Rob Penn has a nice bike. His book starts off right away with a list of components that would make the initiated envious. His bike? It's totally 1%. There is a …
Lizard-leg husband exhausted by simple ride— wears tight cranky pants. When I first got to Japan, I thought it might be fun to write a haiku a day. I tried this and failed. …
A couple months before going to Japan, we went over for an evening of browsing travel books at Elliot Bay. Vic talked me out a big pile of things, but …
Lately, no matter what time I go to bed, I'm waking up at five am. I am a morning person, but this is driving me a bit crazy. I like …
With the recent cold snap, I wimped off my bike. Though it's my nature to be curious, I've only picked up a small pile of books about Japan for our …
Think of your life without it. Without that slab of outlaw time punctuating every pillow —without pillows. from Anne Carson's "Ode to Sleep" I didn't have much problem falling asleep despite sleeping in …
Ah! The trusty bicycle and a specially designed pair of shorts sown by mother to highlight the most beautiful buns in all of Cuba...Adios Muchachos, a pulp novel by Daniel …
Canada is as much of a refuge for you - as a Wisconsin lumber camp is for a lost virgin.Quick reads are a terrible thing on bike tour, as you …
Lurking on bicycle touring forums, it is obvious there's a spectrum of adventurers. There are those who will hop on their bikes with only the vaguest notion of a plan, …
Every trip to New York has an itinerary that quickly gets broken. With S&P gone back to Seattle and Al Di La closed for the holidays, the Christmas getaway never …
Never one to be able to keep the different species of dinosaurs straight, nor even sure what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur as opposed to just a very large lizard, …
