(With apologies to Queen) I want to ride my icicle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my icicle I want to ride it where I like What an exciting commute home! I peeled away from work around 5pm. There was a light fluffy drizzle in the Factoria area, but nothing was […]
Although I wrote down pages of personal observations after each day’s ride, I’m at a loss for what to write about the entire Ride Around Washington. The word “Wow” comes to mind. After resting, showering and doing laundry Saturday, I feel great. If reality wasn’t a factor, I could have easily gotten back on the
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Last Thursday, after dissecting the booth and sending it back to the mother ship, I planned to spend the morning biking. I headed west along Wilshire. Crossing under I-405 was nerve-wracking for the expected reasons. As soon as I could, I jumped over to a (slightly) less-crowded road, following it to Highway 1. My intent
After my visiting my long-time friend Mitch in Los Angeles last week to chart our course of continued blog dominance, I decided it would be worthwhile to accelerate my foray into yoga. It’s done wonders for Mitch’s flexibilty, complementing his regimen of Tae Kwan Do, surfing and cycling. I am uncomfortable with the spirituality aspect,
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I’m headed to Los Angeles today to spend the week visiting customers and stafffing our booth the World Congress on Computational Mechanics (basically similar to last year’s USNCCM-equivalent). Since Ride Around Washington is a scant five weeks away, I am bringing my bike in hopes of getting some hot-weather riding. I know: “a bicycle? In
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Lake Chelan is located in the central part of Washington, north of Wenatchee. I biked in the general area last year for the Chelan Century Challenge. I didn’t participate in the ride this year, but am considering doing so next year.
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There’s this group of addicts whose habit has been discussed openly, but they’ve never been too serious about dealing with it. In fact, in the last several years they’ve started partaking more in an almost wonton fashion. Unfortunately, this last year their substance-of-choice has gotten really expensive and it’s crimping their lifestyle. They now feel