Frances E. Willard, bicyclist

Indeed, I found a whole philosophy of life in the wooing and the winning of my bicycle.

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“on the coattails of God…”

I was four years old when I got my first bike and fell in love with cycling.  A bike was more than a workout tool.  It was a place to sink my sorrows, to dream.  It was a place to break through boundaries, to get myself out of this box or cage.  It was a [...]

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Northwest touring book

Rummaging through the bicycling section at the public library this weekend (which is woefully small, I must say) I found a 1995 issue of “Biking the Great Northwest” which offers 20 tours in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.  Each trip is detailed in the book along with maps, mileage logs and an elevation chart. 

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