What would you consider “the experience of a lifetime”?
Post your answer in the LEAVE A COMMENT section below. I’m not the boss of you, though. Don’t write anything for all I care! I would consider it the honor of a lifetime to read what you write.
. . .here are my thoughts.
What would you consider “the experience of a lifetime”?
Any teenage or college-age males reading this—please calm down! I’m in a happy, monogamous marriage, thus the “experience of a lifetime” you’re contemplating commenting about in vivid detail isn’t likely happening for me. I’ve got no reasonable transition here, so let’s just move along … I’ve long told myself I want to cycle the entirety of the West Coast of the U.S., or the breadth of the country. And by cycle, I mean the pedal-up-a-steep-hill-at-7-MPH type of cycling, not the 70-MPH-vroom-vroom variety. Loaded into one of my many saddlebags or panniers would be a few notebooks. There’s absolutely no chance I’m going to trek 1,000 to 2,000 miles without documenting my experiences—à la A Walk in the Woods. But probably after hours and hours and hours of pedaling, the last thing I’d want to do is sit down to handwrite my thoughts and experiences. Best to dictate the words, allowing technology to transcribe them at a later date. With the space saved by not hauling those notebooks, I can take along a few old Playboy magazines. You know—to remind me of the candid answer those college lads have.
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Loved the mental image of you pedaling uphill at 7-MPH while trying to dictate notes — that’s true dedication to the craft! My own “experience of a lifetime” would be a long-term cycling tour through the coast of Spain, but I’ve been getting bogged down in the logistics of staying there legally as a digital nomad. Since you mentioned the struggle of hauling gear and notebooks, have you or anyone in the community dealt with the paperwork side of these adventures abroad, like getting a NIE? I found this resource https://e-residence.com/fr/nie-spain-online/ but I’m curious if it’s as straightforward as it looks or if I’m walking into a bureaucratic trap. Any thoughts on balancing the dream with the paperwork?