1982: Moving Forward

Bonnie: 1982 was really a year of change for you. You were using a bicycle for transportation, attending lots of AA meetings and you started university classes. Tell me more about cycling since that played a part in your book.

Scott: I started riding the first of June. The first day I rode 2-1/2 miles and thought I was going to die! I threw myself on the field at Jefferson Park and cried. Really. I asked myself what in the world I had done spending my last $500 on this bike that I couldn't ride 2-1/2 miles without feeling exhausted.

I joined the Tacoma Wheelmen and because I was riding every day, by the end of the month I was able to ride 162 miles in two days to Kalaloch from Tacoma. I build callouses on by ass and from then on, it was easy.

Bonnie: In 1983, you'd begun writing, decided not to return to school, but to travel and learn more about yourself as a recovering alcoholic. Where did you start?

Scott: After spring semester, I wanted to get started on my foreign travels, but had to wait for my passport, so with my bike, I hopped a ferry to Victoria, Canada. I was there about ten days and because it's easy for me to meet people, I camped overnight with a guy in a beautiful forested area.

The trees were at least 120 feet high and there was no undergrowth. It was the closest to being in an outdoor cathedral I had ever experienced. It was deathly quiet except for birds. The sun shone through the branches in an ethereal way. I felt awakened spiritually, confirming for me that I was now seeing things through different eyes from how I'd seen them in the past.

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