by admin | Jul 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
We had check-in at 9am. While getting stuff, we also check in stuff. (Reference George Carlin’s take on “Stuff.”) It’s really a nerve racking time because of all the anticipation. Self-doubt creeps in like an order. You don’t know it’s there until…IT’S THERE! If...
by admin | Jul 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Home. This is the longest period in the past few days or for the next four weeks, I will have been in the same place for more than one night. Two over nights. Whew! I got a chance to unpack…a bit. Washington state is interesting. If southeast Utah is a giant box of...
by admin | Jul 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Lance Shelton, my bike buddy, is driving the mountain alleys as the sun rises behind us, as if a giant bedroom shade is being lifted across the sweep of pasture and craggy ridges. There’s beauty on the banks of Black Canyon reflecting the rock centurions that guarded...
by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have thought about, read about, asked about, and talked about this ride for almost as long as I can remember. There’s the anticipation of Christmas, the excitement of one’s birthday, the worries of starting a new job, and the nervousness at the feeling of not having...
by admin | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Ride of Silence Founder Cross-Country Trip Starts in Everett July 6 By Barb Chamberlain | Published June 17, 2013 The founder of the worldwide Ride of Silence will be crossing the United States between July 6 and Aug 8. Chris Phelan...
by admin | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
CROOKED TAN LINES (CLT) 1. Thank you’s If all goes well, this will end the same way it starts..with thank you’s. God Janalou: wife, friend, life partner; “Particular and Peculiar!” “Eat and Run!” Cool. Mom and dad: memories… Lance...