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
10/27/20 – Friends to the Rescue
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
10/20/20 – Preparing for Hawaii, A Fox/Chicken Challenge
10/20/20 – Preparing for Hawaii, A Fox/Chicken Challenge It turns out getting myself and Sunride to Hawaii ahead of the November 3rdPresidential election is a bit of a challenge. First, up until October 15th, the state of Hawaii had a 14-day
10/1/20 – Last Day in Alaska
10/1/20 – Last Day in Alaska Well, we did it: reached 100 miles as my battery gauge went to one bar. I left just enough, I think, to get to the airport, rent the mini-van, drive back to the hotel,
9/30/20 – Chased by a Moose
9/30/20 – Chased by a Moose Today started off easily and peacefully enough. After that crazy Presidential debate last night I slept in till 9 a.m., then went across the street to Kriner’s for my favorite breakfast. I’ve become a
9/28/20 – Day 4 in Alaska Up Ship Creek
9/28/20 – Day 4 in Alaska Up Ship Creek Today I rode Chester Creek Trail to the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail past downtown Anchorage to Ship Creek Trail. I don’t know why it’s called Ship Creek, it’s hardly navigable, but
9/26/20 – All Around Anchorage
9/26/20 – All Around Anchorage Day 2 in Alaska was spent riding the bike trails around the city of Anchorage. Few places capture the outdoors within the city like Anchorage. While riding the Coastal Trail one doesn’t even know there
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
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.