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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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9/16/19 – Day 13 – Malta, ID – The Big Storm

9/16/19 – Day 13 – Malta, ID – The Big Storm Today was cut short by high winds near Malta. The skies were darkening and high-speed raindrops pelted me in the face as I inched forward under full power but

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9/15/19 – Day 12 – Scenes Along Idaho Roads

9/15/19 – Day 12 – Scenes Along Idaho Roads

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9/13/19 – Day 10 – Boise, ID – Solar Cooker

9/13/19 – Day 10 – Boise, ID – Solar Cooker Still waiting for my replacement bike spokes to arrive from Seattle. I’m enjoying a nice cup of hot Jasmine tea that I made in my portable solar cooker. The video

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9/12/19 – Day 9 – Boise, ID – Perils of the Road

9/12/19 – Day 9 – Boise, ID – Perils of the Road As I wait for the replacement spokes from my damaged tire to arrive, I’ll reflect on the perils of the road. Without question and by far the biggest

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9/10/19 – Day 7 – Caldwell, ID – How I Pack My Supplies

9/10/19 – Day 7 – Caldwell, ID – How I Pack My Supplies Today I’m waiting for new spokes to arrive from Seattle. The bike shop in Meridian, ID repaired my flat tire, putting a liner in that will protect

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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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