10/30/2022 0 Comments Flashbacks: Missouri & IllinoisMissouri: Setting the scene: Eryn and her bike fully loaded, Louisa strapped next to the bear canister. Riding on a two lane divided highway heading west on Highway 36 between Pershing State Park and Cameron, Missouri. Large rolling hills and zoom zoom traffic (Read Part 2: Missouri post for more details). I approach an intersection and hear yelling along the lines of “hey!!!!!” and I see two bicycle tourists frantically waving their arms to get my attention. They were probably like me. On the road for a long time. Lonely. Wanting another person-biking-long-distance encounter. However, they were on the other side of the zoom zoom divided highway and I was zoom zooming down hill. The most they got from me was a wave, but it would have been nice to chat. An hour or so later, another encounter. As we all know, I had more than my fair share of men thinking they’re nice yet coming across creepy to this young solo female cyclist. Up the road, I see a subaru parked on the side of the road and a guy taking pictures of a farm field. There was nothing inherently interesting about this particular farm field. When I get closer, he steps into the pavement in front of me and says that he’s a photographer and asks to take my picture. So many thoughts. A total rando - a man - with a fancy camera - asking to take my photo - I give permission, but I don’t take off my helmet nor sunglasses nor stop my music (a totally cursed playlist from Bronte and the song playing was about geometry). I don’t even smile. I was sort of going for the ‘people in National Geographic’ vibe. Looking back, was I in any inherent danger? No. But, I wasn’t going to even get close to that line. He gives me his email so after my ride I can request the photos he took of me: and here they are. I am astounded. They turned out so much better than I was ever thinking they would. Photos I would seriously frame and keep in my house. Photos courtesy of Douglas Adesko Photography, LLC Illinois:
In my time this past weekend reminiscing on my bike tour, I remembered a video Laurie and Dave took of me before stopping for a break to chat and eat chocolate pie (Read Land of Lincoln post for more details). This video brings me joy - because Laurie and Dave are also bicycle tourists and know what it feels like to be on the road - and they know the type of media (photos/videos) bicycle tourists want. Additionally - I cannot view myself in third person, so it is cool to see what I look on my bike from the perspective of other people. I do not have the paid version of weebly - hence the weebly.com part in the URL - and thus cannot add video to posts like I do with photos. Here is a link to the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LnB1AizYMT7uv7bmqoEVmqsgtpHEezIA/view?usp=sharing
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