Date:         Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:55:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve Williams <steve@CELINEANDSTEVE.COM>
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From:         Steve Williams <steve@CELINEANDSTEVE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Come out of the closet, all
Comments: To: Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET>
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Do bicycles count??

My gf & I spent a year travelling by bicycle, Scotland, Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, (fly to) India where we did some backpacking, (fly to) Bankok,
Thailand, where we ultimately ended in Lhasa, Tibet (illegally) after 2
months in Thailand, 2 months in Laos, 1 month in China and 1 month in
Tibet.  About 120,000 meters uphill on that trip.

http://www.celineandsteve.com if you care, we kept a record of our trip.

Got home and bought a 1990 Westfalia, so new to the culture.  We spent 3
weeks living in it last summer in Western Canada's national parks (where
we pretty much live), and absolutely loved it.  It offers much the same
freedom as a bicycle, thought it's a bit harder to "stealth camp" in a
Westy than a bicycle... but we succeeded... and the freedom of not
worrying about were you will stop each night, similar to a bicycle,  get
in, start driving, and where you end up is where you stay!

Not artsy at all, I'm a computer nerd, she's an accountant, but we have
that streak that a Westy seems to appeal to!

Nathaniel Poole wrote:
> I guessed as much. I'm a writer and you can just tell :) Now the next
> question is how many folks ride bikes, especially Hogs. This will tease out
> the anti-social element mingling among us artists.
>
> Might as well work out the vanagon demographics. I would also guess that the
> median age is low forties?
>
> 45 years for me this Feb. I ride an '80 yammy 650 which is  a Japanese
> knockoff of a Norton or Triumph.
>
>> There's definitely some sort of artistic-or-slightly rebellious streak in a
>> lot of bus enthusiasts!
>>
>> /w
>>