After so many nights spent under nylon, lulled to sleep by crickets or startled awake by some mysterious rustling in the bushes, I’ve come to realize something: not all campsites are made equal. Some feel like a quick business transaction. Others, like a temporary home or a place you would want to stay another night, at least. Of course, the same observations I made during … Continue reading The ideal campground
Encountering a four-day-weekend around the german “labor-day”, Emmy and I spontaneously decided to take a ride into the beautiful german state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Lübeck – the city we currently live in – is situated right next to the state-border. In times of the “cold war” this meant also the inner-German border between east and west. Ironically the eastern part of Germany was called the German … Continue reading 1001 impressions from the east
337 miles of distance and 16,000 ft gained elevation is pretty much what you get after the first 30 minutes of traveling in a commercial plane. Or you use a bicycle and accomplish the same after 33.5 hours “net saddle-time” during 8 consecutive days. This might sound very slow and hard but we are glad to have chosen our bikes. So we could get a … Continue reading Slow traveling
How incredible big is this country? You can drive three full days in a car due south. If you do so in February, you may start in snowfalls and at the end you may step out of your car at almost 30°C. And this is not even all the way from the canadian to the mexican border. We will see the mexican border soon. On … Continue reading The southern experience
What is it that divides an extraordinary adventure from the decent normal life? And what exactly is needed to take this barrier completely down in just a blink of an eye? I know that my barrier is usually taken down right away after starting a bike-tour. But it is completely wiped away this time – as I am reunited with the spinning sisters since a … Continue reading Line of Fire
Back in Germany. To me everything here seems to be so small now. The first days I was sooo tired. I guess my jetlag was a little bit stronger than it normally would have been. But my flight from Miami to Frankfurt was kind of a living hell and I couldn’t sleep for a minute. After my initially booked flight was cancelled at the gate … Continue reading Zuhause
Sooo many idioms were used in nearly every conversation I participated in the states – . Even more than in german language. Impossible to recall and quote even only the better part of the ones I heard (and recognized). The capabilitiy of putting them into serious use must be based on repeated listening to them in everyday-situations. I think that’s why it is hardly possible … Continue reading Talking salty
I am not cycling anymore (at least not for progress and on a packed bike). But I am still in the U.S. – and I am trying to “get the most out of my money” by collecting as many impressions as reasonable possible. From Albuquerque I drove down to El Paso and then into the Big Bend National Park which is one of the biggest … Continue reading Moving east
The cycling- and camping-part of my epic 2018-adventure is over. Time to list and partly review my final tour-equipment. General Bicycle (2007 KTM “Veneto”, mods: Magura HS33 hydraulic rim-brakes, Brooks-saddle) … the bike is heavy but indestructable; I never rode a Brooks-saddle before and I am so glad that I got it for the tour – no ass-pain at all! Front-rack: tubus lowrider … no … Continue reading About my Equipment
All good things come to an end. By that they give space for the next. I decided to stop the cycling in Albuquerque and to change from two wheels to four. It feels very strange to change my mode now. It makes me sad. I loved the touring on my bike. But during the last week my mind, my body and my bike said: “It’s … Continue reading Stats III
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