Baker celebrating after reaching the Pacific Ocean after five months. (Photo supplied by Pattie Baker) Bicyclist Pattie Baker is a familiar sight as she tools around Dunwoody with a rainbow-colored rubber duck on her handlebar and a pool noodle on the back of her rig to ensure a safe distance for oncoming and passing vehicles.
Baker not only has used her bicycle as her primary mode of transportation in Dunwoody, but around the world.
Her latest book, “ Round America with a Duck ,” chronicles her five-month, 10,000 mile trip across the United States on her foldable bike. She traveled between cities using public transit and used her bike while exploring the area around each stop.
Baker’s book begins when she left on a foggy morning March 20, 2023 from an Atlanta bus terminal with her bike, 60-liter backpack, and a sack of clementine oranges and ended 165 days later, fittingly, on a midnight train to Georgia.
One of her goals was to spend as little money as possible on the trip, and she managed to limit her average daily expenses to $20 a day using the WWOOFing work/live method.
Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) , according to its website, “links visitors with organic farmers, promotes an educational and cultural exchange and builds a global community conscious of ecological farming practices.”
Travelers exchange 20 to 30 hours of work at the farms for food, lodging and education. During her trip, Baker’s stops included a llama and lavender farm in California, a Hare Krishna […]
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