by Allan | Aug 14, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
This portion of the Grand Adventure is just beginning and has its own unique flavor. This is the part in which I retrace travels of long ago. Today’s miles, and most of the miles likely to come in the next month or so, are following the paths of previous tours....
by Allan | Aug 12, 2014 | Allan's Bicycle Trip Blog
While heading north from Portland, I received an email from best friend Windy Dankoff encouraging me to see Ian Woofenden’s home on Guemes Island, a tiny island in Puget Sound, near the San Juans. Windy wrote that it would be a highlight of my trip. Ian is...
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...
