The Americas
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Part Sixteen: Mid Baja California – Santa is Dead/ Santa Lives
23rd December (San Quintin – El Rosaria) (62km) The traffic has become a lot lighter now and the ride 50km down the coast is a breeze. The road then cuts inland to El Rosario. Lobster Burritos at Mama Rosalita’s Restaurant (“world famous” reportedly) are not too bad at all. Have taken a motel room with…
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Part Fifteen: Baja California – North
20th December (Rosalita – Ensenada) (80km) Ensenada caters for cruise ships that pull into port with all manner of cheap souvenirs and strip clubs a plenty. It marks the end of my first day’s riding in Mexico and despite the road shoulder disappearing in places and the traffic being more unpredictable and careless…
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Part Fourteen: Northern Baja California – Mexico
“When it’s fiesta time in Guadalajara, Then I long to be back once again in Old Mexico. Where we lived for today, Never giving a thought to tomara. To the strumming of guitars, In a hundred grubby bars I would whisper “Te amo.” (Tom Leherer) The above is presented here in homage to that masterful…
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Part Thirteen: Beer and Loafing in Las Vegas
Vegas and five days to eat, drink, gamble and be merry (and not ride a bicycle)! Yep, there are pokies/slots at the airport lounge. Yes, you can go and shoot a machine gun. Yes, there are no clocks in casinos. There is, of course, an incongruity at the core of Vegas in that there is…
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Part Twelve: San Diego
Have taken a few days in San Diego to absorb the enormity of the achievement to date, eat lashings of $3 pizza slices and explore the plethora of Irish pubs in the down town area. A big thank you goes out to all those who have been offering encouragement and sending lovely messages. There does,…
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Part Eleven – LA to San Diego
The comments, cards and letters just keep on flooding in to buff3ysbicycling blog and this blog now runs the serious risk of eclipsing the bulk of those purported ‘adventure’ cycling blogs out there in cyberland. I fear that the narcissistic pleasure that goes along with my new found notoriety as a hardcore cycling adventurer may…
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Part Ten – Santa Barbara
“Me, I’m still on the road headin’ for another joint, We always did feel the same We just saw it from a different point… of view, Tangled up in blue…” (Dylan) Don’t panic! It’s not another one of my excruciating rhymes. This one is from Dylan (‘Tangled Up In Blue’ – Bob Dylan). Yes, I…
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Part Nine – San Francisco
Welcome to another thrilling chapter in the travel, life and times of Buff3y the Hardcore Solo Adventure Cyclist. There has been a lot of activity on the blog of late with subscriptions way up on the previous quarter (up by 1.3 people) and comments becoming 23.7% less abusive (Paul didn’t comment this quarter). This blogging…
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San Francisco
Dramatic vision of Buff3y’s entry to San Francisco. The first time in recorded history that a hardcore touring cyclist has completed the journey from Deadhorse to San Francisco [*with a belt drive and Rohloff Speed Hub bike] – [maybe]. (Will provide the San Francisco posting in all of its glory, exaggerated tales of daring-do including…
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Part Eight: Southern Oregon and Northern California
There has been an overwhelming response to my song writing efforts of the last posting. all requests for a recording of same will be addressed as soon as we can find a banjo player. No further comments on my poetry will be entertained. 23rd October (40 miles) (Corvallis – Eugene) 24th October (Eugene) The good…