting ready to come out of Illinois, and I camped in the middle of a thunderstorm at 11 o’clock at night by a river the Ohio river, put my tent up in a torrential downpour, completely soaked and woke up in the morning to find that there was a shelter only 50 yards away, but I couldn’t see it at night, and that morning I rode out of the wilderness area I was in, and there was a long climb, and I wanted to listen to Creedence Clearwater revival, “have you ever seen the rain…”</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Workout mathematical problems</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’ve never been good at math. Probably because I’m just not that interested in it. I understand the basics of addition and subtraction, multiplication and division but you start going to algebra and sister. I’m running out the door. That being said, there are times when I’ve used up my brain cells in other categories that I want to sharpen my mind a little bit and distract myself and I will start doing math, but basic math.</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Contemplating meaning of life</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Now we’re talking. Philosophy, my favorite subject. As a philosopher, I'm constantly thinking about all things regarding philosophy: the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. And lately I’ve been focused on natural philosophy, which is really about natural science, especially physical science, and also natural biological systems and how everything’s related. I could go on for days about this, and most likely will another time. Suggest</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7GQ7dMegog" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Alan Watts if you want practical, life affirming, well thought out philosophical meditations.</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> I think about Time…a lot.</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Play a game</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Games are always fun. I remember when I was a little boy we would drive from Kansas City Missouri and my parents station wagon with my sisters and we were play games along the road or sing songs…”found a peanut, found a peanut”… but I remember the games one of the favorite games was look for a certain kind of car or, an inanimate object, and that was always fun. On my bike trips, I do the same thing looking for something unique, counting something, doing word games in my mind, again, anything to distract myself from the effort.</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Replay a movie, song, story, memory, and your minds eye</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So there’s actually two parts here; one is simply reliving a movie or perhaps a story or a play or maybe a book read. But then one can also go into a deeper realm of the mind, and perhaps go into the past, and think about past experiences, and how they relate to one’s life now, and that’s where you start getting into more like the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_quest" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">vision quest</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, and you start growing in philosophy and different things like that as well. The place one can go doing this though can be positive but also negative and scary as well.</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Do yoga exercises while you’re riding- cat cow, breathe, seated twist, calf stretch, lions breath</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I learned a long time ago as a yoga instructor, that Yoga is not meant for just sitting in a room on a mat, you can do yoga from almost anywhere, E.G.shower, work, the bathroom, in the kitchen, as well as from a top a bicycle, just a few modifications, kind of a hybrid form of chair yoga, per se, anything to loosen up the body and get oxygen flowing… At the very least focus on your breathing.</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Listen to somebody else’s story</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I mostly travel solo, but when I do have a traveling companion, I like hearing their stories, on one of my last trips on the great divide mountain bike route between Polebridge, Montana, and Eureka, Montana. I was regaled by a friend of mine who I was traveling with for a few days, Kyle T. Randall, who is now an artist out of Portland, Maine, shared stories of his experience playing Dungeons and Dragons, and I found it fascinating, and it made the time go by very quickly.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Well, thanks for reading my writing. Tell me some of the things that you do to distract yourself on a long bike ride or running errands or out for a few months?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Peace and love from the road Bill Poindexter</span></p><br /><br /></span>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-24392871231568664142024-02-01T12:16:00.000-08:002024-02-01T12:16:34.020-08:003 AM when it all comes out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikL3UrOa8_vouhmAES19TBClI7Czd9v1KIeRPTjkQRv4KxIvTHKN2xqpyJBmBCEqQJCWP_aD_TDW85JujY4rbxlsMSg7gYpIqMbBeRzRQciXLisB9AeKTI00Vlh3R2-xXGUIe-zaF3q5l85fx4VMK6Ze2Ta7qvwm6IROcGo8oq_gLCAjGjqISMdVkmc_I/s4032/IMG_4036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikL3UrOa8_vouhmAES19TBClI7Czd9v1KIeRPTjkQRv4KxIvTHKN2xqpyJBmBCEqQJCWP_aD_TDW85JujY4rbxlsMSg7gYpIqMbBeRzRQciXLisB9AeKTI00Vlh3R2-xXGUIe-zaF3q5l85fx4VMK6Ze2Ta7qvwm6IROcGo8oq_gLCAjGjqISMdVkmc_I/s320/IMG_4036.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">Stream of consciousness at 3 AM</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"> </span> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">January 27, 2024</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">3 AM, again, I came home after having met with an old friend of mine. The weather’s been weird, cloudy high 30s lotta moisture in the air -tends to wrap itself around the body, it’s one of the reasons why I like ride my bike for transportation because I feel everything, and I got home and walked into the entrance of my apartment building and I saw the disconnection notice stuck in my door. Crap -I didn’t think they were gonna turn off the electricity until the spring. Power companies, I hate the fact we need them . It’s just another false reality. We have getting energy without consequences, when I go on long-distance expeditions invariably you, or I will go on roads that are parallel to railroads you see the trains passing loaded with coal or just crap we don’t need. It’s so funny that one of our false reality is is to get an electric car or electric bike we’re really making a difference and yet we’re not it’s just greenwashing it’s crap. These are things I think of at 3 AM, but these are things that we don’t talk about, there’s a lot of things in life we don’t talk about eg going to the bathroom, picking your nose, masturbation, Farting, lusting after some body else’s wife, or husband, but we all do it right? Do you know you do? Sometimes I think I’m mad, in the crazy sense of being mad, I live life backwards like a <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>native American Heyoke not in the sense of walking backwards, or riding a horse backwards no it’s just living life outside the ordinary bounds of what is considered proper etiquette, proper traditional living, you know what I’m talking about, there’s just things I never really understood and I guess I see things differently, well like for instance what I’m writing right now there’s not too many people that write like this. It’s probably probably making you a little bit uncomfortable, And I don’t care- do you know why -because it’s authentic, and you know you’re drawn in because it’s interesting I mean who wakes up at 3 o’clock and talks about masturbation, well, probably a lot of people but they just don’t talk about it. I’ve been on a journey for a while a mental journey to become a better writer and I’ve been studying writers and different ways to write everything from Hemingway, to Bukowski, Steinbeck, John Buchan, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kerouac, and a bunch of others that chances are, you’ve never read, and the only reason why read them or know of them is because I like listening to audio books from a website called Librivox, it’s a place where you can listen to volunteer recordings of books that are out of print most of them are from the early 1900s, and books that without that site, I don’t think I’ve ever would’ve known. It’s almost like going into a librarian instead of going to the card index just walking down the isles of books and looking for titles that seem interesting. One that comes to mind is Diary of a Dead Officer by Arthur Graham West, the story of a man who was a soldier in World War I and the story of maturing with war, and changing his views about life. For example, he stopped believing in God, he started smoking and drinking when he didn’t before, he also realize the absurdity of war, and the book is great because it’s also a biography, talks about him growing up and then going to war because that’s what you did doing your duty and all, and he was a writer and started really writing, pretty intense poetry and overtime that poetry evolved and that’s basically what the book is about is his poetry and descriptions of war in the trenches of World War One and one day he was coming out of a trench and a snipers bullet found him. I talk of war because these days war is loosely, threaded into the media, irresponsibly, and most of you don’t understand what war is and most of you have never even been in a war or have ever had to be in any kind of situation where you had to defend yourself physically -i’ve never been in war in a war, I went to military school from the time I was 14 to 17 and I heard a lot of stories from the military instructors about their experiences in war, I joined the Marine Corps during the first Gulf War but luckily, didn’t make it through Boot Camp primarily because I decided I couldn’t kill anybody and being in my mid-20s. I wasn’t the type of recruit that the Marines wanted I asked too many questions invariably “why“ not a question somebody wants you to ask when they want you to blindly go kill people. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">We all have journeys in our life. One of my journey started when I was a little boy, I come from a big family myself, six older sisters, and two parents, who, drank and smoke too much which caused an early death, were good people, and interesting. World War II Americans caught up in the false reality of the 50s, but that’s another story. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">When I was a little boy, I would wake up in the middle of the night and going to my parents sitting room where my dad was usually -would’ve been at like two or three in the morning, and he would be smoking cigarettes and reading or writing he told me later on in life that he liked that time because it was his time and it was quiet time, and I would ask him innocently as a seven year old boy to read to me, and he instructed me to go out to the bookcase and find a book that I wanted to read And I remember vividly the books that I chose were books of adventure, some non-fiction some fiction books like Little House on the Prairie series, Wizard of Oz series, stories of the great explorers well, mostly the explorers of the Americas, like Cortez. My dad was a good reader, with a great voice. I wish I had had a tape of it. It’s one of the reasons why I like the audiobooks from Librivox and if you find a person who is a good reader, it really makes you enjoy the book better. although I read quite a bit, I’ve never been “a reader“ I always prefer somebody else to read to me. Well, I’m starting to fade, I just wanted to write this for you. I’m gonna be writing a lot more, and I’m glad of this place to be able to publish my writing. Being authentic is very important. I’ve had many experiences my life that I think you’ll find interesting and I plan to share them all as I tell you stories of my travels and adventures. Please subscribe and leave me a comment so I know you’re reading this. I don’t care if you’re paid subscriber or not if nobody pays for it I’ll figure out a way to make money to live. I did manage to get my electricity turned back on. Let’s just hope that the gas company doesn’t do the same thing I don’t really care I’m not gonna die. Thanks again for reading my writing peace and love from the road Bill Poindexter.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Bio: i’ve been a writer, my entire life, everything from poetry to fiction to non-fiction. I prefer stream of consciousness just like I was sitting down with you, and having a cup of coffee and talking about life. I live a very simple life I don’t own a car, so I bike in a walk for transportation and travel. Much of my riding is telling stories about my adventures on the road. These days I primarily travel by bicycle, and over the last 20 years, I’ve had some great adventures; riding my bike from New Mexico, up into Canada, and Los Angeles down through Baja Mexico, Kansas City, to Yorktown, Virginia, all over Colorado, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia, Kansas, Missouri, New England, some of my journeys are just overnight, bike rides, and others or multi week rides, and I carry my own camping gear, so just think of backpacking, but on a bicycle a.k.a. bikepacking, and I wrote a book called Bikepacking School and a second edition is coming out soon. And I work very hard on writing, authentically and interweaving my life experiences within my travel stories as well. And I haven’t owned a car for many years. So I live completely car free. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">And I follow my heart and live life on my own terms, as I’m sure most of you do.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Find me on </span><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/bpoindexter?r=3axrjg&utm_medium=ios">https://open.substack.com/pub/bpoindexter?r=3axrjg&utm_medium=ios</a><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> for more writings and podcast</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-76803425891990788362023-12-18T14:05:00.000-08:002024-01-25T13:07:45.997-08:00Bicycle Safety Classes <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3><i>Safety 101</i></h3><h3><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsHsx67P6PSQQ6wF-R7AegBonUWv7jYAVaG1bMtqg9YFyNm6osMxBLZVbe-ERYTTbleLsmFntvnjyjGikYAZ9Zynd69ASX4avDESXV8hOZ8-zoALz26U59PUrqUtAMp81HwkGZO21O28fT-OBEvD_I8DkPjZCHHKC8wgsyDF6LSjQJZrNXSi-uerZ9k8/s500/bikepacking%20book%20pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsHsx67P6PSQQ6wF-R7AegBonUWv7jYAVaG1bMtqg9YFyNm6osMxBLZVbe-ERYTTbleLsmFntvnjyjGikYAZ9Zynd69ASX4avDESXV8hOZ8-zoALz26U59PUrqUtAMp81HwkGZO21O28fT-OBEvD_I8DkPjZCHHKC8wgsyDF6LSjQJZrNXSi-uerZ9k8/s320/bikepacking%20book%20pic.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br />"Bill is a patient, thoughtful teacher and bike professional. He helped me level up- get more knowledgeable and comfortable with my bike. The investment was completely worth it, you invested in your bike- now invest in you and your abilities to use this bike safely, skillfully and more often." Andrea<br /></i><span style="color: #888888;"><i><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span></i></span></h3></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>Duration 2 hours</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>Location TBD</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>Objective: This course is to teach </b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>children and/or adults </b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>how to travel by bicycle safely. </b></span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Structure:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Part 1:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bike check</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Proper fit</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Suggestions to make your ride better</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Care and maintenance of bicycle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Proper riding technique</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Riding at night</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">How to be visible even though you should </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">assume no one sees you</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Part 2:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I will take you out on a short bike ride and teach you how to stay safe in an urban environment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Common mistakes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Best routes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Riding through congested areas</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Riding with others</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bad weather riding</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Commuting strategies to:work, school, store, etc.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cost: 2 hour course $150.00pp</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Open to group rates but note time frame may be different. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">About Bill Poindexter</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I have been commuting full time </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and traveling by bicycle for over </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">23 years and have never had an accident.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> I have not owned a car for 13 years. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I travel by bike as well. I have ridden </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">my bike all over MO and KS, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">across MO, IL, KY, VA on the </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Trans America Trail, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">also from Sante, NM </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">over to the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and then north to Banff, Alberta, Canada. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I have ridden from Missoula to Banff </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">as well and back. I </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">have also gone from LA south</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> through Baja, Mexico as well </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and many trips in CO as well. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I commute in KC about 4000-6000 miles per </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">year as well. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">All of my travel trips are “self contained” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">meaning I bring my camping gear, tools, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and food and water and camp out majority </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">of the time. It is called Bikepacking.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> I wrote the book, Bikepacking School </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">which you can see on Amazon. I </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">also teach bikepacking and guide too.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre;">If you’re interested in traveling by bicycle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre;">Please reach out as well. I know my stuff.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Contact Bill at: </span><a href="mailto:poindexterrecruiting@gmail.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">poindexterrecruiting@gmail.com</span></a><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">or call/txt (913)220-1213</span></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">. </span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qmTaXNZHYYXMaWt0hB6VxELQyNeMG7x8NAZyk-Qnf2PhXBn1S6orPPYPaXWZw6quaznP_pjXci8D71ld-PI8RDLdQgKXkKT1lqUX6rRCcGNGnYHpYT_ZOTk5mO6UWyjhZopn6_NJsxR1d9zvePa81iWVgUgKJuciE_ZcxSrFE4Ie3ey4RNIIjLbFv78/s1200/0A2FE3E3-83F2-42C9-B2BA-6C64CE9D3991.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 35px; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 35px; font-weight: bold;">A nature story for you</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 35px; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">the seedling</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">By Bill Poindexter</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">A story inspired by Iohan, (Yo-Han), the bike wanderer and a man with kind dark eyes.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">“Far away, long ago, there was a man who traveled the Earth on his bicycle and his name was, Iohan. He was of average height, had dark hair and dark eyes that looked very kind. All he wanted to do was explore the Earth and see what it was like from atop a bike.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> To earn a living he took odd jobs, one of the jobs was planting trees in an area where old trees had been cut down. He said he enjoyed planting trees in the summer. He would walk all over Canada planting seedlings to fund his bicycling adventures. One of the seedlings grew into a fine very tall tree.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> The young tree grew and…”</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Go to the site for the full story,</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">It is a 8 minute read </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Or listen to the audio by Aimee Hughes </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Read:</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><a href="https://wholeearthguide.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-seedling-by-bill-poindexter.html?m=1">https://wholeearthguide.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-seedling-by-bill-poindexter.html?m=1</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Audio:</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/william-poindexter/episodes/The-Seedling-e28p83g">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/william-poindexter/episodes/The-Seedling-e28p83g</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Thanks for reading my story. If you like my writing please subscribe to the site. If you’re interested in supporting my writing and journalism you can find me on Venmo. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Peace and love </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Bill </span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-30490158215710182762022-04-06T05:33:00.000-07:002022-04-06T05:33:01.673-07:00Dispatches from the road <p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 35px; font-weight: bold;">Dispatches from the road: day 4 and the rainy beginning of day 5</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 35px; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 35px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-weight: bold;">by Bill Poindexter</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I lay in my tent on the morning of day five of my journey having a little meditation of how grateful I am just to be alive and be able to do the things I’m doing. My friend Monica reminding me she was the one who called me the traveling monk I resonate with that very much as my spiritual belief is strong no matter what religion I meet along my journey and right now I feel very Zen like. I’m laying on a forest bed in a conservation area just outside of Wheatland Missouri I’ve been up for a while listening to the pattering of the rain -I retrieved my stove from my panniers and had a fine breakfast of oatmeal with raisins honey and banana along with copious amounts of coffee. I love the word copious don’t you? Not exactly sure of my route today and the rain is going to stop soon and the sun is supposed to come out so I think I’m gonna hang out here and read my book Provence 1970, and let everything dry out including my boots which got soaked yesterday because of the two stream crossings – thanks Mac for that info wink. I’m starting to feel stronger getting used to the heavy weight of the load I’m caring. For you Bikepacker‘s out there I’m on a surly long-haul trucker, with two front Salsa bags on anything cages and two rear expeditionary panniers from Arkle out of Canada xm-45s. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I’m carrying water food shelter clothing couple books maps and as my kiwi friends would say a assortment of bits and bobs. Yesterday I left Mac Vorce’s home in Warsaw and hopped on the Butterfield stage coach route, on section 8 from Warsaw to Wheatland. This route is one of the hardest I’ve ever done I would compare it to the great divide mountain bike route in terms of its challenging terrain and endless ups and downs stream crossings muddy dirt roads gravel gravel and more loose gravel… Lots of solitude and very little people and very much beauty. And I rode for nine hours and ended up taking a short cut in the end to Wheatland because of a pending storm which of course never happened. I found this patch of dirt I’m laying on and slept very well last night and this morning. I’m eager to get down to the Transamerica Trail to get started heading east as that is my ultimate destination. I am laying in the tent fully caffeinated dictating this to you from my phone. I feel good. Many people yesterday gave me water as I rode by their homes. There was a little dog named little missy who befriended me and kindly ran beside me for almost 4 miles yup 4 miles until the owners niece and husband got her. Little Missy was the strongest dog or I should say is the strongest dog I’ve ever seen no matter how fast I went down the hill I would have to go slow up the next hill and I would look in my rearview mirror and she would be that little spot in the center of the mirror running to me. It was a soulful encounter between a human and an animal and there was so much beauty in that moment it brings tears to my eyes, seriously. It’s a kind reminder that we all living beings are connected.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Namaste </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">If you like my words let me know </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Wholeearthguide.blogspot.com</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCxnzk0CGp8kKsKNDvFpQ8Wuj0j08fRnl0iCx-ZmaF-wEBF5jpFuNJHalxaH-QTEXSVuqHKC7UAPQOQYp8iJv3ybkWmpq2nXwsZDBnsFgFhVJVksjDb-e9H7oczOsojxMZfhJW1hacis4TP0fmoKOUNlwjFIkm-61jWc4zGFYXx9hboXMi8WbOVdUm/s4032/6B6C0B67-13D8-4D0E-A511-81838C3F84E6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Some of you were here too hear about it and see some pictures from my current journey from Kansas City to Martha’s Vineyard Massachusetts. I’m sending out dispatches from the road primarily on Facebook and on another blog called wholeearthguide.blogspot.com</p><p>So go to those two places for the most current updates and I will be sending out videos as well soon but it’s just easier to do it from the whole earth guide. Or Facebook. I’m having a great time here is kind of a recap of last few days hope you enjoy it!</p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 35px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-weight: bold;">Dispatches from the road:</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Day 4</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">By Bill Poindexter</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">A recap of the last four days. On the 2 April I made my way out of Kansas City heading south to Louisburg Kansas to the Cedar Cove feline wildlife sanctuary where I was graciously met by Steve Klein the Director. Steve showed me around the facilities and introduced me to the animals: Lions, Tigers and wolves, Mountain lions, leopard, fox, lynx, bobcat, Who are given a second chance in life by the good people of Cedar Cove and it’s an organization need your help as well only 30 miles south of Kansas City I’ll be posting a video of my interview with Steve soon so keep an eye out and I was able to sleep on their property as well and fall asleep to the roars of lions and tigers as well as the Howells howling of the wolves, it truly amazing experience. On day three I made my way east and south east into Missouri on a southeasterly route to the Transamerica bike route which I should connect to you in a couple of days and then I will start heading straight east across Missouri into Kentucky then into Virginia to Yorktown and then north to Martha’s Vineyard Massachusetts. My second day was actually a little bit rough and late in the day I was tired made my way to a Casey’s which is kind of a quick shop and talk to a woman named Cheyenne who wanted to hear about my journey and she was inspired and shared some food with me from the shop and it was her way to be part of my journey probably would never be able to do what I’m doing I can live vicariously via my story, I love that! I found a nice patch of dirt to sleep on that night in a conservation area run by the department of conservation in Missouri and got to sleep soundly in the rain by myself as there was nobody else in the whole area. On day three of my travels I left the conservation area and traversed over back roads saying places that a few people ever see, dirt roads gravel roads places where people live quiet lives and whose lives are inter-weaved with nature. I stopped at a gas station for some coffee and sat in front on the bench and table pulled my food bag from my panniers and made some oatmeal hey man William, from Springfield Missouri befriended me we had a great conversation share similar thoughts on life he wanted to hear about my story and shared some of his own stories as well he said he wanted to buy me lunch and he did actually with what he gave me I can buy quite a few lunches, again was his way to be a part of the journey, and it’s what the street is about to meet people to talk to people to look them in the eye to find the soul and I mean it the soul of America the humanities alive and well and 99% of the people are good and just want a simple life. The rest of the day I spent rolling down dusty gravel roads talking to cattle and singing songs from the 70s like from Bob Seger and the Eagles. And when I wasn’t on the dusty gravel roads I would be on the highway where cars will flyby at 80 miles an hour but fortunately I have a nice wide shoulder so I feel safe. But I do prefer the back roads of America. I made my way to Warsaw Missouri a small quaint town are very friendly people and extraordinary good food I was greeted by Mac the head of the chamber of commerce, and he let me bring my bicycle into the building and charge my phone and charger. He also offered me a place to stay in his backyard so I could pitch by Tent. And then made my way to a double cheeseburger and french fries get the hungry skillet and then to two scoops of ice cream where I’m at to retire gentleman who were diligently consuming the largest banana splits I’ve ever seen in my life! They invited me to join them we had a great conversation about life and their retirement and their families one of the man lives on Cape Cod Massachusetts which is where I’m heading on my journey well actually to Martha’s Vineyard off Cape Cod. Then I made my way back to the chamber where Mac was and again he invited me to his home I graciously took him up on it because I needed to regroup do some laundry get a shower and it’s always nice to stay with a local in a town rather than a hotel. Just then Jen Bradshaw who is a Adventure cyclist pulled up on her mountain bike. Jen and Mac work together on creating events, adventure events as well as teaching kids and their parents here in Warsaw how to ride mountain bikes and have adventures on extraordinary mountain bike trails they have created in Warsaw some of the best I’ve ever seen. I got to ride with 30 young people and their parents on Monday night in a group called kids club, it was so much fun than Mac Jan and I came back to Max place had some dinner learn more about each other I finish my laundry got my first shower in four days and here I am at 4 AM the next morning dictating this into my phone in my tent on the ground in Warsaw Missouri. I’m gonna go back to sleep for a couple hours and then get up and eat some pancakes and sausage eggs and drink copious amounts of coffee figure my route for the day with the help Mac and then roll. Didn’t take a lot of pictures today so you’re gonna have to just enjoy my words. I’ll start to getting to videos soon, mostly you know me as a writer and I do love to write. If you’d like my words in my stories let me know in the comments below! Remember you are to a part of my journey. Thanks to all those who contributed and encouraged me. You are now too many to list so so you know who you are and you know what you mean to me in this journey :-). Peace and love from the road, Bill Poindexter</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUUoO4_B833bGO0mmZtuKEkRaOdGfPUa1spjglnSJ2kNPItwN-_XE2HKfC8pDJXgqKp4PdTNs5W1mgTvVZjK-DLRaQZc_2QaaAr8IoCIMgn8CHoHeNsWGUmPYFrlB_b1GZ1t1W0yoT9SrCMvHnGpgiqtQ6HM20M49rbHW52duv3LwpXq7pjhfIYHi/s4032/1CE8C5DD-0A21-4983-B1F0-06809C143D5A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUUoO4_B833bGO0mmZtuKEkRaOdGfPUa1spjglnSJ2kNPItwN-_XE2HKfC8pDJXgqKp4PdTNs5W1mgTvVZjK-DLRaQZc_2QaaAr8IoCIMgn8CHoHeNsWGUmPYFrlB_b1GZ1t1W0yoT9SrCMvHnGpgiqtQ6HM20M49rbHW52duv3LwpXq7pjhfIYHi/s320/1CE8C5DD-0A21-4983-B1F0-06809C143D5A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Then plan to roll north using multiple routes which parallel Revolutionary Routes from the American Revolution to Newport, RI and then catch a ferry to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts where I will be working on a farm and dairy as a field hand and cheese maker for the summer. At least that’s the basic plan. I won’t be posting too much but will periodically and will share some videos. </p><p>But I will be writing about this entire endeavor and interweaving the cycling expedition and farm experience with history and sharing my thoughts on the present, past and future and maybe offering some solutions on how humanity can get along and treat the planet well so we will survive.</p><p>And I will tell stories along the way as well that won’t be so ‘deep’ but still interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can find the videos at wholeearthguide.blogspot.com</p><p><br /></p><p>Doing this on a tight budget $14/day, cooking my food, won’t pay to camp, so will rely on the kindness of strangers so should be interesting, will use the traveling cyclists hosting service Warmshowers periodically for a shower and laundry. Excited to send dispatches sharing my adventures with all of you. I will be true to my writing and won’t sugar coat anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you like my writing and stories and want to support my journalistic endeavors there is link on the site or just reach out. A cup of coffee and a sandwich will help with the budget. But only if you find value in my voice or words. </p><p><br /></p><p>I want to find America again, that’s where the history comes in, sort of a reverse expansion to find our roots from our past start here in KC where Lewis and Clark started in the Frontier for the Western expansion, I will be heading back East sharing their stories, Civil War stories, </p><p>and reminding us about why the American Revolution happened while I roll over trail and share stories of those who came before and are here now and my thoughts on our future. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some images of</p><p>My basic route. I leave KC on Friday morning…April Fools day:)</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you follow, and feel free to invite your friends and family. 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I had come across these two men about two months ago on the trolley trail and had given them some food and they seem very kind. Omi, kind of a white Irish looking guy with red hair and the second guy is Chris a black man from California. They are a couple and they’ve been on the road for two years and have traveled through 30 states. Both are well educated and for various reasons, all physical, have chosen a nomadic lifestyle. Winter is a particularly rough time for the homeless and because this couple is a biracial gay couple they have been ridiculed and attacked many times physically, mentally and spiritually. Today they shared some of their experiences with me and Aimee. And although they’ve had some strong trials -their attitudes towards life are remarkable. Just one week ago they were sleeping in a field that they did not know was private property and the police came and took all their possessions threw them in a dumpster put them in a paddy wagon took them to the police station and then let them loose because they didn’t have any room in the jail to put them in. These two men are very strong Christians they believe in the Bible literally and even their Bible was taken away from them last week by the police and thrown away. They harbor no ill will they’re just trying to live and have the ability to roam free. They’re very kind they’re both on disability and they sell walking sticks that they make themselves from fallen limbs from trees. Today they’re going to be in front of the Panera in Brookside it’s off 63rd St. just one block east of 63rd and Brookside Boulevard. I am giving them two sleeping bags and a backpack. I gave them some food this morning and I made them breakfast at HJ’s community center and gave them two pairs of socks, two thermoses that somebody gave me and two rain jackets that I was going to use for my trip but they needed more than me and I gave them a Bible. I’m going to encourage all of you to take a chance and go down there and meet Chris and Omi. Chris a is shy but Omi likes to talk. And they need to know that humanity is alive and well in our crazy world. Maybe you might buy a Walking-stick from them. If you do meet them I’m interested in hearing about your experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>They could use two bikes and a trailer as well. FYI. </p><p><br /></p><p>What matters most for these two is a warm place to sleep, food, shelter and warm clothing, personal freedom.</p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-2175050217486309792022-03-22T03:04:00.001-07:002022-03-22T03:11:37.903-07:00Poems from the road <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvjvfdjrxQhZcK0a3soPh7nLmTgfJJxamCNegy8RlHN4jia-H8FO8LEzcnWaR-Ch-N6_XB1dTUUDsd23J6ZhfGp1ObqKd2g2Sa1FH30xI8tENg5vbANiekI_cwrAH_Sec5xcacXgr1Sv_D6AiCN8OHwGU3CBAHa7F2uNu7RZqus8nLvEMdvmCQEhK/s2048/C90D6AAB-6EA8-41B2-AC3F-2F5D6948CBC0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvjvfdjrxQhZcK0a3soPh7nLmTgfJJxamCNegy8RlHN4jia-H8FO8LEzcnWaR-Ch-N6_XB1dTUUDsd23J6ZhfGp1ObqKd2g2Sa1FH30xI8tENg5vbANiekI_cwrAH_Sec5xcacXgr1Sv_D6AiCN8OHwGU3CBAHa7F2uNu7RZqus8nLvEMdvmCQEhK/s320/C90D6AAB-6EA8-41B2-AC3F-2F5D6948CBC0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />These are some of the poems that I write while on my bicycle tours. When I’m on a bike tour I spend a lot of time camping out. Sometimes I’m camping out in campgrounds, but more often than not I’m just camping in a field off the road out of the view of anybody. I spend long days on the bicycle and when it comes down to the sun going down if there’s a spot that catches my fancy I will just lay my gear down set up my tent if I need it otherwise just lay my sleeping pad down and sleeping bag, and settle in for a restful sleep on a patch of dirt. I will usually week sometime between two and four in the morning and write something in my journal and periodically gaze up at the Milky Way if the sky is clear or the moon if it’s good enough to come out. Then usually I’ll go back to sleep and wake back up in that moment before night slips away and the sun starts to rise, and it’s that moment were magical things happen. So here are a few poems that I wrote while in a tent in the middle of the night on a patch of dirt laying under the stars of the Milky Way.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AjefDVpyLuGCbs-SR7RzmejALJjsS31UgkIRGaav-dtWzJ_eKl4cDKJc3Mh31YHZ4v9HvrmXtetIjLefnLBqxX5r-ER70MJ-ovUknyVIQtMxReQ9oqNMhZTH-XEEiZNC6rNviAo6TGB0zin5R6wdyQiuaoklHqB1gq5N_mqJlDuNG1575LcnG1UE/s4032/IMG_4036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AjefDVpyLuGCbs-SR7RzmejALJjsS31UgkIRGaav-dtWzJ_eKl4cDKJc3Mh31YHZ4v9HvrmXtetIjLefnLBqxX5r-ER70MJ-ovUknyVIQtMxReQ9oqNMhZTH-XEEiZNC6rNviAo6TGB0zin5R6wdyQiuaoklHqB1gq5N_mqJlDuNG1575LcnG1UE/s320/IMG_4036.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Poem -the Bikepacker </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">By Bill Poindexter </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">"I am pining for the trail</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> I cannot help myself</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> I want to ride</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I eat when I’m hungry, drink when I’m thirsty, </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">pare the fat off my soul and live</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> simple</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Reducing my eating irons to a spork and my life blood</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> a cup of coffee.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">at the end of the day, with the “right to roam” in my heart, </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I come off the trail </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> any wild place I choose, </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">lay my bedding on the cold earth,</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> and sleep under the blanket of the Milky Way Galaxy, </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">and then, and ONLY then</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> will I be set free and when I wake</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I do it all over again</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I am Bikepacker."</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3Y7UUImsZo80Ui1-IBb5OsJMN8nJju6I39_Lo-453Y_CfjWHAM6FDxXNr_fcFokTdK0b7ItB4O4tgXCZt3CD5bWRkj9-0bzD7HFJw2Xzzk8SYqMQGpc_KZboLN71ActAMetLYld6kv6eUWK61FlQkQunIJP7R5JNbwHgcM5JJSi3O3WG2pwRLzEl/s3539/IMG_1612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="3539" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3Y7UUImsZo80Ui1-IBb5OsJMN8nJju6I39_Lo-453Y_CfjWHAM6FDxXNr_fcFokTdK0b7ItB4O4tgXCZt3CD5bWRkj9-0bzD7HFJw2Xzzk8SYqMQGpc_KZboLN71ActAMetLYld6kv6eUWK61FlQkQunIJP7R5JNbwHgcM5JJSi3O3WG2pwRLzEl/s320/IMG_1612.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">A place to lay my bedding </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">By Bill Poindexter </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Been on the road for the day</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">All day</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Up at dawn</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Now Dusk waining in my face</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Campground too, well, urban </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Town not hospitable </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Visitor center, open from 9-4, after that move on strangers </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Sun is setting fast, I saunter north,</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Sun to my left,</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">There is no panic </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Any patch of dirt will do</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I am a Bikepacker </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I wake with sun </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">And</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Sleep with the set</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I travel 6 more miles,</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Over 90 miles all told</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Road is gravel, familiar </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I like the sound when tires embrace</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Gravel </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">There, to my left </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">A field and a open gate</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">50 yards from the road</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I do not care,</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I am tired</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Feel I have a right to roam the American West </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Private property </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Land once unowned, free</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I set up my tent</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Watch the sun slip away and stars </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">show themselves</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">As dusk becomes night </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I slip into dreamland </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Satisfied </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Awaiting first light</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">To ride again </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I am Bikepacker</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Soul freedom </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I am bikepacker poem</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">By Bill Poindexter </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">( A first draft after a ride)</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I can’t help it</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The tug</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">On my soul</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> Soul that is attached </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">And unattached </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Chaos</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Soaring into space</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">With massive wings</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">While playing with old friends </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Gravity and Wind </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Perhaps some Dark Matter</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">But for now</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">My bicycle </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Take me where</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">My other friends </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Serendipity and Chance </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Meet</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I am bikepacker</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-81437217347414139442022-03-21T01:52:00.001-07:002022-03-21T01:52:03.719-07:00Traveling with Daniel <p> Hi and thanks for checking in. I am getting ready to ride my bike from Kansas City Missouri to the East Coast of the United States and then I am heading north to an island off Massachusetts to work on a farm and be a cheese maker for the summer and possibly for my future. On the journey I plan to write about; commonalities of humanity, the environment and nature, communities I meet and see along the way and the people. I want to find out which really important what really matters in this crazy world to people of all walks of life . I also want to see what America is like to ride my bicycle under my own power roughly 2000- 3000 miles over a 40 day period.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought of calling this journey a bike ride across America but I’m not really sure of a working title yet. I’ve recently befriended another writer, Carmen who works as a security guard at my local grocery store in Kansas City. </p><p><br /></p><p>Carmen who looks more like the next-door neighbors grandmother, small unassuming very kind and always engaging with beautiful gray hair nice eyes and a great smile always willing to say hello to watch my bicycle why I go into the store and always ask me how my friend Aimee is doing. When I first met Carmen we exchange some pleasantries in the store and also our names. Somehow Carmen thought my name was Daniel so she kept calling me Daniel for the next few months. Not wanting to embarrass her I didn’t correct her and after a short time I started to enjoy her using the name Daniel for me. One day we both found out were writers and I was going to give her my contact information and had to tell her finally that my name was Bill and not Daniel but that I’d like Daniel and she could still use it if she wanted to and she did. We were talking yesterday and I was telling her about my adventure heading to the East Coast on my bicycle and the journey that was about to happen and what my intentions were for the journey. Carmen suggested that a good working title it be: traveling with Daniel or something of that nature. I do like that title so I think I’m going to re-search the name Daniel a little bit more and possibly use it in the title. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many things I want to do for this trip. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ffVHYNXxSMihFa_xmi4miViUBGnZU1mgbBScVJY7itYeVGv6rZ9eE3re5LgxHRHUMJBvvlhpP38mB0yOO5kD0nPmaC38xBO8dS8MUxpiq7vSms87ZbDCrwD-uXeLk3iThVgf44VruyMbMVrXugjB7ennTXE3m4MvSS8raThPTKAEwo2Lt86SdJaQ/s4032/IMG_1854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ffVHYNXxSMihFa_xmi4miViUBGnZU1mgbBScVJY7itYeVGv6rZ9eE3re5LgxHRHUMJBvvlhpP38mB0yOO5kD0nPmaC38xBO8dS8MUxpiq7vSms87ZbDCrwD-uXeLk3iThVgf44VruyMbMVrXugjB7ennTXE3m4MvSS8raThPTKAEwo2Lt86SdJaQ/s320/IMG_1854.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMA2wXOEcXjzP62mF7ZLwwjXgVcFYwCgpXLjeZz4WxB6Yr15tN5YwUi8RnhAKAlVlvPddHIIRY0dVtpJ5syYWFvd57TB3wGIZxt1-xDRFyxqH0frRxcSHI2Zwbl4JomHbz9P-cieaEnY_G8rAFy5F20jEUlPZKPm5iPPmetfaI_l6Vu_aa4YuGjbT/s4032/IMG_1855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMA2wXOEcXjzP62mF7ZLwwjXgVcFYwCgpXLjeZz4WxB6Yr15tN5YwUi8RnhAKAlVlvPddHIIRY0dVtpJ5syYWFvd57TB3wGIZxt1-xDRFyxqH0frRxcSHI2Zwbl4JomHbz9P-cieaEnY_G8rAFy5F20jEUlPZKPm5iPPmetfaI_l6Vu_aa4YuGjbT/s320/IMG_1855.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-42850166894073998382021-04-06T01:11:00.008-07:002021-04-06T01:47:25.730-07:002021 updates!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KhL-hYTsL4qAGjVTSADzncq06TOS5FtD4PZL0MzSQaaI3FLWjdQSncpm0voLu8H2msRcdGcfVAztlYIKszi3KK0iwZE0y6I7eMwm8K25KjsgMVt4clSbRKOFXjAFbkcth7OaFRLFl7c/s2048/6FF73C4A-4DAF-48A9-A3F8-3CE983381529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KhL-hYTsL4qAGjVTSADzncq06TOS5FtD4PZL0MzSQaaI3FLWjdQSncpm0voLu8H2msRcdGcfVAztlYIKszi3KK0iwZE0y6I7eMwm8K25KjsgMVt4clSbRKOFXjAFbkcth7OaFRLFl7c/s320/6FF73C4A-4DAF-48A9-A3F8-3CE983381529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qRxMCORsJxvOJIJnK4CeOVj6Afa0TKVu2cOMk21S2931Dy2Yo8Qj2CgTkFfigz_OljqVynW-Tnjjnwp9gyD9Jtzj9NmBwcyDf53Q0tBt-B3Czu_xrLcZrs8RNv2C0V0H-5yzJUv-F6M/s2048/177AC5B1-D557-425B-9497-EDCC5B079AC2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qRxMCORsJxvOJIJnK4CeOVj6Afa0TKVu2cOMk21S2931Dy2Yo8Qj2CgTkFfigz_OljqVynW-Tnjjnwp9gyD9Jtzj9NmBwcyDf53Q0tBt-B3Czu_xrLcZrs8RNv2C0V0H-5yzJUv-F6M/s320/177AC5B1-D557-425B-9497-EDCC5B079AC2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbyKFcUPlWEjw3DxH9NKXF201dFZyd5QYwMs8UhtCOi8_XDJfanWg8VsaPX_z1-uUTxfVrRSfMtRGATeMNzcBdR3aBINnT711dzQJEMVVj0-enz8wMlOKKQXetEFUBOyhh7Mzrt4o258/s960/739D39D4-FE05-49FB-ABCB-952FC6FF1084.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbyKFcUPlWEjw3DxH9NKXF201dFZyd5QYwMs8UhtCOi8_XDJfanWg8VsaPX_z1-uUTxfVrRSfMtRGATeMNzcBdR3aBINnT711dzQJEMVVj0-enz8wMlOKKQXetEFUBOyhh7Mzrt4o258/s320/739D39D4-FE05-49FB-ABCB-952FC6FF1084.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Hello everyone! And thanks for stopping by the Bikepacking School. The school is ever evolving teaching people to travel by bicycle. Whether you are your touring by bike bicycle, bikepacking, commuting by bike, you are at the right place. <div><br /></div><div>I’ve been traveling my bicycle for the last 20 years and throughout most of my life. I’ve logged over 80,000 miles on my bicycle bike touring bikepacking and commuting by bike. It is my preferred mode of transportation besides walking.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjzWxJev8wfwErfQ5DXvZ8qCoJHaCYgvSYGdhtgaYufkdFM_oSCW8OhvR4zHW8kNTInrkCiuD3rz79I8J9QnW7JyA7MrlGBwcmHhys05TDYwxhfSDrApe5Wrui729PG8GbOYdt9QcBpQ/s2048/0A9D48D9-A97C-472B-B007-A191334138D5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjzWxJev8wfwErfQ5DXvZ8qCoJHaCYgvSYGdhtgaYufkdFM_oSCW8OhvR4zHW8kNTInrkCiuD3rz79I8J9QnW7JyA7MrlGBwcmHhys05TDYwxhfSDrApe5Wrui729PG8GbOYdt9QcBpQ/s320/0A9D48D9-A97C-472B-B007-A191334138D5.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQ6XPcJvkRz-j0mLbqA_ACa9GbPlwuEQd-8HmgeMjQdEutvpffdLv2_7GvMGUaKWdpeb7JAMFpa5cl0dG564xQUgFeL_ipvhfX8r2NiCWpzShHBGoiMe4cZQPrd-ZP4H_Bb7ZYgobyu4/s2048/9B71B3E6-EA04-4167-90C9-52D2C0D3FA7B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54kyRipqXCxA1vbdgu2jMxkqWYVEEdr5JvR80WN-ORHRSB0_pdxkEuob5O-OJdwqgE11T5f7rQXpQGHnuv0_nqNwLHySNlOtOPiJGR6_AfrGVE0FzVETUXQU0CgeOh2B8T6tHGNA9PLw/s320/BF0DFFCD-3177-4A7B-B2D5-D77F7AAD3659.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I love teaching bikepacking it is a huge passion mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year I wrote the book </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVk3JClOtK-h3ifb-C2rRKelLauviiMUMg31deb3YeuhQTNLLZ0jinOVz_qOHUTyoJEzSRqtqC_c-4zhW0fuWJurgeLXFyR66tzfCeAJGEdpumKgzQZcmFINRwp3wWj2atzKQ94fOazYk/s4899/IMG_6793.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4899" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVk3JClOtK-h3ifb-C2rRKelLauviiMUMg31deb3YeuhQTNLLZ0jinOVz_qOHUTyoJEzSRqtqC_c-4zhW0fuWJurgeLXFyR66tzfCeAJGEdpumKgzQZcmFINRwp3wWj2atzKQ94fOazYk/s320/IMG_6793.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Bikepacking School which you can find on Amazon, sales have gone through the roof- but it is a very rough simple guide that gives you all the information that I wanted when I first wanted to learn about bikepacking and </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Again it’s very very simple and kind of eclectic book you’re going to put in your back pocket or maybe your panniers or your bike bags while you’re on the road and you want to read it over and over again because it has lots of cool little stories some poetry, some journal entries and then some basic how to information links on where you can get the information you need to be a successful traveler on your bike.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgRoBeNQFxmMUNIRS-GXRJyDTrGJGXs_WruG3RE_ezr-csZ0V06yPr4tQ4x-9_WcIRfVkVEZeVNAXguUlPUk1G0qJwNpJAsytzhQtUCPLjhPJuXe3bBIY5VfPjy876tIFGF2elIqZeOU/s1280/305CB368-2DB6-4AC5-A85A-B8C4F468AC57.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgRoBeNQFxmMUNIRS-GXRJyDTrGJGXs_WruG3RE_ezr-csZ0V06yPr4tQ4x-9_WcIRfVkVEZeVNAXguUlPUk1G0qJwNpJAsytzhQtUCPLjhPJuXe3bBIY5VfPjy876tIFGF2elIqZeOU/s320/305CB368-2DB6-4AC5-A85A-B8C4F468AC57.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhUntnQ0j0ME4pv9EQH8zRrfu7qagGxV5PyzxDaXaPgzmN1zYV4OIQixVHUq-n3MyufEDmjWFUMQal_QPwCjhc3oJvx7Zyhi3p4M7xhK10T4QBlvRmBlLrbcVH2iXhYsDNMGmR5IoP2I/s1536/A7A25EE7-B201-4BCF-8EDC-D8C9CA2EC3CE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhUntnQ0j0ME4pv9EQH8zRrfu7qagGxV5PyzxDaXaPgzmN1zYV4OIQixVHUq-n3MyufEDmjWFUMQal_QPwCjhc3oJvx7Zyhi3p4M7xhK10T4QBlvRmBlLrbcVH2iXhYsDNMGmR5IoP2I/s320/A7A25EE7-B201-4BCF-8EDC-D8C9CA2EC3CE.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLCIJCqcX5ajvPKwX6hoUyQHf0nDaZ_o-wplNR4V5jbjsHaq7Y0YvaOBLsHv7sdm7iY3OBlk0hz6KoUMpoM7x8nfYrVnRGqi600m3Ss1kXdv9hhgXw1nZ40SHlygc-WzQWbsWhP9tJO8/s2048/E7459C24-0763-41E1-982C-93A627D751C4.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLCIJCqcX5ajvPKwX6hoUyQHf0nDaZ_o-wplNR4V5jbjsHaq7Y0YvaOBLsHv7sdm7iY3OBlk0hz6KoUMpoM7x8nfYrVnRGqi600m3Ss1kXdv9hhgXw1nZ40SHlygc-WzQWbsWhP9tJO8/s320/E7459C24-0763-41E1-982C-93A627D751C4.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMAId0-_4tRB1_-lOMwB4jCcsyZExwX3ULQTlPdXMXnaMmaRTX6_9Yn4RYHK57tnjlhI1TncYsPmuEhyyVwK1FuK_NiOsj30GWH16UdTbhHDbCycQ7lgXmZPJknhKKhSAFXxBzvmzVV4/s2048/F8CF02B7-A06F-4C7A-BFE1-2628EDB43E9B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMAId0-_4tRB1_-lOMwB4jCcsyZExwX3ULQTlPdXMXnaMmaRTX6_9Yn4RYHK57tnjlhI1TncYsPmuEhyyVwK1FuK_NiOsj30GWH16UdTbhHDbCycQ7lgXmZPJknhKKhSAFXxBzvmzVV4/s320/F8CF02B7-A06F-4C7A-BFE1-2628EDB43E9B.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>There are more books coming and I’ve been telling lots of stories. If you would like me to come speak about my travels or teach bikepacking class, please let me know!</p><p><br /></p><p>Connect with us with me on my Facebook page. You can also call or text at 913-220-1213. And you can even email me at bill@poindexterrecruiting.com.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/382428558" target="_blank">Link to 101 talks </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-80125616720635246182020-06-09T08:55:00.000-07:002020-06-09T08:55:18.557-07:00Bikepacking School a new book you should get!Hi, just published this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089KV2G44?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_0&storeType=ebooks">Guide</a> for you all! Let me know what you think!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">From Book 1: From the preface: I brought all this information together, in a very simple way, so you, the person who wants to travel by bike, can! So go for a long or short ride and experience the Earth and its inhabitants. In 2000, I was a very different person, I was very focused on material possessions, money, work, and although I was passionate about the Earth and nature I had let my false need for respect from others to creep its way into my life; I gained weight and became dangerously unhealthy. I came across an Adventure Cyclists Magazine in a bookstore, which made me pine for travel and to be healthy. I admired people I saw walking and bicycling for transportation. I started to walk and bicycle for transportation, eventually becoming completely car-free. I downsized my lifestyle. I lost over 240 pounds over a period of 12 years, and eventually started to travel by bike. Now I teach how to travel by bike. I write these words to inspire, and I share the other peoples –words, art, links, and info so you can responsibly learn the basics of bike travel. Let me know how you like this book and send me your thoughts. Bill Poindexter, May 3rd, 2020. Kansas City, Missouri, USA. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Bill Poindexter lives in Kanas City, Missouri. Bill has a very evolved lifestyle and lives car-free. His last three expeditions took him down the the length of Baja, Mexico, Through the wilds of Montana, British Columbia, and Alberta, and most recently traveled from New Mexico north to Banff, Alberta, Canada on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, a 3000+ mile route which parallels </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide in North America on primarily gravel roads. Bill is a freelance journalist, businessman, yoga instructor, coach, videographer, outdoor educator, environmentalist, master story teller, naturalist, and lives simply. You can connect with Bill Poindexter on FaceBook and see where he is currently traveling or follow his new blog at wholeearthguide.blogspot.com. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br />
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<br />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-56949533080873978262020-04-30T07:29:00.000-07:002020-06-03T08:28:47.625-07:00Go ride!Bikepacking is a great way to see the world! Go out on the roads in and outside of KC and explore! You will stay healthy mentally and physically, help the environment and see your community!<br />
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Go get lost, head in a general direction, hit back roads and meander your way to a patch of ground for lunch, or camping spot, or just keep going!<br />
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If you would like to learn more about bikepacking/ bike touring please let me know as I have traveled on the East and west coasts, up and down the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Banff to New Mexico, and down the length of Baja Mexico.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have had some requests from the Elderly for help getting groceries. So Aimee Hughes and I have created a grass-roots bike delivery service. We are going to keep it very simple and make it a <i>service </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>to community </i>as part of the The Bikepacking School.</span><br />
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<b>What is the Bikepacking School?</b><br />
<i>The Bikepacking School is a multifaceted outdoor leadership and wilderness education school offering programs in: Bikepacking (Traveling by Bicycle), outdoor living skills, navigation, wilderness medicine, no trace ethics, bicycle maintenance, and disaster relief/ response including delivery services in times of pandemic.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the basics:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Healthy Bike Delivery- <i>good for you, environment and community</i>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Groceries, dry goods, restaurant/ bakery delivery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just email or text what you need and we will get details from you. We will go to store, masked and gloved, buy the items needed, and deliver them to your home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You can pay us by cash, check, or Venmo, and there will be a charge for services rendered. This is a donation based service: 20% of total bill ($20 minimum delivery fee), but if times are tough, we would be happy to do this service for the community for free. Remember we are doing this by bicycle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We can delivery a wide variety of goods and large amounts with the use of trailers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Who is this service for</u> ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Elderly, immune compromised, families, anyone not wanting to have to go into stores and risk being exposed to the virus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Questions? Just reach out, please!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><i>Wish list: Needed - Bike trailers and a small hard tail mountain bike or 52cm touring bike. </i></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/billpoindexter">Bill Poindexter</a> is a local entrepreneur, he owns and manages <a href="http://poindexterrecruiting.blogspot.com/">Poindexter Recruiting</a>, <a href="http://www.yinyogakc.blogspot.com/">Yin Yoga KC</a>, The Bikepacking School, and is a professional writer, master storyteller (verbally and visually) and adventure traveler teaching Outdoor Leadership Skills. Bill has lived car-free for over 10 years-walking and bicycling for travel and transportation and enjoys teaching others to do the same. Bill is also a Brand Ambassador of the <a href="http://www.adventurecycling.org/">Adventure Cycling Association.</a> Bill has traveled extensively in the US, Canada, and Mexico. He has ridden his bike, self contained from LA, to MX and the length of Baja, as well as riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from New Mexico, North, to Banff, Alberta, Canada. Bike also has extensive experience Backpacking and Mountaineering in CA, and CO. Bill has First Aid and CPR training as well as being a CNA.</span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: inherit;">Aimee Christine Hughes, N.D.</span><span style="color: #242424; font-family: inherit;"> has a passion for travel and life-long learning, holds a B.A. in French language and literature and has studied yoga and naturopathic medicine extensively. She has also studied french in Paris, flamenco dance in Seville and Italian in a tiny village outside of Rome. She has worked as a maid in the South of France, a bookseller in Hawaii and an actress in New Orleans. She's also published a vegan cookbook, and hundreds of articles for various magazines and websites. These days, she’s practicing yoga, working as freelance yoga and wellness writer, taking care of homes and pets in Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood, and living a car-free lifestyle, as a way of deeply respecting the health of the planet, as well as her own values and well-being. Aimee's here to inspire healthy, authentic living. </span><br />
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Interested in supporting our cause and the Bikepacking School?<br />
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<br />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-65643267643707643532020-03-29T08:03:00.002-07:002020-04-06T06:50:46.073-07:00Self Rescue and Bike Travel 101 Month of April<b><i><u>Self Rescue and Bike Travel 101</u></i></b><br />
<b><i><u>Online classes and private outside classes!</u></i></b><br />
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Hi, my name is Bill Poindexter. I am a Bikepacker.<br />
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Whats a Bikepacker? Well think a Backpacker, but on a bicycle. I have both the experience of backpacking and bikepacking.<br />
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I have spent weeks backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountains mountaineering, and the deserts of California traveling with only a map and compass, sleeping on the ground with only a tarp for shelter carrying all my food and gear on my back.<br />
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Since 2009 I have shifted to travel primarily by bicycle, living CarFree in a major city, I have learned everything there is to know about commuting on a bicycle traveling 4000-6000 miles a year commuting and traveling through all types of weather, landscapes, road conditions, through rush hour traffic in Mexico to the Grizzly Basin in Montana.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFV8088X0R0CJq5clmzBhEX_uI3PRrjSulRJxFKkxWZSEpqL2KBndPj3LtRHwEykrlk5BeDcY7L_dgIO3RianoLrQIW4zI84uNJ5unPbKdf8jGYNAY8R5iuvgtQbffmQGNo74icYOzGJA/s1600/6F6144A3-93D6-463E-A134-C19435DEE3C4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFV8088X0R0CJq5clmzBhEX_uI3PRrjSulRJxFKkxWZSEpqL2KBndPj3LtRHwEykrlk5BeDcY7L_dgIO3RianoLrQIW4zI84uNJ5unPbKdf8jGYNAY8R5iuvgtQbffmQGNo74icYOzGJA/s320/6F6144A3-93D6-463E-A134-C19435DEE3C4.jpeg" width="240" /></a> I have traveled all over Missouri and Kansas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California, Baja Mexico, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and even up in to British Columbia and Alberta Canada. And I did it solo and with companions. I did it with multiple injuries and limited resources. I did it with no insurances.<br />
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<b>Self Rescue and Bikepacking 101 </b>is a general overview how to travel, anywhere by bicycle. I will simply tell you relevant stories of my expeditions whilst showing you the gear I use and the bike I ride. I will do more detailed classes in future as well as offering my services as a guide if you are wanting to go on overnight or longer expeditions.<br />
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Some of topic covered:<br />
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Bike selection<br />
Gear selection<br />
Nutrition<br />
Water purification<br />
Navigation<br />
No trace camping principles<br />
Camp site selection and wilderness ethics<br />
Risk management and self rescue techniques<br />
First aid<br />
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These topics will be covered as relevant to my personal experience. Resources will be handed out<br />
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You will not only learn the basics of Bikepacking, you will learn how to be completely self sufficient and sustainable traveling on a bicycle as well as hearing some cool stories of my travels in Baja Mexico, Canada, and Bikepacking the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route for 45 days from New Mexico criss crossing the Continental Divide on rough roads to Banff, Alberta, Canada.<br />
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I will be teaching this class at various locations around the Kansas City area over the next few weeks. Location and times will be announced on this site and on the Bikepacking Kansas City Facebook page.<br />
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Class is free but donations for my time are accepted via Venmo or cash. Suggested $25<br />
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Fell free to email or txt me at bill@poindexterrecruiting.com or (913) 220-1213<br />
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See the promo trailer here: <a href="https://vimeo.com/382428558">https://vimeo.com/382428558</a><br />
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<b>Class is limited to ten people and Social Distancing will be responsibly in force. </b><br />
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<br />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-60708524621445527432020-02-26T12:14:00.001-08:002020-02-26T12:14:13.971-08:00Bikepacking 101 talks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XgrHGhH87nJa3bLvX0G-VfOF4CQZRLzROaMRZAHEdcjhhx5PyB_Bn7Rzzm5S7YemQVxG8EP5R8nUEyPQypJikwQBkGTX7iWNBIe1FZZ3hqdBUOFjzs9XihA3NFZTbK56RNeznFMOdis/s1600/Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1600" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XgrHGhH87nJa3bLvX0G-VfOF4CQZRLzROaMRZAHEdcjhhx5PyB_Bn7Rzzm5S7YemQVxG8EP5R8nUEyPQypJikwQBkGTX7iWNBIe1FZZ3hqdBUOFjzs9XihA3NFZTbK56RNeznFMOdis/s320/Image.jpg" width="320" /></a>Ever wanna travel by bicycle? Too scared, not enough time, no money, work, family...more excuses than you can count? I understand.<br />
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I would be happy to share my adventures with you, and help you gain the experience to have your own adventure!<br />
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https://vimeo.com/382428558<br />
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So feel free to reach out and book me for a talk! (913)2201213 or bill@poindexterrecruiting.com<br />
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<br />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-34000869608033405772019-12-18T08:38:00.002-08:002019-12-18T08:38:18.714-08:00Baja Bikepacking<div class="p1">
Travels in Baja, Mexico...what they don't tell you in the Guide Books. Share<br />
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Mexico has a bad reputation in the eyes of most Americans. I can assure you, it is a false as the Mexican people are extraordinarily a beautiful people. On cycling holiday, I took a train from Kansas City, Missouri, to LA, then rode South from LA to San Diego, CA, meeting up with Carolina, a French national who had been traveling the world for five years promoting travel under your own steam. She was looking for a travel companion to help her get to Bahia de Los Angeles so she could connect with a Sail boat that she was going to be a crew member.</div>
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We crossed the border at Tijuana and cycled together for 12 days. The final day played out like a 1930s adventure movie: First, we rode from our desert campsite 40 miles into town. Once we arrived to Bahia de Los Angeles, the captain of the boat let Carolina know he was anchored 15 miles south of Mulege’ (a couple of hundred miles further south) and we would need to come to him. We needed to move quickly as it was December 30th and Carolina wanted to be there for New Years eve. With no other travel options we made the decision to hitch hike, in Mexico, to get to a town where we could catch a bus to Mulege, and then go 15 miles further south to Playa de Santispac on the Bahia de Concepcion.</div>
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One of the best things about bike touring and bike packing is that you must go with what ever life throws at you, adapt and make it work, after all, it is an adventure.</div>
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The first hitch was easy, a tour company taking some people on a ATV adventure gave us a lift in the back of a pickup and precariously loaded the bikes on the trailer. The next hitch was a poor farmer with two children and his father, no one spoke english. Then there was a very talkative man, who wanted us to stay at his hotel, which was not in our direction, and finally we, after being dropped off at a restaurant, where two baja divide riders where finishing up dinner, we were able to catch a last hitch with the sun tearing on the horizon we found ourselves strapping the bikes to the flat-bed of a delivery truck, Carolina had to sit on my lap in the cramped cabin of the truck. Darkness greeted us on the final comical journey to Guerrero Negro, B.C.S., Mexico. After a three hour wait we then took a bus to Mulege'. </div>
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And all seemed well and good, until the bus driver said we could not take the bikes. My French companion told him he could, and to his surprise she rearranged the luggage in the bottom of the bus wrestling in both bikes and gear. A nod of approval from the driver and a few hours later, he dropped us off in Mulege'. It was 130a. </div>
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We were on the side of the highway 1 in Baja, MX, completely exhausted after a 40 mile bike ride, four hitch hikes, and one long bus ride and it was dark, no moon, and now faced with the fact we still had another 15 miles to go to our final destination, Playa de Stantispac on the bay of conception.</div>
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So much fun, and what an adventure, we finally rolled into the Playa at 430am, and realized it would just be best to throw down our sleeping bags on a patch of sand. We would sleep a couple of hours then Carolina would try to find her Captain, and I, well I would walk around to the other campers and find someone who would share a cup of coffee with me. I found three, but that is another story.<br />
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-2334560171631343582019-11-13T12:39:00.002-08:002019-11-15T06:17:12.887-08:00School updateHi all, forgive my absence over the last 6 months! Trying to start a school is not easy when you are doing it alone, and hopefully, that will change.<br />
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Teaching, as most of you know, is a passion of mine. But have not had alot of time lately.<br />
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Over the last six months I have been working on some writing projects, teaching yoga, teaching adults career transition, coaching/ advising some fellow adventurers, traveling, researching, training for expeditions and ultra endurance bikepacking racing, and trying to keep a balanced life while playing with my cat, Coyote.<br />
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Currently I am working on developing some relationships for training sites for the school, more news later on this development.<br />
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I will most likely change the name of the school to something with "Outdoor Leadership" in the title, but still have not come up with a good name, here are a few examples:<br />
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Outdoor Leadership School of KC<br />
Whole Earth Outdoor Leadership School<br />
The Outdoor Leaders School<br />
Outdoor Leadership and Wilderness Education School (or Academy)<br />
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Classes taught so far:<br />
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Yin Yoga Outdoor classes<br />
Bikepacking 101 and 102<br />
Overnight bikepacking trips-S24O's<br />
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More future classes:<br />
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Outdoor Leadership<br />
Outdoor living-campcraft<br />
navigation<br />
no-trace camping principles<br />
outdoor cooking<br />
risk management<br />
gear selection<br />
backpacking<br />
bikepacking<br />
wilderness medicine<br />
wilderness ethics<br />
foraging<br />
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I would love input, donations (time, money, teaching, land, professional services, and practical advice).<br />
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I will be scheduling some classes and bikepacking overnights soon.<br />
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If you want to be involved please reach out and lets go for a ride or walk, and have a cup of coffee or tea.<br />
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A few of the classes, talks and trips...<br />
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<br />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-18184035296396160202019-06-04T10:57:00.002-07:002019-06-04T11:12:27.864-07:00Bikepacking the Flint Hills<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">Flint Hills by Bicycle By </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1152524568&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBTlYdNaUFldRd6s7iiY-tognW_n9EiPnCw5ROUTQfnLn_1y21HHqGYV1l5Eu-cwgVOWq8gZIhdBRk6%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/billpoindexter?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARBTlYdNaUFldRd6s7iiY-tognW_n9EiPnCw5ROUTQfnLn_1y21HHqGYV1l5Eu-cwgVOWq8gZIhdBRk6&fref=mentions" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; text-decoration: none;" title="Bill Poindexter">Bill Poindexter</a><br />
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I just returned from five day Bikepacking expedition in the Flint Hills, you might ask what is Bikepacking? Just think Backpacking-now add a bicycle!</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hLybyY1LNgAK4ePwOfo2vaOi11wyFXtUk-bM-uN9E2FiKq7cGlhtgQc1iQs3OPVslR_qxGYaa2qB8mflFBvOoqmVOrT03TmW_xQett61A-7eHBe_FOB5cNs-amB5urtSbMYQWlM3E-E/s1600/62269792_10219713810213078_5484491087428976640_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hLybyY1LNgAK4ePwOfo2vaOi11wyFXtUk-bM-uN9E2FiKq7cGlhtgQc1iQs3OPVslR_qxGYaa2qB8mflFBvOoqmVOrT03TmW_xQett61A-7eHBe_FOB5cNs-amB5urtSbMYQWlM3E-E/s320/62269792_10219713810213078_5484491087428976640_n.jpg" width="240" /></a>We travel “self contained” meaning we carry all our gear-tent, sleeping bag, tool kit, food and water, stopping in towns along our route for resupply and then heading back out on the roads. This style of travel is very similar to traveling by horseback, a slower pace, allowing one to absorb all the beauty of nature and the environment.</div>
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The first two days I had food supplied by Aixios-sandwich’s, energy bars, and some amazing pate’ all high in energy for our 300+ mile trip.</div>
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I trust Chef <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1150447455&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARDdRHFeF8E9mdyLuor1Wf3o7ZiH1kWO0fXf7WKq0aKSEFuowBNt1WN-T4fK4Z_XnAighCiOp1ttncJr%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/emmanuel.langlade?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARDdRHFeF8E9mdyLuor1Wf3o7ZiH1kWO0fXf7WKq0aKSEFuowBNt1WN-T4fK4Z_XnAighCiOp1ttncJr&fref=mentions" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" title="Emmanuel Langlade">Emmanuel Langlade</a> in making me healthy nutritious food, and as always, was amazed by the deliciousness he created!</div>
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Cold Croque Monsieur- cheese, butter, dried meat, or pate’ perfect for a picnic. Hearty with a sensuous mouth teasing explosion of taste, making me wonder as I ate on the side of the road...was I in Kansas or in the south of France!</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMtU0iHReS-BPMjnpM9ywydCp0qp02phhD1Uk4_0RK1hKkxVGfrdfnwa_zJ6d6g3oOW2p14cWC_5Nr-6U6EsZ_F93u6Ke-Ybgw4jb-EpTmeOJGjX1zhlETyRWA1wj66jn03v9QjPmqvs/s1600/62016997_10219713810493085_5202031579660025856_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMtU0iHReS-BPMjnpM9ywydCp0qp02phhD1Uk4_0RK1hKkxVGfrdfnwa_zJ6d6g3oOW2p14cWC_5Nr-6U6EsZ_F93u6Ke-Ybgw4jb-EpTmeOJGjX1zhlETyRWA1wj66jn03v9QjPmqvs/s320/62016997_10219713810493085_5202031579660025856_n.jpg" width="240" /></a>Being self sufficient, and after I ate the sandwich’s, in the evening of the 2nd day, as we camped by a lake, all that was left was pate’ I had to be creative and add my own creative spirit and forage for green’s and clover flowers to supplement my nutrition with a little flour tortillas-and a dash of hot sauce makes it sublime.</div>
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-85081918326993163142019-05-07T13:00:00.001-07:002019-05-07T13:01:00.608-07:00Events and guided adventures This weekend I will be teaching Bikepacking class at Loose Park at<br />
8-11. You can find the link on our calendar.<br />
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Next weekend I will be teaching a Advanced Bikepacking course from 8-1p<br />
And then will be talking up the school at the Waldo Bike Fest at Family Bicycles<br />
You can find links on the calendar.<br />
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Are you interested in going on guided Bikepacking expedition this summer?<br />
Maybe exploring the Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park? or maybe the Katy trail?<br />
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If so, let me know! Bill@Poindexterrecruiting.com<br />
<br />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-26497143734727050442019-04-15T07:58:00.000-07:002019-04-15T07:58:18.728-07:00What our Graduates are saying<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Graduates of
Bikepacking 101 and Gravel Travel class:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">“My husband
and I got to attend "Bikepacking 101" last weekend. It was great! We
are new to biking in general and didn't know much about bikepacking other than
"it's like backpacking with a bike." I wanted to learn more but was
hesitant because the concept was rather intimidating to me and seemed only for
those who were hardcore cyclists. Bill is very personable and knowledgeable
(and a great story teller!). We covered a lot of information and got to
experience a lot (setting up a campsite, going through what was actually packed
on a bike, even the kinds of meals you could eat when out on an expedition). I
wasn't intimidated at all. His "helpers" for this session, Greg and
Sam, were also great. All three definitely know what they are talking about and
were quick to share their knowledge, tips, and sense of humor. The range of
topics was incredible and applicable without being overwhelming. I look forward
to continued associated with Bikepacking Kansas City. Thank you!” SK<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">"Went
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Didn't know
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Bill was
very cool dude & had a lot of info from personal experiences, helped me see
& learn about some of the thing I never thought about, like water
purification, food & what brands to look at for bike bags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was very cool to see someone like bill
spreading his knowledge &<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting a
scene like this<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>started here in Kansas.
Was really fun & learned alot <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I hope the
scene grows here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Totally check Bill
& his Bikepacking school out. It's worth it!!"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“Hello. It was a real treat to share in your experience in
bike-packing. To have that glimpse at the peace of combining two things,
cycling and camping, I am so passionate about.” Chris<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">101: This class teaches the
fundamentals of Bikepacking (think backpacking-then add a bike). Included are strategies for gravel riding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">“My husband and I got to
attend "Bikepacking 101" last weekend. It was great! We are new to
biking in general and didn't know much about bikepacking other than "it's
like backpacking with a bike." I wanted to learn more but was hesitant
because the concept was rather intimidating to me and seemed only for those who
were hardcore cyclists. Bill is very personable and knowledgeable (and a great
story teller!). We covered a lot of information and got to experience a lot
(setting up a campsite, going through what was actually packed on a bike, even
the kinds of meals you could eat when out on an expedition). I wasn't
intimidated at all. His "helpers" for this session, Greg and Sam,
were also great. All three definitely know what they are talking about and were
quick to share their knowledge, tips, and sense of humor. The range of topics
was incredible and applicable without being overwhelming. I look forward to
continued associated with Bikepacking Kansas City and the Bikepacking School.
Thank you!” SK<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">This will be a hands on class
to teach you: proper bike selection, gear choice, navigation, nutritional
needs, food prep, simple bike maintenance, water purification, where to camp
and why, no trace principles, and much more. Each student will be given a
Bikepacking course handbook at beginning of course.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Class will simulate what it is like to travel
by bicycle: We will set up a mock camp<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>talk about gear, Bill Poindexter will share real examples from his
expeditions. Everyone will be encouraged to participate in experiential learning
exercises. We will cover gear check list, logistics, route finding, nutritional
needs, wilderness ethics, camp outdoor living skills, risk management, first
aid, emergency bike maintenance, camp selection, group dynamic will be
engaged-so we have good communication with each other for a positive
experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Snacks will be provided.
Class is 3 hours with break in the middle. Wear warm clothes, bring water for
yourself, and good walking shoes as we will move to various locations, you will
not need bike for this class.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">This is for beginners as
well as experienced bikepackers. Bring questions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">(913)220-1213 or
bill@poindexterrecruiting.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">www.bikepackingschool.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The Bikepacking
School-Outdoor Leadership and Wilderness Ed. is a newly created and ever
evolving grassroots organization promoting a healthy world. Call or write Bill
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-63999045949589558572019-04-04T06:41:00.000-07:002019-04-04T06:41:32.199-07:00Can you help?Bikepacking School is a newly formed school to teach people of all ages how to travel responsibly by <br />
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Bicycle. Outdoor leadership and Wilderness Education is part of the curriculum teaching: Outdoor living skills, navigation, no trace ethics, first aid, risk management, expeditionary living, and yoga.<br />
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This is a grassroots organization which started with outdoor Yoga classes in winter to teach people they could be comfortable outside while learning something new. Now we are teaching Bikepacking fundamentals classes and soon overnight courses. Ultimately<br />
we will be leading multi day bikepacking and advanced bikepacking courses similar to Outward Bound and NOLS type courses. We see this also evolving into training: First Responder Organizations, SAR, and International Aid workers e.g. Doctors Without Borders or Red Cross, in using the Bicycle and Bikepackers as tool for deployments.<br />
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We are seeking volunteers and support.<br />
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Wish list:<br />
volunteers, free legal and marketing services, logo design, financial support, land use or land for the school, professional instructors, and leadership.<br />
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If interested in helping out, please reach out to Bill Poindexter at bill@poindexterrecruiting.com or call (913) 220 1213<br />
for more info go to our simple website, which will always be evolving.<br />
www.bikepackingschool.blogspot.com<br />
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If you would like to host a fundraiser we are all ears!<br />
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6182033572353995647.post-49022034536800291102019-03-25T16:31:00.003-07:002019-03-25T16:31:46.280-07:00What people are saying My husband and I got to attend "Bikepacking 101" last weekend. It was great! We are new to biking in general and didn't know much about bikepacking other than "it's like backpacking with a bike." I wanted to learn more but was hesitant because the concept was rather intimidating to me and seemed only for those who were hardcore cyclists. Bill is very personable and knowledgeable (and a great story teller!). We covered a lot of information and got to experience a lot (setting up a campsite, going through what was actually packed on a bike, even the kinds of meals you could eat when out on an expedition). I wasn't intimidated at all. His "helpers" for this session, Greg and Sam, were also great. All three definitely know what they are talking about and were quick to share their knowledge, tips, and sense of humor. The range of topics was incredible and applicable without being overwhelming. I look forward to continued associated with Bikepacking Kansas City. Thank you!Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957646196429963830noreply@blogger.com0