02-01-2020, 10:28 AM
I didn't put this in the Prayer Request subforum because I'm not ready to make it a prayer request. Rather, I just wanted to share something that is somewhere above a passing fancy: I'd love to ride across the state of Oklahoma on my bike, camping or couch surfing or whatever, and taking pictures. Maybe I'd shoot videos, too. It would require sponsorship, but maybe not a lot. My current bike could handle most of it, at least at the start, but that much riding would eventually wear it out. At some point, component replacement would be more expensive than buying a new bike.
It would be a whole lot easier to feed myself at least partly from local vendors and sources than to pack a bunch of food, but I'd have to be careful about avoiding wheat and caffeine. One of the biggest challenges is facing the blistering hot temperatures during the summer, and finding ways to deal with excessive sun exposure.
Anyway, this isn't yet the kind of thing where I'm determined to go do it at any cost, but I think I may be working in that direction. I'll probably need to start by taking longer rides where I live until 50 miles is just an easy workout. I may also include taking the bike out on the back of the car and riding around somewhere out there in the boonies -- frankly, that's most likely the way I'll do most of it. Even then, it would eventually require getting some conscious cooperation from other folks out there, and that may be the hardest part of this whole idea.
I'm honestly dubious that I'm equipped to edit videos and publish anything but narrative. So I'm putting this out as a trial balloon idea. If it gets enough traction, I'll take it farther. I don't think it belongs hidden away on my Radix Fidem blog.
What say ye?
It would be a whole lot easier to feed myself at least partly from local vendors and sources than to pack a bunch of food, but I'd have to be careful about avoiding wheat and caffeine. One of the biggest challenges is facing the blistering hot temperatures during the summer, and finding ways to deal with excessive sun exposure.
Anyway, this isn't yet the kind of thing where I'm determined to go do it at any cost, but I think I may be working in that direction. I'll probably need to start by taking longer rides where I live until 50 miles is just an easy workout. I may also include taking the bike out on the back of the car and riding around somewhere out there in the boonies -- frankly, that's most likely the way I'll do most of it. Even then, it would eventually require getting some conscious cooperation from other folks out there, and that may be the hardest part of this whole idea.
I'm honestly dubious that I'm equipped to edit videos and publish anything but narrative. So I'm putting this out as a trial balloon idea. If it gets enough traction, I'll take it farther. I don't think it belongs hidden away on my Radix Fidem blog.
What say ye?