"Mike Rice" wrote in message
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This weekend I will put the Lo-o-ong panniers back on the underseat
racks and load them up. I plan to make a self supported camping ride
from my home in Lafaeyette, Indiana to Mammoth Cave Kentucky and back.
If the miles go well I will have four days or so to tour the bluegrass
stae (and ancestral home) before heading back to the banks of the
Wabash. I need to think about conditioning myself over the next month
leading up to the trip, and I think the best way will be to load up to
touring weight while stepping up the daily/weekly milage. (and I'd
better put in some time riding your favourites--hills)

Be on the look out for Larry Varney when you are in Kentucky. That is his
home stamping ground. He looks like Santa Claus, but he is cantankerous as
all get out. He will most likely be on his recumbent trike.

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota