Author Archives: TouringTunes

About TouringTunes

Petunia is an 8-year old Jackapoo (Jack Russell-poodle mix) who has traveled across the United States on the back of her human's bicycle.... twice. She's also cross-country cycled from Busan to Seoul, South Korea. Petunia and her human currently reside in Montana.

You Are Here

Posted on September 7, 2016 by TouringTunes

As relieved as I was to be out of the plane already, Petunia was more than ready to relieve herself outdoors. Even so, she patiently waited in her carrier with her head sticking out of the top opening and posed … Continue reading →

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She’s Got a Ticket to Ride 

Posted on September 5, 2016 by TouringTunes

It’s hard to say whether I would have felt more serene today if I’d had longer to prepare for this moment, or if it would’ve just prolonged my state of being a welping, excitable basket case. The impulse to ride … Continue reading →

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The Northern Tier: A Puppydog Epilogue… and Our Next Journey Begins

Posted on March 20, 2016 by TouringTunes

Petunia is stretched out on the foot of the cozy bed in a little hotel in Savannah, Georgia tonight. She’s breathing peacefully, tipped belly-up, after another long day of playing with her soft little lamb squeaker, eating snacks and kibbles, … Continue reading →

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Drifting in from other towns…/ I love, I love this life

Posted on August 2, 2015 by TouringTunes

With a sense of deja vu, I headed toward the Mississippi River again, and this time heading due east after leaving my new friends in Minneapolis. To get back on the ACA route meant braking down and crawling up the … Continue reading →

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We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when…

Posted on July 25, 2015 by TouringTunes

Song of the day: Benny Goodman and his Orchestra with Peggy Lee- We’ll Meet Again.  I rode off from La Cresent with a set of hand-written cue sheets that host Knute had drawn up as an alternate route that would … Continue reading →

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