Monday, June 22, 2015

I was in the newspaper!

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I forgot to tell anyone about this, but they ran an article in the Wheaton Record (school newspaper) that they quoted me in. Check it out! ...
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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Finally, a house

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After a lot of sweat and uncertainty, we were finally able to close on our house late last week!  Conveniently, I had to head down to...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Mountain Climber Jr.

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Levi gets a brief lesson in climbing walls and mountains. One of the things he likes to do is stand up and hold himself on the backyard fenc...
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Sunday, June 14, 2015

A Sampling of Colorado

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I traveled out to Colorado after the Chicago to New York cycling trip to attend my good friend Hunter's wedding. He and his wife Lindsa...
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Sunday, June 07, 2015

The end of the road map

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Added the last leg of the journey to the kitchen wall map
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WE MADE IT

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Saturday, June 06, 2015

Day Twelve, Day's End

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Day Twelve, Day's End: a great one. We made it 20 miles through some of the most beautiful hills I've ever seen through northern New...
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Day 12

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It's been an incredible and eventful past couple of days. A good friend from Wheaton of mine once said "you don't walk into hea...
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Thursday, June 04, 2015

Day 10

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Good day. Took the train from Rochester to Albany to avoid mountains, which are apparently huge in New York. Made about 30 miles after the t...
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Progress shown after the cheating train ride

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The dotted line shows the cheating train ride.  I'll let others make the judgement call on this, I will not judge.

Day....10?

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Road 70 miles yesterday to Rochester and set up camp in Genesee Valley State Park. After camping out there for the night, we woke up this mo...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Day Eight, or the day of rest

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We took today to relax, hang out, and rejuvenate our bodies before the final push to New York City tomorrow. We did a little sightseeing and...
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My Part in the journey

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So as a retired old fart, my only part is to put this map on the kitchen wall and mark off the progress each day.  It takes a lot of effor...
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Monday, June 01, 2015

Day Seven Part Two

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Day Seven's End: Reece and I abandoned all conventional travel plans and decided to just start walking through the forest hoping so...
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Day Seven

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Day Seven: heavy rains and everyone winds yesterday slowed progress to a grinding halt. We trekked not even 20 miles through torrential rain...
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Day Five

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Day Five of the Great Bicycle Journey to the New York City: Phenomenal day. Reece and I trekked some 101.42 miles all over Ontario, pounding...
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Make Way for Ducklings!

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We added four to the Barnhart family this week when we picked up some suckling ducklings.  We picked two Rouen , which look similar to Mal...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

Day Four

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No picture for today. Long day, tough day. Started out by Ypslanti and biked north through parts of Detroit up about ten miles outside of a ...
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And it comes to an end...

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I was in a bit of a somber mood this morning, and decided to take a walk through a lovely cemetery near my apartment here in Seattle. The su...
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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Day Three

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Day Three of the Great Bike Trip to NYC: A long, good, hard day. Only one flat today, and it was mine. A patch later, we were good to go. Al...
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