Ride Planet Earth

North is done. The next time I’ll be traveling north will be in November, when I reach the Yucatan Peninsula and I’m heading north to Cancun. Now, quickly west, then south, south, south. And that should be the easiest, right, since I’ll be heading down? After my mechanical woes were behind me, I reached Albany, [...]

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No journey would be complete without bad days, no bike tour without mechanical issues, and no bike touring blog with an entire post dedicated to just how much of a pain in the butt getting a flat on the road can be. So here it is; perhaps it will give some insight into some of [...]

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My second day up the river was quite productive. I awoke outside of Nyack and was on the road by 7:30am. I ended up covering over 70 miles on Day 2, which was both good and bad. Good because the following day would end up being a shorter day, and bad because around mile 60 [...]

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My trip is now officially one day old.  Saturday July 31 I reset my bike odometer to 0 in the middle of Bushwick Park outside my apartment. After a few pictures with the help of my roommate Adam, he gave me two hugs and the encouraging words “If you die, it won’t be that big [...]

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Hello, and welcome to the first of many posts as I begin my journey from New York City to Cancún, Mexico over the next five months. I’m a 28-year-old who feels very strongly about environmental conservation and maintaining an active lifestyle, and as my trip progresses you will learn lots more about me through and [...]

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