Archive for May, 2009
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009Our recent trip through the Carrizo Plain really taught us some great lessons for some situations we’ll be facing in the future. One of them, was how to carry A LOT of water. I did a post on the several ways we carried water on our recent trip on my other blog, but [...]
Ready for the big one…
Saturday, May 30th, 2009We’re back in Long Beach after the “preview trip” - and I think it’s safe to say that we’re more convinced than ever that we’re ready for the BIG trip.
We rode through the Carrizo Plain, along the San Andreas Fault, which is one of the most remote places in California. We summited [...]
Some snaps from the ride…
Friday, May 29th, 2009Laura and I rolled into town a few hours ago. I downloaded the photos I took from our trip through Carrizo Plain and the Sespe Wilderness. In a word, the ride was “epic.” The route was planned by our friend Chris an experienced tourist and he brought us out to some of [...]
Updating from Paso Robles
Sunday, May 24th, 2009I’m updating from the Amsterdam Coffee House in Paso Robles. Just opened. Nice interior. You should visit.
Laura and I are doing well. The ride out from SLO to Morro Bay to Paso Robles was beautiful and really lived up to our memories from last year. The trip didn’t [...]
The Preview Trip
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Like Russ posted the other day, we’re leaving town tomorrow (Wednesday) for a week and a half of cycling fun around Central California. (Train to San Luis Obispo, out to Morro Bay for a night, up to Paso Robles for the Great Western Bicycle Rally, then east through the Carrizzo Plain, and finally dropping [...]
1st Mobile Post!
Monday, May 18th, 2009Ok, not exactly blogging from anywhere exotic (the livingroom), but testing out the WP app for the iPod touch! Now only if I could take photos too. Darn.
After some messing around with the iPod Touch, the virtual keyboard really blows for typing anything more than a tweet, so I’ve added a twitter feed that shows [...]
Goodbye Silkscreen machine…
Monday, May 18th, 2009I had a short passionate affair with silkscreening. It was a natural evolution from when I was working as a graphic designer. I’d always have brilliant ideas that I wanted to turn into t-shirts that I just knew would be my path to millions.
I had fun. The millions never appeared : ) [...]
Testing the load…
Sunday, May 17th, 2009Laura and I have done several S24Os and short mini-tours so we typically know what to pack. I can usually pack in about an hour and be out the door and if I forget something, no big deal. We’ll be back in a day or two. However, for a longer trip everything [...]
Always carry zip ties…
Saturday, May 16th, 2009Laura and I are getting ready for a middle length tour next week in Paso Robles for the Great Western Bike Rally. Just before leaving for a trip, I always start compulsively looking at Crazy Guy on a Bike, a website that is a collection of bicycle touring diaries.
I found a particularly [...]
Meet Eeyore
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009Because there is a story behind almost everything we own - Meet Eeyore…
Eeyore has always held a special place in my heart. He was always my favorite character from the Christopher Robin books, which my mom read to me when I was a kid. And when I was in 8th grade, I was [...]
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