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9/26/19 – Day 23 – Solar Power International Convention – Salt Lake City, Utah

9/26/19 – Day 23 – Solar Power International Convention – Salt Lake City, Utah

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9/22/19 – Day 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Resting and Catching Up on Sunday

9/22/19 – Day 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Resting and Catching Up on Sunday Today I attended church services at the First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City. Sunride stayed outside catching a few rays. When I get

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9/22/19 – Day 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – More Tales of the Road – Entering Utah

9/22/19 – Day 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – More Tales of the Road – Entering Utah Snowville is the first town I came to in Utah. Named not for legendary snow falls but after an early pioneer, Mr.

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9/21/19 – Day 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Tales of the Road Part 3 – Caldwell, ID

9/21/19 – Day 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Tales of the Road Part 3 – Caldwell, ID This also happened on September 14th, earlier in the day. With spokes replaced and repaired, we set out from Caldwell the

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9/21/19 – Day 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Tales of the Road Part 2 – Bruneau, ID

9/21/19 – Day 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Tales of the Road Part 2 – Bruneau, ID This happened in Bruneau, ID on Saturday evening, September 14th.. Sunride took me 83 miles today. Arriving in town I came up

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9/21/19 – Day 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Tales of the Road Part 1 – Haines, Oregon

9/21/19 – Day 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Tales of the Road Part 1 – Haines, Oregon Today I’ve had a minute to write a couple of my experiences. Sunday 9/8/19 Haines, Oregon I drifted into the tiny

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9/20/19 – Day 17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Climate Strike Organized by Students!

9/20/19 – Day 17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Climate Strike Organized by Students! Sunride attended Salt Lake’s Climate Strike, part of strikes held around the word and inspired by a 16 year old student from Sweden. Our children

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9/19/19 – Day 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – I Made It!

9/19/19 – Day 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – I Made It! I’ve just arrived to my ultimate destination for this leg of my journey – Salt Lake City, UT!

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9/17/19 – Day 14 – Malta, ID to Tremonton, UT – Triple Drat!

9/17/19 – Day 14 – Malta, ID to Tremonton, UT – Triple Drat! Well, I made it to Tremonton; but it wasn’t easy. After pulling up to a traveler’s service station in Snowville, Utah, where a delightful young woman named

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9/17/19 – Day 14 – Malta, ID to Tremonton, UT – Double Drat! Another Flat!

9/17/19 – Day 14 – Malta, ID to Tremonton, UT – Double Drat! Another Flat! With the big storm past and a good night’s sleep, I got an early start out of Malta. Within an hour or so I crossed

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Read about global warming and ways you can reduce your carbon footprint in my book, Footprint: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Extinction

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I present at conferences in America, China, South America and other countries on solar energy, global warming, electric vehicles, and reducing your carbon footprint. To learn more go to my speaker’s website.

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My Sol-Reliant solar water heating system has been installed all over the world. Order kits from the Sol-Reliant website.

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