10/27/20 – Friends to the Rescue The first piece of the fox/chicken was finding someone in Seattle to drop off me and Sunride at SeaTac Airport. The first person I asked was my friend Eric Hess, a solar architect I’d done
10/2/20 – Footnote on Alaska
10/2/20 – Footnote on Alaska I made it to the airport on my bike with the battery status meter blinking, the same indication as “reserve” on your gas gauge. I rented a mini-van, took the bike back to the Sockeye
9/25/20 – Alaska Day 1
9/25/20 Alaska Day 1 I woke up and spent half the morning unloading my bike from the van, uncrating it in my room, and reassembling it for riding. I asked the guy at the front desk where I could get
9/24/20 – Next stop – Alaska
9/24/20 – Next stop – Alaska For getting to Alaska I had planned to take the Ferry from Seattle up to Juneau. This I had done 48 years earlier with my good friend Roger when we were Coke spies. We
9/8/20 – Welcome home!
9/8/20 – Welcome home! After riding in Iowa, my 48th state, we began our leisurely trip home. There were things to see on the way home, like buffalo in Yellowstone, and mountain goats, deer, and moose in Glacier. Although I
8/20/20 – The Final Four
8/20/20 – The Final Four The evening of August 19thwe pulled into the campsite near the town of Rockford in Northern Illinois. It had been a long drive so I elected to wait till the next morning to do my biking.
Biker Joe Biden
Biker Joe Biden A few days ago as the nation eagerly awaited the announcement of Joe Biden’s nominee for Vice-President I happened to see a familiar scene on the evening news. Reporters were gathered at a biking trailhead in Wilmington,
8/17/20 – Three state sweep
8/17/20 – Three state sweep By now, after two months on the road, Judy has gotten quite good at plotting an efficient course for us. She booked us into a KOA Campground in Angola, Indiana, twelve miles from the Ohio
8/14/20 – All work and some play
8/14/20 – All work and some play I love the expression, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” I used it once on my dad when I brought home an 8thgrade report card with straight “D’s.” I kind of went
8/13/20 – Sunride Takes a Spill in Vermont
8/13/20 – Sunride Takes a Spill in Vermont Mid-day I rode on both sides of the Connecticut River dividing New Hampshire and Vermont. I stopped at a Cambodian restaurant for a light take-out lunch, put Sunride up on the center