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Is it possible to keep yourself safe in bear country?

Let's find out!

Hello everybody!

We're going to jump right into our messenger bag here.

This week's message comes from John from Kent Connecticut.

I hike through Kent Connecticut in 2019. Nice little town.

I had pizza there. I spent about a half a day there. I had pizza and I had

the most delicious omelet. I can't remember the names of the places that I

stopped at unfortunately, but I remember there's this really cool

sculpture of a metal sculpture of a guy with a backpack on.

But anyway, to John's question, John asked this.

Papa Bear, you have spoken about how you got back into biking in 2020

during the pandemic after years of not biking much at all.

My wife and I are in our 50s and now find ourselves with some spare time with

the kids out of the house and her work loads slow and down.

We'd like to do more biking and possibly get into

bike touring eventually. Do you have any recommendations on how we can get

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