He Keeps Piling Up the Miles ; Andrew Hopson Bicycled North America, Is Heading to Europe and Envisions a Journey in South America.

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Seated in the dentist's chair recently having his wisdom teeth removed, Andrew Hopson turned his thoughts away from the surgery and toward the Canadian Maritimes. Toward the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. Toward fascinating people he met during his solo trip around North America by bicycle. Hopson's 2004 expedition did more than put 13,000 miles on the odometer of his custom-built, steel-framed bike. It also "provides you with a lot of nice thoughts when you're in a situation you don't want to be in," he said.

Now he's off on another adventure.

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He Keeps Piling Up the Miles ; Andrew Hopson Bicycled North America, Is Heading to Europe and Envisions a Journey in South America.

Having conquered North America, Hopson, an occasional resident of Portland, has embarked on a 25-nation tour of Europe. Tracing with his finger the outline of Scandinavia's Gulf of Bothnia, Hopson said: "I'm thinking 8...

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