So this happened today: I was wearing the shirt above and a guy approached me in Costco: Guy (pointing at my shirt): You know, with so much anger in our society do you think that is the right message? Me (a little confused because I don’t know this asshole): The shirt is about being …
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New Years
I am meeting the New Year in the heart of one of our great southern National Forests—the Osceola. It is a combination of pine forests and cypress swamps. At sunset the woodpeckers started up and then as the sun went down the crickets started and now the owls are calling to each other. Alone, in …
Christmas Thoughts
Inevitably, I end up staying at RV campgrounds at some point on my bike trips. They often have “primitive” facilities for tent camping and will usually let me camp real cheap since I don’t need a car pad. They’re OK. While not in the most awesome places usually, they tend to have pretty good amenities—hot …
What I did on my summer vacation…
On my summer vacation I: … visited 7 National Parks and 24 State Parks; … rode through 15 State or National Forests; … read beside countless alpine rivers and streams; … was hosted 12 times by amazing people; … rode past dairies, vineyards, fruit and nut orchards, Christmas tree farms, wheat fields, oyster beds, and …
The Bears…
I was really fortunate to be able to spend the summer between my 1st and 2nd year in law school in Alaska studying environmental law and Native American law. It was one of the most incredible experiences in my life. When I went I brought my camping gear and my panniers and (knowing Alaska doesn’t …
The Battle Royale
There are times in your life when circumstances test your mettle and you find out who you are and what you are made off. It can be from facing many things: weather, terrain, a rough patch in life or, as history often captures, a monumental foe. It was this category, the monumental foe, that brought …
The Hissing Cobra Chicken
My encounter with the bane of the Erie Canal, the Canada Goose–better known as the Hissing Cobra Chicken. I was biking along the Erie Canal Tow Path listening to Pandora and just zoning out. I was drifting back and forth across the trail singing out loud (something I do when I am on bike trips …
Mule 