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9/27/20 – Alaska Day 3 So far, so good.

9/27/20 – Alaska Day 3 So far, so good.  It was a glorious sunny day so I took off early riding the Chester Creek Trail, the Cambell Creek Trail, Moose Loop and back. Fortunately, today, there were no nasty ill-tempered

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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

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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

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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

John Patterson September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Electric Bike Tour, Equipment, Solar Energy 2 Comments Read more

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

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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.

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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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