Safely tucked into the La Belle garage. That’s James’ red bike on the left, and Adela’s red, white, and blue bike front and center. I am safe and sound at the home of my dear friends, James and Adela. I pulled in about 7:30 and James and Adela fed me and took me to the …
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Day 5.19 Seattle, West: Kuskin & Bell
Julia and Joel I spent the entire day grading and then headed west, to Ballard, where my cousin Julia and her husband Joel live. Julia is my cousin. We don’t see each other too often, and we didn’t see much of each other growing up. Nevertheless, I don’t think I connect with anyone I know …
Day 4.18: Seattle, East
Two Bears, together JP and Susan have always struck me as ascetics. I should back up. JP runs a Salon—a monthly intellectual gathering—on Tech & Myth at CU Boulder. I have attended it for three years now. Tech & Myth started with the question “what myths do we tell about technology,” and proceeded into a …
Day 3.17: Challenges
Looking South toward Big Lagoon, CA At the top of Coal Creek Canyon, above Pinecliffe, CO, the road merges with the Peak-to-Peak Highway, and as it does, it slants against the turn, putting the rider at a somewhat awkward angle at the stop sign. Back in September, my rotator cuff surgery was months behind me, …
Day 2.16
Royal Tree Villas, South Legget, CA. Thompson owns the place. He has three big, rangy shepherd mixes, two roosters, and a hen. The matriarch, Tika, mother of the other two other shepherds, didn’t like me much. The bike or the phone or the gas smell tipped her off, and she almost ripped my head off. …
Day 1.15: Back on the Road
Sorry to leave Richelle and “La Casita,” as we call our little house, but ready to get on the road, I get out early enough. It’s a restart of the trip, a full nine days on the bike. Today’s Route: 210 out of Montrose-La Crescenta to the gas station on 2. The station is engulfed …
Making time.
Already at the intersection of 14 and 395, heading up to Lee Vining. It’ll be a short day!
Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day to all.
Day 14: Representations of the Human
René Magritte, The Treachery of Images, 1929 For my last day in LA, we headed over to LACMA for a walk through the modern art collection, as well as a peek in at the Ed Ruscha retrospective and the Simone Leigh show. Walks through galleries are often arbitrary—no theme connecting the standings works and the …
The Gear
This guy always travels with me and keeps watch. He’s been up and down America and across the Globe. I haven’t been ambushed yet! Packing up. I endeavor to pack light, but damn, it adds up. No rainsuit. A few pairs of undies and socks. An extra pair of jeans, three t-shirts, a swim suit, …
Onwards! 