tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post7330898599840749633..comments2023-11-28T06:37:38.749-08:00Comments on Randomly Generated: A Punch to the GutDoug Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492162192250783305noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-80750686209067030182023-03-16T12:02:43.013-07:002023-03-16T12:02:43.013-07:00I just picked up this book in a steamboat ski area...I just picked up this book in a steamboat ski area gift shop. Unfortunately, the forward reveals the ironic end of Barbara’s life. To have survived so much and then end that way is heartbreaking. I’m not sure whether it’s worse to know up front or to have finished the book first. I know I would have googled them at some point and found out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-83642725520638199622022-01-03T02:35:09.906-08:002022-01-03T02:35:09.906-08:00this was meant for the blog above that called him ...this was meant for the blog above that called him her creepVTXerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13700747021066557494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-12833835671989009402022-01-03T02:29:38.815-08:002022-01-03T02:29:38.815-08:00I don’t believe you one iota…anonymous darkened so...I don’t believe you one iota…anonymous darkened soulVTXerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13700747021066557494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-39299045513364664042019-09-24T16:50:49.813-07:002019-09-24T16:50:49.813-07:00After having been married over 5 years and being t...After having been married over 5 years and being together in tough travels through a couple years, I suspect she knew him very well and forgave his flaws, she seemed a generous person. Very sorry and sad to hear of your experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-77053876743088160162017-02-12T10:52:46.786-08:002017-02-12T10:52:46.786-08:00The best book on bike touring, sad about Barbra
The best book on bike touring, sad about Barbra<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10035540435475986808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-71362667630952625382016-10-30T11:08:00.639-07:002016-10-30T11:08:00.639-07:00I saw & scanned this in a book store shortly a...I saw & scanned this in a book store shortly after it came out & bought it for my dad for his birthday 35 years or so ago. He couldn't put it down but promised I could read it as soon as he finished. He related so many adventures to me as he read I wasn't sure there would be anything new for me to read. I was sitting with him when he finished the book - he was very somber & needed to clear his throat a few times before turning the book over to me. His eyes were even glistening a bit. He told me I would indeed find so much more to the story than what he had related. He also sternly advised me not to read the end first as I occasionally do as it would alter the tone of the story significantly. I did not read the ending first & he was right. Savage's death floored me, it truly hurt my heart. Had I known this going into the book, that saddness would have permeated each adventure just enough to lessen the overall joy I experienced reading the book without that knowledge. Such a sad, incongruous loss. But what a delightful legacy she has left us! I heve enjoyed reading it twice & would now like to hear it on Audible Books. (Hint, hint!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01959403863806293706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-29356673030341762952015-06-03T12:03:25.853-07:002015-06-03T12:03:25.853-07:00I was reading this book and, as one does when appr...I was reading this book and, as one does when approaching the end of a wonderful story, I flipped toward the back to see how many pages were left because I didn't want it to end. Unfortunately I flipped to the epilogue and learned of Barbara's death. I was so devastated that I never read those last 15 pages.<br /><br />I have recommended this book many, many times over the years, but I always tell people Barbara's story so they don't experience the same devastation we did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-81906956747791648512015-03-15T12:19:13.162-07:002015-03-15T12:19:13.162-07:00I am so glad to have found your blog on Larry &...I am so glad to have found your blog on Larry & Barbara. I also lived in Santa Barbara in 1980, was getting to be an avid cyclist, and was preparing to do my first bike tour of Europe in spring 81 with my Girlfriend. We attended a local slide presentation and talk (also titled Miles From Nowhere)that Larry & Barbara hosted, on their recent journey. They mentioned their plan to release the book. It was thrilling to say the least and afterward had a chance to meet them and ask bike touring questions. We left for our trip in May 81 and did 4 months cycle touring, and other travel, returning in January 1982. We later heard that Barbara was killed and I recall the sadness and irony of it all. But I forgot about the book! That is until January 2015 when my neighbor told me about this amazing bike touring book he read (and had)about this couple who rode around the world, and it hit me like a ton of bricks! He loaned it to me and I finished the book recently. It was such a wonderful read. Barbara was a truly gifter writer. I learned that I visited many of the same places they did while bike touring in Europe and the US. I was hoping to locate Larry and relate this story and how meaningful it was to me. Jim Wasserman, Santa Cruznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-86942866085745234152015-01-13T11:26:45.988-08:002015-01-13T11:26:45.988-08:00Wonderful Larry left me pregnant at 16 to face a a...Wonderful Larry left me pregnant at 16 to face a abortion on my own. Barbara had she lived would have discovered what a creep he really is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-14379498234539634142014-03-11T04:15:03.761-07:002014-03-11T04:15:03.761-07:00I found Miles from Nowhere in a thrift store, yest...I found Miles from Nowhere in a thrift store, yesterday.I knew this book was special. I was shocked and sad to read of Barbara's death and I just started the book.This book is going to change me.<br />Ally, a lover of bikes,adventure and all things in nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585740.post-54609461685344461162011-02-10T08:15:52.410-08:002011-02-10T08:15:52.410-08:00This is both a beautiful, and very saddening post....This is both a beautiful, and very saddening post. May you never have to suffer what Larry has suffered.Jessica A. Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813007842584063423noreply@blogger.com