![]() ![]() Unfortunately, in Florida they encounter the worst drivers of their two years, menaces bent on mowing them off the side of the highway. ![]() Despite worries about traffic and the people they might encounter, the two successfully cycle to the east coast and down to Florida. A loop through British Columbia brings them back south into the United States. Such anecdotes are the norm in Miles from Nowhere by Barbara Savage, as is plentiful humor in this book about an around-the-world bicycle trip in which the author and her husband cycle over 23,000 miles through 25 countries in two years.Īmid piles of gear, two bikes, worries about riding so many miles, and concerns about how their relationship will stand so much togetherness, Barbara and Larry start their first bicycle tour from Santa Barbara, California and head north through the rains of Oregon and Washington. You just can’t help but like a book that starts right off with the author being threatened by an ape while using a rooftop bucket cum bathroom. ![]() They live the adventure, and we benefit from a marvelously fun book. ![]() They decide that after one year of saving and planning they will start off on a round-the-world bicycle tour to see all the places they’d only dreamed of. Their hope is to avoid that which many of us must live with: spending a lifetime regretting the path not taken. It’s 1977, and Larry and Barbara Savage decide to invest in the adventure of a lifetime rather than buy a house. ![]()
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