1/11/21 – Hawaii Day 5: A little help from my friends Nearly a week of just tooling around Honolulu, my sole battery that was pre-charged with solar energy from home was getting pretty low. I called Rolf at R &

1/10/21 – Day 4:  Tooling around the Island Honolulu is a great city for biking. Practically any place you ride around the city is bright and breezy, always the perfect temperature, always a pleasant ride. One of my favorite routes across

1/9/21 – Hawaii Day 3: Into the Volcano As I sat in the open air on the third-floor terrace of The Deck Restaurant, Diamond Head seemed right in my lap.  Knowing that I was looking at a three-million-year-old crater, I

1/8/21 – Hawaii Day 2: Stung by a Jellyfish I awoke refreshed from a great night’s sleep and headed straight for the beach as soon as the sun rose behind Diamond Head. The water was a perfect temperature, just slightly

1/7/21 – Hawaii – Day 1 We made it! Sunride and I finally made it to Hawaii!  The days leading up to the trip were full of anxiety, just like the last time when we tried and failed; but this time,

11/22/20 – The Flag and Thanksgiving I had several comments on the flags I attached to Sunride on election day.  My good friend Angus commented that all those flags reminded him of the bubba trucks running around. Maybe, but I will say my

10/30/20 – Pretending Hawaii When I woke up this morning, I should have been in Hawaii. The close but failed attempt left me at home. What’s an optimist to do? What I’d planned to do in Hawaii was: Ride my

10/29/20 – Stymied in Seattle Well, It turns out for me this day the fox ate the chicken. After executing my plan as perfectly as could be done, I was unable to board my flight from Seattle to Honolulu because