Someone told me that you have to backpack for 5 weeks for your body to grok the lifestyle and begin to enjoy it. That seems a bit extreme to me. I think about 2 weeks would suffice for bike touring. Even having toured before, I find myself re-realizing things such as needing to find ways to intellectually stimulate myself when you're on the bike all day, pondering whether or not this is fun, or just how good chocolate milk tastes after a day of riding. But then you descend into a view like this wiggling your entire body, singing a strange mash up of lay all your love on me and don't go chasing waterfalls out loud and you re-realize the most important thing, that it's always worth it. #dedicatedtoABBA #biketouring #grokthegrok #sorrythatthepicturesarejustavehicleforthewords