Originally Posted by
lightspree
You tie up all the loose ends of your life and depart on a wide-open, open-ended tour. The challenge is to start from scratch -- no bike, no tent, no money, just walking out the door one morning with nothing.
One rule: No begging, borrowing, mooching, or depending on friends or relatives. And no going back home.
How would you go about it? What would be the first steps? How would you get there?
The goal is to be touring, free, and enjoying life.
I'll see if I can find a Whitman quote that sets the spirit. "I go forth...."
It's a lot easier to do this if you have no choice. It involves being cold, tired, hungry and at times desperate. In my youth I traveled this way and if you don't count hitchhiking and accepting the charity of strangers then I followed your rules. Yes I met some wonderful people and have some nice memories but I've met lots of wonderful people bike touring and the percentage of nice memories is way higher.
