10/29/20 – Stymied in Seattle Well, It turns out for me this day the fox ate the chicken. After executing my plan as perfectly as could be done, I was unable to board my flight from Seattle to Honolulu because
10/27/20 – Friends to the Rescue
10/27/20 – Friends to the Rescue The first piece of the fox/chicken was finding someone in Seattle to drop off me and Sunride at SeaTac Airport. The first person I asked was my friend Eric Hess, a solar architect I’d done
10/20/20 – Preparing for Hawaii, A Fox/Chicken Challenge
10/20/20 – Preparing for Hawaii, A Fox/Chicken Challenge It turns out getting myself and Sunride to Hawaii ahead of the November 3rdPresidential election is a bit of a challenge. First, up until October 15th, the state of Hawaii had a 14-day
10/2/20 – Footnote on Alaska
10/2/20 – Footnote on Alaska I made it to the airport on my bike with the battery status meter blinking, the same indication as “reserve” on your gas gauge. I rented a mini-van, took the bike back to the Sockeye
10/1/20 – Last Day in Alaska
10/1/20 – Last Day in Alaska Well, we did it: reached 100 miles as my battery gauge went to one bar. I left just enough, I think, to get to the airport, rent the mini-van, drive back to the hotel,
9/30/20 – Chased by a Moose
9/30/20 – Chased by a Moose Today started off easily and peacefully enough. After that crazy Presidential debate last night I slept in till 9 a.m., then went across the street to Kriner’s for my favorite breakfast. I’ve become a
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
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
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
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