During my week-long exploration of Minneapolis by bike, I was hosted by a different Warm Showers host each night. I arrived at Natalie’s place late in the evening after a flight from Seattle. Natalie and her housemates are all bicycle enthusiasts, so they immediately took out a map and gave me suggestions of places […]
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Willie Weir : January 1st, 2013 The lotus flower thrives in the water collected in ditches and canals on the side of the road. Often the grand view is tarnished with litter, especially plastic bags. It is then that it is best to focus closely on the flower itself. Beautiful in any surrounding. -w Roadside cookery is often a mystery, and […] Willie Weir : April 9th, 2012
In the 2011 Oct/Nov issue of Adventure Cyclist I wrote a column titled The Decision. It got a lot of responses. I recently read the column on Weekday, a show on public radio station KUOW in Seattle. Before you listen, although the piece is not overly graphic in nature, please note that […] Willie Weir : December 25th, 2011 What is the perfect gift? Ask a hundred people, and you’ll get a hundred different answers. But when you give one, or receive one — you know it. I received one of those gifts thirty years ago. I still carry it with me today. The summer of 1981 was magical for me. I’d […] Willie Weir : November 29th, 2011 The cold November rains have come and my mind drifts off to warmer places on the planet. While we are slamming into winter here in the U.S., New Zealand is sliding into summer. If you have the pleasure of taking a bike trip in New Zealand, don’t miss the cathedral. While I know there […] Willie Weir : September 18th, 2011 Last week I confessed my obsession of photographing house numbers during our bike journey in Portugal. I realize the short “video” might have had a certain entertainment value, but probably fell far short of convincing the viewer that they should hop on a bike and tour there. I now present “Countdown Redux”. […] Willie Weir : September 5th, 2011 Kat and I took a break from the heat and humidity under a tree in northern Thailand. We laid our bikes down by the side of the road and dug through our panniers looking for snacks. The tree was enormous and the base of its trunk was decorated with colorful ribbons of silk. […] Willie Weir : July 18th, 2011 I live in the insanely beautiful Pacific Northwest. Due to our cloudy skies and somewhat damp weather (even in July), the color pallet can be quite muted — dark greens, blues, and greys. So when I travel, I am drawn to the opposite. The rich and vibrant, almost electric colors that you will […] Willie Weir : January 28th, 2011 One of the few racing cyclists I met while I was in Cuba (1998) was a young man named Alexie. He came over to chat with me in a small town in the province of Pinar del Rio (west of Havana). I thought he was interested in my bike. It was a Rodriguez, which […] Willie Weir : November 28th, 2010
We pedaled into a small Portuguese village late in the evening. There was the typical group of old men hanging out at the edge of town–all wearing jackets and caps, all sporting canes. We asked them if there was a campground. No campground or hotel we were assured. The sun was low […] |
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