Deb, 47, says that in her "former life" she was a CPA, and then an employee benefits specialist. Now she invests in residential rental real estate, splitting her time between Minneapolis and Boston, where her husband works. "I am a huge fan of short packed trips," she says. "They don't require much planning and are not as intimidating as a longer trip (but those are fun, too). My husband and I have done three together in Minnesota; this ride in Vermont was my first solo trip."
To make the trip unaccompanied, Deb had to cross over her comfort-level threshold. "Anxiety almost kept me from going on this trip. I wasn't exactly afraid of going alone -- just anxious. What if I had forgotten something important? What if it was too hilly and I couldn't do the mileage? What if I had a mechanical problem that I couldn't fix? But each of these potential problems I could have handled with a cool head, a little cash, and the help of a kind Vermonter. I am so glad that I went, and I've vowed to do it again soon."
Read the rest of Deb's story, and view several other photos from her trip, at BikeOvernights.org.
Our current Photo of the Week, shown below, accompanies Joel Bickford's tale of cycling in rural North Dakota, The Sauerkraut Route, which posted on April 23, 2012. The photograph was taken by Chuck Haney, who has supplied Adventure Cycling with dozens of great shots over the years.
Top 2 photos by Deb Rogers.
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BIKE OVERNIGHTS is posted every Monday by Michael McCoy, Adventure Cycling?s media specialist, and highlights content from BikeOvernights.org. Previously, from March 2009 through January 2012, Mac posted weekly at Biking Without Borders. He also compiles the organization's twice-monthly e-newsletter Bike Bits, which goes free-of-charge to 45,000 readers worldwide.
Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/06/woman-on-her-own-in-vermont.html
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