{"id":98,"date":"2017-04-14T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T00:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/?p=98"},"modified":"2020-11-21T11:00:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T19:00:41","slug":"no-longer-a-slave-to-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/no-longer-a-slave-to-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"No Longer a Slave to Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably the least prepared I have ever been for a bike trip. I&#8217;m supposed to leave in less than 3 days. and this is my first post to the blog.\u00a0 On the 2010 trip, I had already posted two months prior to the trip. We had trained for months, and taken a shakedown ride weeks before the trip. On this one, I haven&#8217;t even taken the touring bike out a single time, yet. And I&#8217;ve gathered supplies, but haven&#8217;t really packed. With tax filing and other responsibilities, I haven&#8217;t had the energy left over.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" style=\"width: 4000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/HPIM3655.jpg\" alt=\"my messy desk\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/HPIM3655.jpg 4000w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/HPIM3655-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/HPIM3655-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/HPIM3655-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crisis breeds chaos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This trip is different from others in a few ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Waterproof panniers. If they work, it will be wonderful to have dry clothes and supplies. However, the roll top dry bags have no side pockets. I will have to take the things off the rear rack to access anything.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m leaving from home. No airline flights to the start point.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m going alone. If I meet up with others on the road, so much the better.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s through a part of the country I&#8217;ve never visited<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-103 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/irrational-1024x767.png\" alt=\"irrational fears\" width=\"604\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/irrational-1024x767.png 1024w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/irrational-800x599.png 800w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/irrational-768x575.png 768w, http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/irrational.png 1025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;ve never had serious trouble on past tours. People were uniformly kind and reasonable. Trouble is, I&#8217;ve seen a lot of unreasonable things in the past few months, so I find myself entertaining irrational fears.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When those doubts pop up, I have to remember&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106\" src=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/files\/2017\/04\/NoLongerSlaves.jpg\" alt=\"no longer a slave\" width=\"570\" height=\"730\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phrase taken from the song, &#8220;No Longer Slaves&#8221; by Brian Johnson, Jonathan David Helser, Joel Case. Picture courtesy of Rachel at https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/thewoodedlane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No longer a <strong><em>slave<\/em> <\/strong>to <strong><em>fear<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\nNo longer a <strong><em>hostage<\/em> <\/strong>to <strong><em>worry<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\nNo longer an <em><strong>addict<\/strong> <\/em>to <em><strong>comfort<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s do this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably the least prepared I have ever been for a bike trip. I&#8217;m supposed to leave in less than 3 days. and this is my first post to the blog.\u00a0 On the 2010 trip, I had already posted two months prior to the trip. We had trained for months, and taken a shakedown &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/no-longer-a-slave-to-fear\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No Longer a Slave to Fear<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}