News & Updates

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Shelton: the man who put a date...