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THE STRAIGHT STORY by David Lynch This is a quirky story about a man taking an epic journey using an unusual form of transportation, sound f...

MISTER EISENHOWER When I was in middle school I was part of a new progressive experiment one genius idea was "New Math" so I am ha...

The things you look at, do you really see them?   Wesley Hanna This man was born in 1900 and died in 1985, he is still alive in my mind and ...

 A Walk Across America  by Peter Jenkins This book is about a modern day man walking from coast to coast across America. I know over the cen...

THEN CAME BRONSON  Micheal Parks in 1969 starred in a TV show that impacted me profoundly. A young guy setting out on a motorcycle with the ...

Why would a grown man want to ride a heavy bicycle across America? I have tried to understand my wondering need for a very long time. I gr...

 LET THERE BE FRONT LIGHT   I have had this light for years it is an Urban Light & Motion 700 Lumen rechargeable head light. This thing ...

LET THERE BE REAR LIGHT    I have a particular pet peeve about tail lights. There are dozens of types and styles that range from $10 and up....

                                                               NEWEST TOY   My new Garmin GPS choice is different this time. I had the 60 se...

25 YEARS AGO THIS WAS THE STATE OF THE ART  This is my piece of old school technology, a CATEYE CC-AT-100. It came on the market in 1995 for...

This is the surgeon that performed my recent full right knee replacement. My right femur was broken in a car accident 50 years ago. It was a...

My Basic Kitchen (left rear pannier)  My kitchen is very basic. I love coffee, let me rephrase that I NEED coffee, strong black drip coffee....

  NEW ELECTRONIC UPDATE 1. Garmin 35 Touch GPS with City Navagater and North America Topo maps 2. Garmin Inreach Mini satellite text and SOS...

AUGUST 5, 1990   The reason I have had the oppertunity to have these bicycle adventures stems from one event in my life. August 5, 1990 I go...

COOLEST JOB EVER In Hawaii I was a cab driver, I think it was the most fun job I have ever had. Even on slow days I couldn't bitch I was...

FOUR YEARS IN PARADISE   Here is a more recent photo of me on my boat in Hawaii.  My bicycle trip plans are not set yet, I am hoping to use ...

IT'S ALIVE!  Well here I sit healing up after knee replacement surgery. I am in Bend Oregon by way of Captain Cook Hawaii and San Franci...

Time to upgrade Walter with new bar tape, lights and a new GPS.  Well it was time to leave the Big Island of Hawaii. The smoke an...

THE ONE CONSTANT IN MY LIFE IS THIS BICYCLE Walter is out of the storage unit and siting in the extra bedroom. Time has made a few plasti...

R.I.P. Well the pacific ocean finally got my Garmin GPS. I traveled across America twice with it mounted to my handlebars. My old one o...