I am hearing some understandable feelings of loss over your son's preference. I hope you can also feel pride in raising him to be able to do a trip on his own. And have your own great trip!
Lael is awesome. There is also a shorter video on her Tour Divide race in 2019 that is quite enjoyable, https://youtu.be/AEEGIt6FC34 cheers, jim walnut creek On Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 5:58:00 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > It has rained all day. I did “rage cleaning” and my friend said “Why is it > rage cleaning?” and I said “Because it sounds better than just cleaning.” > > And I did rage cleaning and I did cooking and I was in a mood. And my > husband said, “Did you get on your two-wheeler today?” And I told him no > and he gasped and said with feigned horror, “OH NO A LOST DAY!!! DOES THIS > DAY EVEN COUNT FOR ANYTHING?” > > So I am ignoring him and sitting here, trying to plan a bike trip that my > college boy doesn’t want to take with me. He has the wanderlust and when he > finishes summer classes he is taking his Clem, the Backabikes I gave him, > the camping gear that dear Julian W from this List gave him, and he is > OUTTA HERE. I want to go with him and also to amend his route so it does > not include 1 million bad ideas and for some reason he is objecting. I > mean, I’m not like a regular mom. I can hang! But I guess it’s not a grand > adventure if your mom and her Platypus have to come. > > Anyway! I came across this video of Lael Wilcox riding around the world > and I started it and doggone it, she is just so winsome and the footage so > lovely that I had to stop and put this link here for you. > https://theradavist.com/lael-rides-around-the-world-film > > And now I will get back to staring at the iPad and being overwhelmed by > planning a big bike trip that I’m not invited on. > Leah > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/71c25269-a987-406c-87d7-5f44e7106151n%40googlegroups.com.
