Hey, Just Ride 81: Coming home
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final in a series of my bike ride from San Francisco to Carlsbad.
Morning sunlight cast a soothing, comforting glow upon downtown Santa Barbara…
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Hey, Just Ride 80: Miles fly by
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of my bike ride from San Francisco to Carlsbad.
A full moon neared dipping behind the Western horizon, lighting up the…
TCI Friday – Camaraderie
It’s an endless debate these days over what happened to cycling camaraderie, when passing bike riders acknowledged each other either with gestures like a wave or nod of the…
Hey, Just Ride 79: The people you meet
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a series of my bike ride from San Francisco to Carlsbad.
The true essence of cycling, like life, lies in discovery. The first bike…
TCI Friday – Trail Etiquette
Out on a mountain bike trail in the middle of the woods, the peaceful calming elements of nature draw me into another world, where my senses appear to be on overdrive soaking…
Hey, Just Ride 78: The calm
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of my bike ride from San Francisco to Carlsbad.
There was finally movement in the Pace Arrow, the motorhome that would be our…
Hey, Just Ride 77: An adventure begins
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of my bike ride from San Francisco to Carlsbad.
A hazy fog blanketed San Francisco Bay in a comforting, not smothering way,…
Hey, Just Ride 76: I choose nature
Enjoying a crackling campfire waiting for the mid-July sun to set as the 9 o’clock hour slowly ticks on I’m reminded that we make our world what we want it to be.
We’re…
Hey, Just Ride 75: Grand Targhee
Just maybe seeing the backside of the majestic Grand Tetons for the first time sparked the delightful feeling that buzzed inside my head, or possibly the altitude of Fred’s…
Hey, Just Ride 74: That doggone fitness
Chugging up the gentle railroad grade of my latest favorite rail-trail at a rather brisk pace, I slow to cross a wooden trestle over the quiet highway to encounter three kids…