by Allan | Aug 11, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
I tried on a new self-descriptor today, not sure whether I like it: eating disability. I have never thought of myself as having any disability, so this is a new experience and a new self-reference. While in the spectrum of disabilities this is pretty minor, it’s...
by Allan | Aug 11, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
Tuesday was a whirlwind day. I woke up in a motel room I had rented, so I had access to resources: desk, wi-fi, coffee, and a basin to hand-wash a few clothes. I was about to leave right around the noon check-out time when Robin and Bob come by to take me to lunch....
by Allan | Aug 11, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
In the early 1980s, Trace Engineering was formed by the audio engineering team who had made Phase Linear and Spectro Acoustics high-end audio components in the 1970s and early 1980s. Trace spawned multiple manufacturers of PV equipment: Heart Interface, Xantrex,...
by Allan | Aug 7, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
In previous posts I have written of my enjoyment of hitchhiking as a legitimate means of travel. Indeed, with a loaded bicycle and no private car there are few alternatives when I want to cover more miles than the 9.5 miles per hour pedaling pace will allow. I have...
by Allan | Aug 3, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
I have a natural tribal affinity for PV off grid people. Longtime off grid PV installers are of a particular tribe, bonded by common experience and similar motivations. Kent Osterberg and Kay Firor of Blue Mountain Solar (www.bluemountainsolar.com) in Cove, Oregon are...
