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THE REDNECK CHEERS I reached Vermont this morning just before a storm. I slept under a pavilion next to the Dogtown Saloon in New Yor...

NIAGARA FALLS  I reached Niagara Fall New York. I rode the Erie Canal until it got boring about seventy miles.  I rode a while w...

COUNTRY SMELLS The breeze  was humid but cool. The birds chirped in several languages, the air was fresh but lightly manure scented. The b...

TIME FOR A  NECESSARY  BREAK After 36 days or more on the road, I have developed the art of being discreet with some necessary bodily...

THIS MUST HAVE A STORY An abandoned tree house in Iowa, I wish I knew it's story. 

A WELCOME STOP WITH AN OLD FRIEND This is John, one of my greatest friends. I knew him in Ohio, then he moved to Arizona where I later ...

A DAY OFF OF THE BIKE This as an old trolley car  from  Chicago . I hope to ride one of these at a local museum later today. I have been ...

NIGHT AT THE RACES I reached Chicago Friday afternoon. I slept in a real bed and used inside plumbing at an old friends home. John and...

MAKING PEACE WITH THE VOICES I have had just about enough solitude. I'm again bonded enough to communicate with cattle. My MP3 player b...

MORNING FROST I like this picture now that I'm warm, it was a cold morning in Utah.

SHOP LOCAL 700 miles and no Walmart , now that's country. The only store for thirty miles was owned by a young couple who also farmed ne...

YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND HOW THIS TASTES Heavy fuel for Highway 50, the loneliest highway through Nevada. I have an all new concept of BIG. T...

NO ONE CAN SEE YOU PUSH IT The mountain passes were still white and cold. At 7000 ft and over you feel it. No matter how conditioned you ar...

HAVING THE RIGHT GEAR A cold night in a free off road Utah campsite near Bryce Canyon. The smell of Sage brush and sub freezing temperatures...

BACK TO CIVILIZATION The motel selection is slim to none, but $59 is beyond my price range. I'll camp tonight then make Omaha tomorrow ...

CRACKED WATER BOTTLE Utah near Bryce Canyon last night it was 17 degrees over night in the higher altitudes. I will be on the road early ...

FELLOW TRAVELERS I bumped into these guys back in Davis California. We had no idea we would meet again. We camped together twice in Nevada....

FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH HELPFUL STRANGERS I'm in California waiting for the snow in Mormon Pass to melt.   A wonderful couple stopped m...

WINTER COMES TO THE PUGET SOUND I stayed with these people on the way north. Winter came and they sent these photos. They were taken f...

This is where I sit and post, well I wish. This is a beautiful home in Washington, I was fortunate to be invited in.