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Factors of Five
One of the side-effects of Cycle Oregon is that I’m in better cycling shape than I have been in quite some time. Riding 70+ miles per day for a week will do that. So, after a week of sitting around eating pizza and recuperating, I decided to tackle one of the bigger outdoor goals I’ve…
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The Calm After
I’m back from Cycle Oregon. 7 days, 518 miles, and some uncountable number of new friends and faces later. As you can see, the scenery was spectacular (pictures are one of the roads we rode on, and sunrise the morning of the 1st day, respectively). But more importantly, the people on the ride were just…
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The Calm Before the Calm
I’m leaving to go on a 7-day, 450 mile bike ride in about 4 hours. I haven’t packed yet; there is so much to do, but it will all happen soon enough. There is time for one last blog entry. It’s dark out this morning. The night sky is clear, yet here in Oregon magic…
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Ethiopian (Re)definition
There are vacations and then there are vacations. Most vacations are about simply hitting the [pause] button , drinking a few pina coladas, and then gently easing your way back into your normal 9-to-5 grind. However, every once in a while you get a vacation, a journey that dramatically changes the way you view the…
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On Dogs
I stumbled across this picture while cleaning up my computer desktop this morning. That’s Beastly, the dog I had when I was a kid. Unfortunately, that’s the only picture I have of him – scanned in from a small 4×6 print that sits on the filing cabinet behind me. I don’t actually look at the…