Traveling around the States on Bicycles!
The first brilliant idea that came to our bright minds was to buy bicycles and slowly, with a breeze and a spirit of freedom, try to understand what is happening in this country in general.
At our service – a Walmart store, bicycles and everything needed to fix them, we bought here. Within three months, the store is ready to return money for the goods without the need to explain the reason for the return. Very convenient free rental, I recommend.
Prices for bicycles are 70-200 dollars. As soon as we stopped liking one of the velos, we calmly handed it over and bought another, better one.
The minus of this venture is in the scorching sun of the desert. If your trip is from March to September and you plan to cross the western part of America, be sure to check the weather. When I got overheated in the sun, I could only lie under a bush, make lowing noises and sleep, which slows down the journey slightly.
There are a lot of advantages to this venture. The main ones are, of course, mobility, independence and secrecy. It is very easy to bypass the payment points at the entrances to the National Parks, just as you can easily spend the night anywhere, hiding behind a bush or stone, without paying for camping.
Another plus is the undeniable image of travelers, here the attitude towards you is different, many ask about the need for help, give food, water, but this is only when we leave the city. In the city, we are no different from the homeless, at least in Las Vegas, where we were based at first, homeless bums often look better than us, and their backpacks with bicycles are of expensive brands ..
In cities, as a rule, there are special paths for cyclists, if there are none, you still feel confident, the drivers are quite adequate (the exact opposite of Vietnam, for example). Outside the city, we moved on the autobahns, I don’t know if it’s legal, but the police didn’t stop us.
When we were rewinding our trunks in complete darkness, in the American wilderness, they drove up to us and asked if we needed help. When our camera exploded, we always found someone who would give us his spare, that is, they found us themselves. Once the people we met did not have a spare camera and they took us to a store in the nearest city in their pickup.
At night we put up a tent anywhere near the road, or in a secluded place in the park. If you are traveling in the summer season, you need to be attentive to the presence of snakes, scorpions and tarantulas, go to the grass only with a stick and it is better before dark. We personally met with a rattlesnake, which we almost stepped on, it rattled loudly, my indifference about living creatures dissipated in an instant, be careful in general. We also saw tarantulas in their natural habitat more than once.
