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Offline mbattisti

Re: Fighting off boredom?
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2014, 06:17:55 pm »
I like to pick up books/pamphlets pertaining to the local history of the area I'm riding through.  Makes good reading in the evening and enriches the experience.
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Offline yumadons

Re: Fighting off boredom?
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2014, 06:28:19 pm »
Quote from: mbattisti on July 17, 2014, 06:17:55 pm
I like to pick up books/pamphlets pertaining to the local history of the area I'm riding through.  Makes good reading in the evening and enriches the experience.

I love this idea. If only I could find time even doing my slacker 40-50 mile days. Just love to eat, screw around, take pictures, and visit too much. Then there's that pesky journal . . .
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Offline mbattisti

Re: Fighting off boredom?
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2014, 09:45:16 pm »
 Then there's that pesky journal . . .
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When just keeping a journal for yourself, I use a digital recorder.   Tiny, weighs nothing, and can be leisurely dictated into from the comfort of your sleeping bag as you unwind and reminisce about the events of the day.
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Offline sanuk

Re: Fighting off boredom?
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2014, 04:00:09 am »
Some quotes from 'The Tao of Travel' by Paul Theroux:

Go alone.  Travel light.  Bring a map. Keep a journal.  Read a novel that has no relation to the place you're in.  If you must bring a cell phone, avoid using it - same I would add goes for a GPS or any other electronic gear.  Make a friend.
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