Friday, May 15, 2009

In Your Head

You might wonder what we have been doing to occupy our minds on this trip while our bodies remain busy propelling us forward to the next mile marker. Well lucky you, I am going to give you a sneak-peek into the minds of two bicycle travelers (scary I know). Turns out that Clancy mentally disassembles and reassembles Volkswagen motors, while I sell vacuum cleaners door-to-door. So while Clancy is wondering if he put that imaginary bolt in the coffee can or on the imaginary work bench , I am busy overcoming objections and trying to close the sale of a Kerby with someone that doesn‘t actually exist.

All joking aside, we often find our thoughts centered around food and the concept of eating. We can finally justify eating every hour (though I never had much of a problem doing this prior to the trip). Songs also tend to get stuck in your head while pedaling. Lately for me it seems to be Johnny Cash, “Get Rhythm”, which seems quite fitting. Just yesterday, Clancy’s cousin - a girl that can sing and play the guitar like a dream - reminded us of how music deprived we have been by giving us a mini concert of sorts. She performed Jason Mraz, John Mayer, and some music that she wrote herself - all very beautifully. Jon would have been in heaven.

6 comments:

  1. Glad you enjoyed Ruthie's singing. Hear tell you're stopping in Farmington to meet her older sister. Hmmmm....

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  2. Chase this is the funniest yet. I printed it out to show your dad. How is Idaho. Good Job! Hope your trip continues to be everything you hoped for. Keep in touch.

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  3. Idaho was good but short. The road shoulders left a little to be desired but it was beautiful indeed. Great to hear from you =D

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  4. Tresa - thanks for all the super comments! Also, her older sister is getting married =\

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  5. What a kick, I hadn't been to your site for a week - golly gee, what I was missing!! I'm going to be thinking of you eating, eating, eating cuz' I can't stand the thought of you hungry, hungry, hungry!! Until the next episode of Clanc and Chaser, aufweidersehen!

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  6. Happy one month traveling anniversary! I was in Eugene on Saturday and partied it up with the rest of our medford friends. Definitely missed you guys! Hope this is turning out to be everything you both want it to be. Congrats!

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