bamabikeguy
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Part 3 "other stuff off the top of my head".
NEVER DRINK TAP WATER- unless you are tough old geezers like some of the forum veterans, folks that live closer to the ground.
But if you are a tenderfoot, pampered city slicker, BUY bottled water. Water is what causes diarreah, your body is used to local water, but 100 miles away it is full of a whole seperate set of "stuff", and your body will react.
Make sure you have water bottles filled before making camp. Nothing worse than sitting in the dark Kansas night and eating granola bars then finding you knocked over the water bottle.......
NEVER LITTER.
You will ALWAYS find a better campsite the following morning, just a mile up the road.
There are ALWAYS abandoned farmhouses and barns. Part of the Freedom Principle is being in the pine timberlands of South Georgia, slipping around a locked gate and finding a great spot half a mile from the road, plenty of pinestraw to make up for the leaking air mattress.....
BUY LOCAL You could carry extra batteries, OR buy/dispose of them in whatever small village you happen to be in when the flashlight burns out or the camera dies.
PATRONIZE "ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFETS"- between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m.
I leave at dawn, "extra traffic wary and vigilant" during the commuting times, the lunch times and the school bus afternoon times. I plot my route accordingly, hit major areas around 9 to 11 in the morning if I can possibly do it.
BUY A 12" GEL SADDLE-SHOCK ABSORBING SEAT POST. Every little bit helps.
HAVE CURVED HANDLEBARS. My engine has a thumb throttle, so I can slip a "clothes line" wire on the throttle, both hands free to move around. I guess a wrist throttle is a different matter, imagine coast to coast is out of the question. Straight handlebars will irritate your elbows after a few hours. Curved handlebars allow better ability to move around and stretch......
Well, I had 12 puppies born yesterday, expecting another litter, plus the nanny goats are about to drop kids, got to go do farm stuff. Hope the tips help, and we will probably find more ideas pretty easily.....
Later
Paul
NEVER DRINK TAP WATER- unless you are tough old geezers like some of the forum veterans, folks that live closer to the ground.
But if you are a tenderfoot, pampered city slicker, BUY bottled water. Water is what causes diarreah, your body is used to local water, but 100 miles away it is full of a whole seperate set of "stuff", and your body will react.
Make sure you have water bottles filled before making camp. Nothing worse than sitting in the dark Kansas night and eating granola bars then finding you knocked over the water bottle.......
NEVER LITTER.
You will ALWAYS find a better campsite the following morning, just a mile up the road.
There are ALWAYS abandoned farmhouses and barns. Part of the Freedom Principle is being in the pine timberlands of South Georgia, slipping around a locked gate and finding a great spot half a mile from the road, plenty of pinestraw to make up for the leaking air mattress.....
BUY LOCAL You could carry extra batteries, OR buy/dispose of them in whatever small village you happen to be in when the flashlight burns out or the camera dies.
PATRONIZE "ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFETS"- between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m.
I leave at dawn, "extra traffic wary and vigilant" during the commuting times, the lunch times and the school bus afternoon times. I plot my route accordingly, hit major areas around 9 to 11 in the morning if I can possibly do it.
BUY A 12" GEL SADDLE-SHOCK ABSORBING SEAT POST. Every little bit helps.
HAVE CURVED HANDLEBARS. My engine has a thumb throttle, so I can slip a "clothes line" wire on the throttle, both hands free to move around. I guess a wrist throttle is a different matter, imagine coast to coast is out of the question. Straight handlebars will irritate your elbows after a few hours. Curved handlebars allow better ability to move around and stretch......
Well, I had 12 puppies born yesterday, expecting another litter, plus the nanny goats are about to drop kids, got to go do farm stuff. Hope the tips help, and we will probably find more ideas pretty easily.....
Later
Paul