levi's travelblog

Since I´m going traveling for a pretty lengthy time, I decided to skip the group emails and instead write a weblog. Please go ahead and post replies if the spirit moves you, or send me an email. I can´t promise timely replies though as I probably won´t be spending much time on the internet. However, I can promise to try and keep the blog interesting and not too long!

Monday, March 13, 2006

some things I've carried on my bike in the last week

I've been known to carry a lot of unusual and/or bulky and/or heavy stuff by bike, but this past week there's been more than usual. I wish I had some pictures to share.
  • A bike stand, like the one shown on the right, also for about 5km. I only had a bungee cord and a couple of velcro ankle strappities to attach it to my bike, which gave it the same sort of nerdy rigging appeal as rigging a tarp does for some of us campy types. The legs of the stand traveled in front of me and I had to lift them every now and then to stop them from rubbing my front tyre, but it was no problem.
  • a canoe pack containing a desktop computer with its old-style 14" CRT monitor. That was on my back, then I had a garbage bag full of clothes strapped to the rack, for about 5km . This was a tough haul; my shoulders were sore when I finished. But it still pales in comparison with this fellow I saw in Guatemala, or to this load of plastic bottles shown on workcycles.com:
  • a dead racoon, killed by a car and driver and left in the middle of the lane on Roncesvalles Ave this morning. I took the body to rest in nearby High Park,between a couple logs and underneath a pile of leaves.
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3 Comments:

Blogger Selam said...

I am interested to know HOW you carried that dead raccoon... wasn't it bloody?

4:02 p.m.  
Blogger vonLevi said...

I put the dead racoon onto my bike rack - no, not particularly bloody, perhaps the freezing weather limited the blood. By the way, I saw another dead racoon in nearly the same place today. This one I left there because someone said they had already called the authorities (whoever that is). Perhaps that's a better way to deal with carkill.

11:53 a.m.  
Blogger awkwardatparties said...

They probably mean "Animal Control."

Levi, you're a good man. I'm glad that raccoon is in High Park.

And thanks for the computer. You are an inspiration!

p.s. I just learned how to make wonderful vegan sushi... make with brown rice and other tasty goodness. You must come over soon.

4:58 p.m.  

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