Conquering the Borderlands
A Southern Tier Journal: San Diego to St. Augustine by Bicycle
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I’ll call him our Ghost of Globe, after Jack Kerouac’s Ghost of the Susquehanna. In On the Road, Kerouac wrote about a ghost/man who emerged one night from a dark corner near the
The Ghost of Globe, a wanderer seemingly beset by the scars of past conflict, was indeed in a fitting place. For the next fifty miles, we’ll be riding across the 1.8 million acre San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, one of the nation’s poorest. The Apache were the last tribe to lay down arms, but they could not escape the reservation system or its deprivations. Sixty percent of its nine thousand Apa
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In terms of
The Southern Tier route intersects the paths of Spanish conquistadors, stagecoach routes, and cattle drives, all of which come alive in the pages of this book. A ferry across the
On a personal level, the author describes the rigors of the trip and the anxieties that spring from attempting a cross-country ride nearly forty years after the goal first captured her imagination. The author coined the term “chronological borderlands” for that stage in life when professional and family responsibilities have been met, and deferred dreams spring to life with a renewed sense of possibility, coupled with apprehension that physical limits may be closing the door.
The books is not intended to replace travel guides and maps, but to serve as a valuable companion piece that can further enrich the experience of Southern Tier travel – by bicycle, car or armchair.
About the Author
Lorraine Veisz drew upon her experiences during a 3,160 mile bicycle ride from San Diego to Saint Augustine, her university studies and life-long interest in Spanish language and history, and nearly two years of research following her cross-country journey, to write "Conquering the Borderlands." Lorraine's background enabled her to combine source material from both Spanish and English language archives with her personal observations. Having finished this project, Lorraine is about to pack her folding bike aboard the sailboat she and her husband own, to seek new adventures on sea and on land.