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Introduction/Definition/etc

 

September 17 - September 30, 2008 Volume5,  Issue 23,

the first? real Will Write For Food: Writer's Group page with a

little brown? box on the top left of the front page, inspiring

the future logo,

"Street Sense writers' group page gets a new look, reports on transportation, page 13"

 

 

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DC to Richmond Bike Tour

by Jerry W.

  Four years ago, with the Olym-

pic's starting up, I was planning

an in-state bike tour to Richmond,

along Adventure Cycling Associations

and the Greenway's Maine to Florida

Bike Route 1.  With an old mountain

bike and a new BOB (Beast of Burden)

single-wheel luggage trailer, I ventured

out about 50 miles per day, getting a

late start, staying in a hotel in Dumfries

after buying and activating my first pre-

paid cell phone for safety.

   Pre-9/11 anniversary, people

near Quantico were vary wary of

a biker with bags and it got weird

and suspicious.

  Surviving to Fredricksburg, I found

a historic inn downtown, and lived in

credit-card luxury, the next night going

over the big hills (with bike shop escort

and an expensive stop, adding bar ends

for numb hands) on to a campsite cabin

with A/C.

  After a foggy evening/ morning in the

vally, continuing on, I met a skinny,

tired light-packing cross-country biker

ending the cross country tour (even

through the desert) and stopped for a

refueling break at a convenience store in

the Ashland area.  Energized by some-

one doing a seriously crazy tour, I biked

on into Richmond suburbs, stopped in

at mental health centers for kicks and

info.  After another hotel stay, I got into

downtown Richmond, and tried decid-

ing what to do next.

   Biking in town the next day, I finaly

recognized something, Bill's BBW (by

the stadium), and talked with the Har-

ley Davidson's meeting in town.  While

almost joining the brotherhood with his

girlfriend or wife, I was having some

engine envy, and sought refuge in a

church retreat center by the river when

the suburbs and most motels were full.

  As it started raining and lack of

sleep, I decided I wasn't having as

much fun, as it was costing and cut

the tour short. I was going to head

west along the river to Charlottesville

then up the Shenandoah National

Park to Front Royal and camp, as

I had run out of most resources

doing credit-card touring (staying in

hotels).

  I toured the state Capital building

sights before closing for renovation,

then rented a vehicle at the airport.

  Luckily, I stopped when I did,

a day or so later, the Gaston flood

washed out Shockloe Bottom (River

district in Richmond) and I likely would

have floated down the river ...

Jerry volunteers with writer's group

over the last year. DancesWithCars.Cra-

zyGuyOnABike.com contains similar

tours including the C&O Canal tour

with photos.  He might be contacted at

DancesWithCars @ gmail.com, if not

out biking, eating or  learning at

Street Sense.

 

 

Conclusion

 

Summary of experience or similar: I ahd written about

the bike tour but not nearly as succinctly.  The photo

was of the cross country biker met along the way,

and many thought it was of me, the title

"A biker I met along the way to Richmond."

didn't contain it was cross country biker named

Alex, iirc.

 

I had wante to keep some things to myself,

but had already written about stuff on the

tour journal.  I had been working on editing that

issue, iirc, and putting something in of my own

was nice to do, especially one of the longer

articles/ stories I got published.

 

I don't answer email often, but I didn't want

to redact it from here and spammers are a

constant problem, plus fielding emails

from the general public.  The young female

vendor manager used to say she was reading

my [e?]mail but it didn't seem right, as I didn't

get much of any or no mail from the publishing

that I could tell...

 

Putting your life story out there and not hearing

anything, much less positive is a pain for anyone

writing.  Though the pop success of bigger writers

and papers/ bloggers / rock stars is something

I'm not sure many could handle..

 

Noticed a typo vary -> very early on in the

article typing it back in...

 

 Feels like some choppy writing, in parts to me,

as wondering the sequence of stuff a bit,

but in the heat of the ride, rush in writing

and editing, some stuff happens...

 

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