{"id":19373,"date":"2013-01-14T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T14:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=19373"},"modified":"2013-01-14T13:01:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T18:01:37","slug":"a-long-time-ago-i-went-on-a-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/19373","title":{"rendered":"A long time ago, I went on a bike ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-or-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bike Trip of the Ancients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here&#8217;s how this post started:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/storify.com\/drhypercube\/bike-trip-of-the-ancients.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript>[<a href=\"\/\/storify.com\/drhypercube\/bike-trip-of-the-ancients\" target=\"_blank\">View the story &#8220;Bike trip of the Ancients&#8221; on Storify<\/a>]<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Karl responded and generously sent along scans of all his photos from the trip. Those of you with eyes for detail may notice a certain, how to put it, consistency in my dress. At that point in my life I had borderline <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cayce_Pollard\">Cayce Pollard<\/a> levels of clothing signifier fear. JPUs for the trip consisted of jeans both long and short, a wool jac-shirt and a couple (trip-famous) identical t-shirts. I figure I wore cycling shoes a lot more than I remember &#8211; off the bike, I seem to be always barefoot, with w-h-i-t-e feet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The trip itself? It was organized by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa.org\/?page_id=996\">Project Adventure<\/a> (in the person of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karlrohnke.com\/\">Karl Rohnke<\/a>); we loaded up a U-Haul trailer in the parking lot of Hamilton-Wenham H. S., drove up to Montreal, put everything on a CN (thus no <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Hill#The_Spiral_Tunnels\">spiral tunnels<\/a> &#8211; that&#8217;s CP) passenger train, rode same to Vancouver, debarked and rode our bikes home (the North Shore of Massachusetts). An amazing and wonderful trip.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19374\" alt=\"trans canananananada\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0034.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0034.jpg 480w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0034-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0034-454x300.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More photos after the jump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ll lay &#8217;em out chronologically, as best I can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Riding out of Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19379\" alt=\"Leaving Vancouver B.C. - the trip begins . . .in the rain!\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0030.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0030.jpg 399w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0030-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The mountains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19380\" alt=\"Trans Canada campsite - John Pitman running\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0052.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0052.jpg 480w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0052-300x192.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0052-467x300.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Crackin&#8217; 50mph. Bell may have been making a useful bike helmet in &#8217;74, but the standard was the completely ineffective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=leather+hairnet&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=cR6&amp;tbo=u&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;tbm=isch&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=_wz0UJSSJurx0wHYhIDQCw&amp;ved=0CEMQsAQ&amp;biw=1410&amp;bih=622\">leather hair-net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19381\" alt=\"50 mph+\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0088.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0088.jpg 358w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0088-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The plains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19382\" alt=\"Hello, Mom . . .? \" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0021.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0021.jpg 480w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0021-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0021-461x300.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19383\" alt=\"X-country crew - 1974\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0031.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0031.jpg 480w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0031-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stoney_142,_143,_144,_Alberta\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19387\" alt=\"scan0322\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0322.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0322.jpg 480w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0322-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0322-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The litter (disposable diapers were the #1 (and #2 &#8211; get it?!?) piece of roadside debris).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19385\" alt=\"disposable diaper\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0086.jpg\" width=\"356\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0086.jpg 356w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0086-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Soo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19386\" alt=\"Montreal; start of the train trip to Vancouver  1974   Ray K; Chris L; Marl O.\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0015.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0015.jpg 480w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0015-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0015-463x300.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sudbury. The west side of Sudbury (big nickle mining\/smelting town) was a moonscape &#8211; the output from the stacks killed everything except the hardiest plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19384\" alt=\"Nickel Plant - Canada  1974\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0029.jpg\" width=\"352\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0029.jpg 352w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/scan0029-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No homecoming shots &#8211; the last day, we said our goodbyes and took seperate routes back to our respective home towns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-or- Bike Trip of the Ancients Here&#8217;s how this post started: [View the story &#8220;Bike trip of the Ancients&#8221; on Storify] Karl responded and generously sent along scans of all his photos from the trip. 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