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Two Wheels, Two Ways: A Novel and a Memoir of Long-Distance Bike Trips

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It wasn’t until the third night of my bike trip through the Finger Lakes that I started reading The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner. The first night I was so exhausted that I may have fallen asleep before my head hit the inflatable pillow. The second night I counted stars through the screen door of my tent instead… Continue reading Two Wheels, Two Ways: A Novel and a Memoir of Long-Distance Bike Trips

No Swimming Back to Shore: Rowing Solo Across the Atlantic

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“The smell of salt air filled my nostrils. . . . I searched the southwest horizon, trying to find the light from Bodie Island. There were no landmarks. There was no land. I’m committed now; no diving over-board, no swimming back to shore.” Earlier in the summer I picked up Tori Murden McClure’s A Pearl in the… Continue reading No Swimming Back to Shore: Rowing Solo Across the Atlantic