Tag: Bike

Double dipper

Stumbled on this relic recently.

Double dipper means you dip your rear tire in the Atlantic, you bike 170 miles across Florida and dip your front tire in the Gulf of Mexico.

We began our full-time Disney careers in 1984.

Some backstory: Had worked two-thirds of 1982 at Walt Disney World, then returned to Pennsylvania to attend my Dad’s second marriage. Shortly thereafter, embarked on a cross-country, solo, bicycle tour.

Fast forward, ended up in Washington State and got married in 1983.

In 1984 when we arrived in Florida, we owned one car. Cheryl used it. We both worked at Disney. There is no public transportation in Orlando. We never worked the same shifts. Because i had an 18-speed touring bicycle, i biked 36 miles roundtrip to Disney’s River Country Water Park lifeguard job.

So in 1985, the idea of biking 170 miles in one day intrigued me. Could i do it?

Only one way to find out.

You only get the patch if you successfully bike 170 miles in one day.

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Boots & bikes on the ground

Space Mountain from Contemporary Resort parking lot
None of my extensive Disney experience is based on theory. None. Everything i preach is from boots-on-the-ground experience. Same with Glacier, which is now quite extensive.

Three boots-on-the-ground criteria over the years for where to stay at Glacier:

  • Lodging location
  • Wifi/cell signal availability & strength
  • Lodging cost

Note: Some lodging has wifi/cell but it’s poor.

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32 miles roundtrip

Bicycling up a mountain
June 2019.

From Avalanche Creek to Logan Pass and back is 32 miles roundtrip. Roughly nine miles to the Loop from Avalanche Creek parking. From The Loop the next seven miles is a long steady climb to Logan Pass and The Continental Divide.

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Way back in the day

woman sitting on a ferry boat next to some bicycles
Taking risks is risky. So is playing it safe. Cheryl and me island hopping during our 600-mile cross-Washington State honeymoon.

Way back in the day we only had one car.

We parked our car and threw our bicycles in the back of a Professor’s pickup truck and hitched a 600-mile ride across Washington State.

Then we rode our bicycles back home to Pullman.

Have been trained since an early age and actively practicing lifelong outdoor skills and wilderness survival tactics.

If Rafiki wasn’t my favorite Disney character, Mougli would be the fav. A boy at home in the wild.

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