Comments on: “Life ain’t nothing but a good crew, a good mix tape to put you in the right mood”

By: jymi

jymi — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:07:50 +0000

indeed. jennifer is the most amazing person i know. i miss her. how’s your trip going or are you done?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:39:52 +0000

Eric…

How inspiring! will come back….

By: admin

admin — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:45:04 +0000

Jymi Cliche: Yes, you would be correct about the lyrics. I changed them because I just added the “Pit Crew” onto the website. A bit of word stitching on my part. Thanks for saying Hi, we have a good mutual friend! Jennifer is amazing!

By: jymi cliche

jymi cliche — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:26:22 +0000

hello, my friend jennifer c who knows you from virginia told me about your web site. i think its really cool.
i wanted to say i lie the title of this blog entry. that is professor booty, my favorite beastie boys song. not many people know it, nevermind that it is my favorite quote from the song. i thought they said “life ain’t nothin’ but a good groove” though. but i mishear lyrics sometimes.
my name is jymi by the way, i live in boston right now. i am moving to washington state tho.
check out my blog if you get any time.
peace, jymi

By: Pete Boucher

Pete Boucher — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:19:59 +0000

Thanks for the photo Alix! It made me chuckle

I found out that a Motorway is called a Freeway over there. Unlike in Spain where you have to pay a toll on the Autovia.

Speaking of scooter names Crystal, My mum has a scooter called Cherry Pie, and before that she used to ride around on my sister’s Piaggio scooter ‘Chocolatey’ (cos it ran smooth like chocolate).

By: admin

admin — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:12:55 +0000

Crystal! I am excited about the museum. My scoot is named Audrey after Audrey Lorde. When I get to scootin, I am doing about 300+miles a day.
I take a day or two off in between. Keep in mind, I have only covered from D.C. to Montgomery, AL. I am settling into my tempo now.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:06:16 +0000

Pete, I made a point of turning around to grab this shot for you. Enjoy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alixbryan/912602631/

By: Crystal Waters

Crystal Waters — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:37:09 +0000

Alix - I’m glad you get a chance to visit the Rosa Parks museum. She is my scooter Rosa’s namesake. How many miles have you been averaging per day?

By: Pete Boucher

Pete Boucher — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:12:10 +0000

Thanks for the reply Alix, I’m still confused
So if you drive on a Parkway and a Byway is a Highway, what would you call a Spanish “Autovia”, English(UK):”Motorway” (speed-limit 120 Km/h or 75 Mph)? An Inter-state Highway maybe? Are these the ones you’re avoiding?

Don’t worry about it too much, you’re not here to educate us on the US road network after all.

Have you tried Google Maps for finding alternative roots?

Also check out OpenStreetMap. They are trying to build an unrestricted version of Google Maps from data collected by users. Very little data has been collected for the US so far, so if you’re carrying a GPS that can record your track, the peace sign would be very visible on OpenStreetMap map when uploaded.

I live in Southern Spain right about here.

Buen viaje, Pete.

By: Kelton

Kelton — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:07:41 +0000

Sometimes it’s good to get a little test at the beginning of a journey. It strengthens the resolve. It was often so with me.

Glad your gear held and checked out. You should feel somewhat more confident now.

I’ll pray for your continued safety.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:19:16 +0000

Dude, A Parkway is something you drive on, whereas we park in Driveways.

A Byway is a secondary road. Usually they tend to be the first highway that cut through an area. Speed limits run anywhere from 25-55 on them, making them safer for scooter travel.

THe BRP is the Blue Ridge Parkway, abbreviated.

Yep, MLK is Martin Luther King.

Where are you?

Paz y Amor-Alix

By: Pete Boucher

Pete Boucher — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:55:22 +0000

Great post Alix, love that you’ve had a chance to contemplate peace on your ride (through the National Park?) and then put it all down for us. It’s a great short-cut for me to be able to read and sgree with your conclusions when I don’t have the time to meditate for myself.

Don’t worry about the weather, you seem to have come through that challenge unscathed with all your gear thoroughly rain-tested. Imagine having to replace a laptop/camera when you’re far away from home because you didn’t know if the pack would leak

Congratulations on your first Ton (miles) and keep taking time to talk with curious people. I’m a firm believer that

When the student is ready the teacher appears.

The good that you’re doing out-weighs the minor delays that result.

A couple of questions from an ignorant foreigner: Dude, what’s a Parkway? For that matter, what’s a Byway? Also: What’s the BRP man? and who was/is MLK (my guess: Martin Luther King?).