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What an Adventure!

First things first. I’ve been told that some comments people made did not get posted on the blog. My apologies for this technical glitch, which I believe has been fixed. Your comments, encouragement, and ideas are greatly appreciated.   What

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Hostile Hostel

I rode down the avenues of Salt Lake City to my “F” Street destination. Large stately mansions lined the streets on the way. Just a mile from the Convention Center, this hostel would be a great location for my week

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Better Than A Horse

As I passed along the Oregon Trail, where you can still see covered wagon tracks in some places, I had the sensation of what it might have felt like to journey across country in that manner. The speed was slow.

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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

Today I attended church services at the First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City. Sunride stayed outside catching a few rays. When I get up in the morning I pack Sunride for the day’s journey. This photo shows my tent,

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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. Snow. There’s also a town named after Mr. Dewey called, not surprisingly, Deweyville. Arriving in Tremonton, I checked

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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 town of Haines, Oregon, found a picnic table in a parking lot next to the Frontier Saloon, chained my

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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 are the ones who will suffer the consequences from our primitive use of fossil fuel

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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!

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 “Dem” helped me, I noticed that my repaired rear tire was losing air.

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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

Speaker

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.

Solar

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

Contact

If you’d like me to speak in your state during my USA electric bike tour, please contact me.

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