Travellin’ Light
July 14, 2004
My month-long journey across Southern Ontario starts tomorrow; tonight I finished packing several kinds of nuts into neatly labelled bags — they’ll be my main source of nutrition. Oh Martha, for you I’m abjuring my carnivorous ways and feeding on flowers alone. I’ll be a good boy, you’ll see.
And I’ll write you all pretty things from far away when I get the chance. But to keep the narrative going, Martha and Trevor agreed to inundate my blog with random musings and photos — they’ll be my guest bloggers for the next 30 days. Since I already gave them my heart, it’s natural I should also give them access to this space. You’ll be in good hands!
And because statistics are always interesting, I can tell you this: Tudor naked weights 155 lbs (as pictured above). Tudor with gear and bike weights 225 lbs. The extra 70 lbs consist of…
1 bike (38 lbs)
1 tent
1 towel
1 blanket
1 bathing suit
1 pair of shorts
1 monkey wrench
1 air pump
1 spare tube
1 Map of Ontario with scribbles on it
1 Swiss knife
1 digital camera
1 good book
1 pair sandals
1 floppy disk
1 roll toilet paper
1 lighter
1 flashlight
6 spare batteries and a recharger
2 notebooks, pens, envelopes, and addresses so I can mail my love and hate
5 shirts, 3 pairs of socks and underwear
1 roll of duct tape for fixing everything
2 tubes of sunscreen
And that is all!
Posted by Tudor at 11:02 PM in Scenes from a Bike | TrackBackit frightens me that you will go 30 days with 3 pairs of underwear…
Posted by: . on July 15, 2004 at 01:02 PMhe’ll be okay. he knows where his towel is.
Posted by: regan on July 15, 2004 at 01:50 PMThat photo looks like a close-up of some ugly rainforest insect, like a worm or something.
Posted by: Terry on July 15, 2004 at 05:01 PMThe way the veins stand out on your flank there is oddly… mesmerizing.
I too am impressed by your bravely high shirt:underwear ration.
Posted by: Greg on July 16, 2004 at 01:22 AMcurse you regan, getting the towel comment out before me! gah!
as has been noted, underwear is inconsequential when one looks at the third item on the list. and examines the fact that tudor rarely wears any type of clothing, nevermind underwear.
Posted by: ikabod on July 16, 2004 at 01:34 AMTrue. And we all know [at least now we do, after the Peterborough incident] of Ontario’s penchant for The Deluge Of Cleansing Skyfluid.
Posted by: Trevor on July 16, 2004 at 05:19 PMHe could always just wear his bathing suit the entire time. You think he meant Speedos in this case?
Posted by: RaZor on July 16, 2004 at 05:30 PMUnderwear are irrelevant — I’m trying to keep as few layers between me and the seat as possible ;). But now that I reached Sarnia, it’s underwear washing time — I managed to go through two pairs in just as many days (blame it on the freezing rains).
And I promise you’ll see more mesmerizing veins as soon as I return!
Posted by: Tudor on July 17, 2004 at 01:10 PM