Re: Doug-style touring

Doug is the only cycle tourist I've known of who frequently free-camps 
with homeless people.  He's part of that culture, since he lives in a 
burned-out motor home for much of the year in Fort Bragg, California.

When touring, my only frequent interaction with homeless people has been 
at hiker/biker campsites on the California coast.  But very few touring 
cyclists think of themselves as homeless, or as part of the homeless 
culture.

I would like to meet him someday.  But I think it would be difficult to 
tour with Doug because his attitude and heavy load are so different from 
what most of us do.

Wayne Estes
Oakland, Oregon, USA