Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2565 – Oct 21, 2022

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Trips are made by the people on them, and being alone meant it was up to me to make the trip.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2541 – Sept 27, 2022

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To travel is to live alongside uncontrollable timing.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2529 – Sept 15, 2022

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Saying yes is as important on a bike tour as drinking water or packing a toothbrush. It’s part trusting strangers, part trusting yourself, and part taking things as they come.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2490 – Aug 7, 2022

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Sandra-Schmid-Lake-Tahoe-State-Park-NV-9-16-00

Many travelers carry burdens with them, burdens they hope to escape by constantly moving.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2468 – July 16, 2022

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Jim_Schmid’s_Bacchetta-Giro-recumbent_American_Tobacco_Trail_2015_07_05-6

The world might not have been built for bike touring, but I liked transforming it into one that was.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2455 – July 3, 2022

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Jim-Schmid-panel-moderator-at-IMBA-World-Summit-Moab-UT-4-19-02

The bike was ugly. To me, however, it was a reliable machine, a deterrent to theft, a statement against consumerism, and my ticket to adventure. I liked the look.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2441 – June 19, 2022

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Sandra-Schmid-biking-on-Lopez-Island-WA-trip-out-West-6-20-90

Bike touring is dependent on awareness, common sense, rationality, luck, and-most important-trust.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2413 – May 22, 2022

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Jim-Schmid-on-horse-GPSing-trail-at-Mill-Creek-SC-5-30-97

Only when we give nature space can we give it life.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2385 – April 24, 2022

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Jim-Schmid-IMBA-Trailbuilding-School-Tallahassee-FL-Dec-14-16-2007

Beautiful sights are made more beautiful by the challenge of getting there.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2363 – April 2, 2022

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Jim-Schmid-Nature-Coast-State-Trail-FL-3-11-19

After months of planning and anticipation, I was finally on my way. There was nothing left to do but do.

—SARA DYKMAN, Bicycling with Butterflies, 2021


Click to find over 2,000 additional Trail Quotes  arranged loosely into 60 subjects. I want the Trail Quotes to be a readable source for inspiring, challenging, and amusing information and knowledge; as well as a reliable, easy-to-use reference work for finding the precise wording, author, date, and source of the trail quotation.