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8/7/20 – Massachusetts to Maine

8/7/20 – Massachusetts to Maine Judy dropped me and Sunride in Salisbury, Massachusetts, the northeast corner of the State. We were told because of the high number of Covid cases some states, like Vermont, weren’t admitting travelers from The Bay

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8/4/20 – Chased by a Hurricane

8/4/20 – Chased by a Hurricane We left New York as early as we could the day Hurricane Isaias was to hit. We gathered our things, hooked up the trailer, and were out of there in a New York minute.

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8/3/20 – New York, NY

8/3/20 – New York, NY What a city! The first time I came here in 1971 thick clouds covered the city and only the top of the Empire State Building could be seen. When we arrived yesterday, it was clear

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8/1/20 – Brotherly Love and the New “Jersey Girls”

8/1/20 – Brotherly Love and the New “Jersey Girls” Last night we arrived on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, one of the great colonial cities of early America and a great business center today. My nephew-in-law,

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7/29/20 – Back to West Virginia and on to Delaware

7/29/20 – Back to West Virginia and on to Delaware  On the evening of July 28th I got a call from my publicist, Casey Colesworthy, that I had to be in Shepherdstown, West Virginia the next day at 11 a.m.

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7/27/20 – Sunride Goes to Washington D.C.

7/27/20 – Sunride Goes to Washington D.C. The highlight of the trip to D.C. was my meeting with Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley at the Capitol. (The audio in the clip above is muffled – here’s what I said: This is

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7/24/20 – Richmond to Williamsburg, Virginia

7/24/20 – Richmond to Williamsburg, Virginia We met Brad, a cycling enthusiast, at the campground in Natural Bridge, Virginia who recommended I take Sunride on the 52-mile jaunt from Richmond to Williamsburg.  “It’s a beautiful, mostly wooded trail through Virginia’s farm

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7/20/20 – Memory Lane – Kingsport, TN

7/20/20 –  Memory Lane – Kingsport, TN Today I find myself in Kingsport, Tennessee, where I was born, grew up, graduated from high school, and bolted. I’ve been back a dozen or more times over the years, most recently for my

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7/18/20 – A Case for the Judge in West Virginia

7/18/20 – A Case for the Judge in West Virginia The day began in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. I biked around town on a Greenway Trail that looped the city, then weighed other biking options with a helpful young woman named Neddie

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7/18/20 – Kentucky

7/18/20 – Kentucky  From base camp in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, deep in the Appalachia Mountain Range, I drove up the “Coal Heritage Highway” toward Kentucky. It was only 12 miles to the state line. I had planned to bike

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Recent Posts

  • 6/18/21 – Crater Lake, Oregon
  • 2/21/21 – Encore in San Francisco
  • 1/21/21 – Mahalo Hawaii
  • 1/20/21 – Inauguration Day, Reflections on America
  • The Sunride Top Ten Rides in America
  • 1/11/21 – Hawaii Day 5: A little help from my friends
  • 1/10/21 – Day 4: Tooling around the Island
  • 1/9/21 – Hawaii Day 3: Into the Volcano
  • 1/8/21 – Hawaii Day 2: Stung by a Jellyfish
  • 1/7/21 – Hawaii – Day 1
  • 11/22/20 – The Flag and Thanksgiving
  • Election 2020
  • 10/30/20 – Pretending Hawaii
  • 10/29/20 – Stymied in Seattle
  • 10/27/20 – Friends to the Rescue
  • 10/20/20 – Preparing for Hawaii, A Fox/Chicken Challenge
  • 10/2/20 – Footnote on Alaska
  • 10/1/20 – Last Day in Alaska
  • 9/30/20 – Chased by a Moose
  • 9/28/20 – Day 4 in Alaska Up Ship Creek
  • 9/27/20 – Alaska Day 3 So far, so good.
  • 9/26/20 – All Around Anchorage
  • 9/25/20 – Alaska Day 1
  • 9/24/20 – Next stop – Alaska
  • 9/8/20 – Welcome home!
  • 8/20/20 – The Final Four
  • Biker Joe Biden
  • 8/17/20 – Three state sweep
  • 8/14/20 – All work and some play
  • 8/13/20 – Sunride Takes a Spill in Vermont
  • 8/7/20 – Massachusetts to Maine
  • 8/4/20 – Chased by a Hurricane
  • 8/3/20 – New York, NY
  • 8/1/20 – Brotherly Love and the New “Jersey Girls”
  • 7/29/20 – Back to West Virginia and on to Delaware
  • 7/27/20 – Sunride Goes to Washington D.C.
  • 7/24/20 – Richmond to Williamsburg, Virginia
  • 7/20/20 – Memory Lane – Kingsport, TN
  • 7/18/20 – A Case for the Judge in West Virginia
  • 7/18/20 – Kentucky
  • 7/17/20 – Parnelli Patterson
  • 7/16/20 – The Carolinas
  • 7/11/20 – The Big Ride
  • 7/10/20 – Florida
  • 7/9/20 – New Orleans
  • 7/6-7/20 – Mississippi, Louisiana and Natchez Trace
  • 7/4/20 – Memphis
  • 7/3/20 – Tennessee
  • 7/2/20 – Arkansas
  • 7/1/20 – Reflections of Sunride 3
  • 6/29/20 – Koch Industries, Wichita, Kansas
  • 6/28/20 – Shot Down in Texas
  • 6/26/20 – Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico
  • 6/25/20 – Colorado Wind Turbines and Storms
  • 6/24/20 – Nebraska – Solo vs. Duo
  • 6/23/20 – Hot Springs, S.D. to Chadron, Nebraska
  • 6/22/20 – Rapid City, South Dakota
  • 6/21/20 – Montana, Wyoming
  • 6/20/20 – Medora, North Dakota
  • 6/17/20 – Sunride Chapter 3 Begins
  • 3/13/20 – Tesla Gigafactory, Nevada
  • 3/12/20 – Las Vegas
  • 3/6/20 – The Ride Around Lake Tahoe
  • 3/5/20 – The Paradise Fire of 2018
  • 3/4/20 – Paradise, California
  • 3/3/20 – Load Up Day
  • Chapter 2 – The Resumption
  • What an Adventure!
  • Hostile Hostel
  • Better Than A Horse
  • More About the Climate Strike of 9-20-19
  • 9/26/19 – Day 23 – Solar Power International Convention – Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 9/22/19 – Day 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Resting and Catching Up on Sunday
  • 9/22/19 – Day 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – More Tales of the Road – Entering Utah
  • 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 2 – Bruneau, ID
  • 9/21/19 – Day 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Tales of the Road Part 1 – Haines, Oregon
  • 9/20/19 – Day 17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Climate Strike Organized by Students!
  • 9/19/19 – Day 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – I Made It!
  • 9/17/19 – Day 14 – Malta, ID to Tremonton, UT – Triple Drat!

Book

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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