eighty eight

MY FIRST LONG STRETCH OF NOTHING .....I WAS HOOKED.

The Yuha desert in California, was a welcomed experience. My years of bicycle riding were proceeded by years of running, both were an endless series of circles.

You start and run or ride in one direction, then turn in another, then another, but eventually you return to where you began. The size of running circles became boring, then soon bike riding circles also lost their charm. My site name reflects my desire for larger circles. I have longed to continue on over the next hill and around the next corner. 

This combined with the influence of an old TV program "Bronson", and it's famous quote "where ever I end up I guess". When I was young and dumb I tried to live this out by hitch hiking around the eastern states,worrying my parents to death. Now that I'm older and dumb, I ride a bicycle all around the country, but still worry my parents. 

A day of riding in one direction until dark, then continuing the next day, then the next week, then into the next state, then the next, is not boring in my mind. The long endless stretches are very satisfying after all of the years of small circles.