BF, Yak, Travel…

Best friends, Himalayan beasts, and…
No, no, no.
Bike Friday, The Yak mailing list, and the wonderful folks who’ve been there before me…
I’m off to Las Vegas in the near future and, as always of late, I’m taking my trusty BF NWT with me. In this case BF might as well stand for best friend instead of Bike Friday. Indeed, it’s my BFBF.
I’ve never ridden in Vegas before but I was pretty sure someone else has, so I put a feeler out to the folks on The Yak. That’s the name of the Bike Friday mailing list. It’s a great community of folks who ride and love their Bike Fridays. I’m one of them.
Admittedly I contribute far less than I take, but that’s probably because I’ve only been a Bike Friday owner for a year. Some of the folks have been around a lot longer than that.
In that year I’ve taken my NWT (New World Tourist) to Mexico City and Oakland, California. And now, right on the edge of my year, Las Vegas.
The benefits of having your own bicycle on a trip are enormous. It’s a much better way get the feel of a city than being trapped in car. I like public transportation, and use it, but even that tends to restrict you to main streets or being somewhere underground. On a bike the city is yours.
I didn’t bike enough in DF, something I made up for when I went to Oakland. So now I’m planning on the same for Vegas.
According the folks on The Yak the best one day experience seems to be a ride from LV out to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Aside from the beauty, it appears I’ll have a wee bit of climbing to do as well…

Still, that doesn’t deter me too much…well it’s a concern I’ll grant. But I’ve been getting better at hills over the past few months as I’ve gained strength. I’m slow, but I get the job done.
Back to The Yak. Paul in Cincy linked to this image of his Green Gear Green Pocket Rocket at the entrance to Red Rock. Thanks for the link Paul and I hope you don’t mind my showing it off!

I hope to have more or less the same image when I get back. My NWT is Green Gear (the company that actually makes BFs) Green as well…excellent choice of colors Paul!
I plan on doing a bit of riding around town too…we’ll see how that goes. 🙂
Aloha for now!