Ebook301 pages4 hours
Pedal and Path - Across the Continent Aweel and Afoot
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Close confinement to mercantile business for a dozen or more years brought on a feeling of discontent with the monotonous routine, that I at length tried to drive away by taking a little recreation on a bicycle. The machine, I found, was not only a source of great enjoyment, but it soon became a thing of practical value to me in the transaction of business. I took intense delight in riding the wheel a dozen miles to Hartford buying goods, quite content to let those who would sit inertly riding by me in the cars, and it was not long before the idea of taking a short vacation presented itself.
A vacation of more than a day was a pleasure of which I had denied myself for so many years that it was a question with me whether the sun would not stand still if I ventured out of the little orbit in which I had moved so many years. But I finally decided to run the risk. At the end of five days, after riding one hundred and seventy-five miles, I came back more than ever pleased with the mode of locomotion and its advantages in sight-seeing. So intense had become my desire to travel, to visit the places of interest here at home, that I then made business arrangements which would permit a more prolonged absence, and took a three weeks' trip of five hundred miles, and soon after a six weeks' trip of one thousand two hundred miles through the most interesting parts of New England... G.B.T.
A vacation of more than a day was a pleasure of which I had denied myself for so many years that it was a question with me whether the sun would not stand still if I ventured out of the little orbit in which I had moved so many years. But I finally decided to run the risk. At the end of five days, after riding one hundred and seventy-five miles, I came back more than ever pleased with the mode of locomotion and its advantages in sight-seeing. So intense had become my desire to travel, to visit the places of interest here at home, that I then made business arrangements which would permit a more prolonged absence, and took a three weeks' trip of five hundred miles, and soon after a six weeks' trip of one thousand two hundred miles through the most interesting parts of New England... G.B.T.
Related to Pedal and Path - Across the Continent Aweel and Afoot
Related ebooks
Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWalk Softly..Eat with Small Sticks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAcross America by Motor-cycle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOld Blue's Road: A Historian's Motorcycle Journeys in the American West Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Arrogance of Infinity: Tales of Transition from the Industrial to Technology Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAcross America By Motor-Cycle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYarns of a Kentucky Admiral Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Notes From The Road Vol III: Notes From The Road, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWoodstock Rising Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5When the West Was Young Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Pearl Lagoon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRiver Rough, River Smooth: Adventures on Manitoba's Historic Hayes River Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Battle of the Greyhounds: America Part I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBy Ox Team to California: A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Measure of the Rule Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSuch is Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRound the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Day with a Tramp, and Other Days Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNorth Country: A Personal Journey Through the Borderland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hundred Yard Dash Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMorrie: Only in America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSome Everyday Folk and Dawn Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThreepenny Plum Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book of Roads: Travel Stories from Michigan to Marrakech Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Casual Traveler Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSalute to Adventurers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Classics For You
Warrior of the Light: A Manual Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn French! Apprends l'Anglais! THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY: In French and English Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hell House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Animal Farm: A Fairy Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rebecca Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Flowers for Algernon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bell Jar: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Things They Carried Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5East of Eden Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Old Man and the Sea: The Hemingway Library Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Persuasion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Count of Monte-Cristo English and French Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Confederacy of Dunces Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Farewell to Arms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Scarlet Letter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sun Also Rises: The Hemingway Library Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Hemingway Library Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As I Lay Dying Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tinkers: 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Republic by Plato Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Pedal and Path - Across the Continent Aweel and Afoot
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Pedal and Path - Across the Continent Aweel and Afoot - George B. Thayer
2^ book_preview_excerpt.html |ےƑ`߳Kݤ(Әhkdi5-nD 41/{%{q YlL"Y@\vy8աSEiP5çWnbuaqeblSSդqgyM/Ì/[3>0Ws5ܪ㭚GUKb=0'̫m|~DhG|Cu
x<,S3Gbp \O`cC5`q
Vϡ]ɫJ7O:{2axc@J^RÑR 7GCfF^:,mSI4c>D- 7qQ;x'/4cb"ɱ=QFjxL9]6L:%t7(ːtovR_t0b9sq
5Ä|1W8H`,<4;7&XY(8u>^iRwZMxFX֩d,Ä̓LxLPdLx]hѧp07qS"vvgcM/8TyKUTHr5'U@3Jh'&]ݏy/||7OF[
eO7D1F~w
f7U8T/2GzQ8 3肹PC)&sOpmcsCkt[:Tt+p8PZϖPO{s fׇ?:ht.ڴFK\z0MgGLtH(H
F"amih2~څ1KebV|?vኧpdw.:yظ3eF54kO{Jh"T|F
+/EӛϓQ&Xp֪8ՖPO)$sFP˔y
0իM"~
v{Sz[
ϰ◡OSM>UaÈ1FeM?'`n֕I>%\ED|;'N ʹ|Eo
ZKMC)&G-{008QT
_So@nk
XAQ!!r^Rag?!@aazZO擺ؿp
[A%)N6t#|ra,j/`/l7u¸Tp6SCl+L+AO{Ζ{~*~DV8/ǫ'Ml{AP#N`6IPɍKaF Z?)t O26#U o,Nꩧo1K{kW"'-#_>[S/cջKF5gmqh g`|0U8T!@?] ?72zayLx*O՛7ׯ_;>(1yjĄT#0 y~ }X3{<:Tts̲f e,䁁M|z<# j,*3s\
M~@,?Ey,\95)s>z"ݪ
]8XP*8hȔ^@eZcl1(Q<&pǖN
KΗ}ML
$Oq:g._)Kn+.PėYGSTFZ^H[z O-)/b|p9H/14 O|)Ʀ-gC#Z 71¤r0 qhm$az[8P1irӒ/2#/\ȯ Nbh'~%D(_x#I ?}Lzcl'B[Ol9::
c!m2Ѕ%^#*N\xi-0R`9iI/te,8~va4I h?XrUPmĜ9LS?x>z0UH1C3+f(T3SBJ?VbȎ-?t#%B{`Igg»!IMF
-;\mp4CI컹aƨH@M}G:qϘ
zh{ GB( b-.TBBpYb0`nWmMM&lXbuK>XqSbG;Y|d?5na 0+Ad|HJr:L"oB88h{Yl 6EjAB>*Jӌe#%cCf$?&/14FͳO{JlIϑ+JXh32Z[Pm׳@qJP7\hvSK`I⛖ESbcIx&KqdLh$
(<ʝYw'i%!n$<˸tN"g4Q_uB2H-$߉@%?g1qw^hbm? С^y 0xrOFDFX
x!V#aС4JsPdJHVwTGnzͼO~yD\1ͷ9"91hʰK'\lGDplQ}C濹U<k~m4-\{V~
K輴Ja}9(Bg:^ p Q)طqx#ufП *͛:&zӁQeZ -P~P1{x4$Q]'p|%?DȢeť۩1"$EœZ'E]{?cWj]xrYx>I}um=;@fm>G*j7sT0U,/i:"JĪ1SdaMO,k]UؾV4rI8M;nͿVmB1,
(LH_C.8* emx0 yu PZK|8{V
ϯBzlLBe|%@Ob) I}W{nobޮ D3,؍d$8vH,EEDLICq+sPdzz.
c) CA^CLpuCk)F՟ %ұaR`#2 oI. at[0LEo5IsKLrIJyAL BOF1:1L?+@
~gaV$IZ^jZ쪷wi6q$S_WOrjb-3Wylُ*/np@ki! H +/$
H[:%9y.mrz~~h%1
1?T[9gܶFoi>>Yݕ&S{r+ lKKo2&YEN:Z [P0+qI)Qq p+554,1398ǩ
b f QrXWP$\`$j
UY"-B؝;Nn3M`?&pC
+Z'(yXSSH=j8p-1(>b=r?+]25
a5Ӵ\p-m+nY|aBU?1")%U\"-[txn85n:
ŢY