Ingo's house in Bel Air, met through Warm Showers. Ingo and his wife biked from Fort Meyers, Florida to Bel Air, MD in 2000 on a recumbent tandem with a one-wheeled trailer (BOB yak). They have been wonderful hosts--thank you so much!
The road I chose to take out of Baltimore, Pulaski Highway, turned out to have a bike lane! The shoulder was clearly marked. I thank the advocates that established this signage and markings. I recommend Pulaski Highway to all cyclists for its wide, bike lane/bike route-marked shoulders, gentle hills, and straightness.
Heading out of Baltimore, I snapped a shot of this guy's house with a great Baltimore-themed mural painted on the side. Thanks, guy, and nice mural!
Maryland blue-crab is a ubiquitous icon around Baltimore.
Today's journey was good. Thirty-three miles. If I were driving a car that got 22 mpg, I would have used a gallon and a half of gasoline today. That would have cost me $4.50, and I would have emitted 30 lbs of CO2. It costs about 50 cents per mile to drive a car if you include gas, insurance, etc. So that would be about $16.50 I saved. And then to offset the CO2, it costs $4/ton of CO2 offset. I would have emitted 0.015 tons, so that would be like 6 cents to offset that amount of CO2. Which gets me thinking, it would cost about 4 cents to offset the CO2 emissions from burning a gallon of gas.
3 comments:
Oi...espero que voce esteja indo bem nessa sua jornada,apesar de ter te enterrompido um pouquinho qundo estava andando de bike e meu fiz meu esposo parar o carro para te perguntar se voce era Brasileiro lembra...rsrsrsr...voce estavamos em Maryland,fiquei tao feliz por te encontrar e ver a sua determinação e coragem.Ao fim tenho que me apresentar para voce meu nome e Andrea e do meu esposo Pietro desejo que voce tenha uma viajem segura e que desfrute cada cantinho dos paises que ira passar...beijo grande.Deixarei meu email para podermos nos corresponder...andreandnazylov@aol.com.........BOA VIAJEM
Translation of the above comment in Portuguese:
Hi...I hope all goes well on your journey, despite being interrupted a little when you were biking and I made my husband stop the car to ask you if you were Brazilian, remember..hahaha...we were in Maryland, I was so happy to meet you and see your determination and courage. Finally, I have to introduce myself to you, my name is Andrea and my husband is Pietro. I hope that you have a safe trip and that you enjoy every little corner of the countries that you will pass through...big kiss. I leave you my email so we can correspond...HAVE A GOOD TRIP
Small world!
I was searching for something online and your picture came up of a mural with a guy going into his house. He's my neighbor! His name is Todd Conway, and he has done a number of murals in Baltimore, including a second one across the street from his house. Great stuff.
toddconwayarts.com
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