Travel

700 Ft

September 10, 2008

For all of my faithful readers . . . here is a video. I have never posted a video before, but this one is different. I took it. You are invited to take a journey with me, down a very long and very steep hill. As best as could be determined from a topographical map, [...]

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A Tale of Two Bikes

April 7, 2007

I ride my bike three times a week, every week, all year. I don’t even stop for the winter. It is my way of getting some fresh air and exercise. I enjoy the outdoors, and three weekly trips is my minimum time for enjoying nature. Unless I’m going on one of my occasional extended jaunts, [...]

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Grippen Hill And Beyond

November 19, 2006

I enjoy taking long bicycle rides. But I very rarely take them because the responsibilities of life get in the way. It is a frivolity of time that I can’t justify and so rarely indulge. Usually once a year (I wish it were more) I find myself on my bike heading to parts unknown. Since [...]

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Back Home

April 12, 2005

On Monday Titi and I returned from a week away. The 4th saw us going down to New Jersey to help our Grandma and Grandpa O prepare for moving at the end of May. That’s a long time away, you might say. But they have a lot of preparing they need to do. For a [...]

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Double-Header

July 21, 2004

This past 4th of July weekend we had two family gatherings to attend. Traveling, as a large family, to make two different gatherings in the space of two days is a bit of insanity but I guess we were motivated by a bit of guilt. The one gathering was on the way back from the [...]

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The Endless Mountains

June 24, 2004

The last weekend in May I went down to the Pennsylvania Endless Mountains region. The purpose of my trip was to care for my uncle’s animals while he and family were away for a wedding over the weekend. When I go on trips I have two habits. The first is to over-pack. I take more [...]

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Across The River

May 10, 2004

The weekend before last I had a chance to take my bike and go exploring. Exploring is the right word. Previously I wrote about how I enjoy riding in hilly land and discovering what is beyond the horizon and on the other side of every hill. But there is another, slightly different, and somewhat overlapping, [...]

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The Map

May 10, 2004

For my Dad’s last birthday my Mom bought him a topographical map that was custom made with our house in the center of the map. In his youth my father liked to go hiking, and had an interest in maps. I think he still might have a collection of old topographical maps rolled up in [...]

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On The Road

November 5, 2003

This past weekend I did some traveling. I left home Friday evening and came home Saturday night. I went to bed very late Friday night, and got up early Saturday morning. So, I left for a 2 1/2 hour journey home, after dark, alone, tired, and with the beginnings of a headache. As I got [...]

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