6/25/20 – Colorado Wind Turbines and Storms Driving from Sterling, Colorado south along the border with Kansas we saw thousands of wind turbines. I am always enchanted by these powerful beauties. In places they were very near the road,
6/24/20 – Nebraska – Solo vs. Duo
6/24/20 – Nebraska – Solo vs. Duo The first thousand miles of Sunride I rode solo. I enjoyed the solitude of spending the day with my thoughts, communing with nature one on one, and delighting in the chance meeting of
6/23/20 – Hot Springs, S.D. to Chadron, Nebraska
6/23/20 Hot Springs, S.D. to Chadron, Nebraska We left Rapid City early and drove to Hot Springs, South Dakota to see the largest collection of Mammoth remains ever found. What happened 140,000 years ago was that a bunch of male
6/21/20 – Montana, Wyoming
6/21/20 – Montana, Wyoming Father’s Day and the longest day of the year started in southeast Montana. The Big Sky was full of clouds – big, thick, fluffy clouds that occasionally let the relentless sun break through, but only for
6/20/20 – Medora, North Dakota
6/20/20 – Medora, North Dakota Spent the day today in Medora, N.D. where Theodore Roosevelt had a ranch and spent his time healing from the death of his wife and mother who both died on the same day. It was
6/17/20 – Sunride Chapter 3 Begins
6/17/20 – Sunride Chapter 3 Begins For weeks now after I was turned away at the Tesla gigafactory because of the Corona virus I’ve been racking my brain how to continue the quest of riding my solar powered electric bike
3/13/20 – Tesla Gigafactory, Nevada
3/13/20 – Tesla Gigafactory, Nevada Driving through the night and sleeping only at rest stops I arrived outside at the exit near Sparks, Nevada where my “Mecca,” the Tesla Gigafactory, was located. It seemed odd to me that the freeway
3/6/20 – The Ride Around Lake Tahoe
My goal was to be in South Lake Tahoe at 7 a.m. the next morning. Sure enough I arrived on time. I checked my bicycle tires and filled them within two pounds of the maximum allowable air pressure. I would
3/4/20 – Paradise, California
3/4/20 – Paradise, California I pulled out of my shop in Portland mid-day on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. My thought was to drive part of the way that day; but, I felt great and ended up driving through the night
3/3/20 – Load Up Day
3/3/20 – Load Up Day Load up day went remarkably well. I put everything I could for the Sol-Reliant installation behind the seat, in the seat and on the floorboard of the passenger side: tools, 30-watt photovoltaic module, containers for