I simply was not going to return to the store in Great Falls that I’d visited the afternoon before, even though it was just down the street a couple of blocks from the motel I’d stayed in the previous evening. … Continue reading →
Well, so much for yodeling. Just when I was starting to think I might be on to something, the crap hit the fan… It doesn’t seem like there are any shortcuts, or useful talismans, or simple solutions to anything… Things … Continue reading →
No place to be, no one to please, nobody to impress, nothing left to prove… so why not? Yeah, I’m on a major road trip to be sure, but… do I really have to ride every day? Do I really … Continue reading →
Well, the choice to wear the chaps worked out quite well. I enjoyed having them on for the first 50 miles or so, and that allowed my thoughts to be on things other than being cold! I’m riding along US … Continue reading →
And, I don’t think anybody can help me with this… I’m faced with a decision this morning: One that could have important consequences whichever way I choose… It’s a comfort thing, not some mechanical or health issue. But, being a … Continue reading →
Rain avoidance was to become as much of a planning tool as anything else for the next week or so… Dang, we all have ridden in it, and we all will again… Most of us, however, won’t do it intentionally, … Continue reading →
But is it beginning or continuing? Everything depends upon one’s perspective, I suppose. On the one hand, it began a couple of months ago, when I finally decided to just uproot ALI and me and radically overhaul our lives. Of … Continue reading →
August 1, 2016… The movers arrived and loaded all my furniture and other stuff… My Rubicon had been crossed… The next leg of my journey had been fully set in motion, and my new venue for ‘residency’ had come a … Continue reading →