Telluride

  The tour is now over, and I’ve made it to Telluride.  The trip was great.  It was a long trip, a hard trip, and a good trip.  Those were the words of another bicycle tourist I met along the road who had just made his way to Jerusalem from Germany.  I understand them pretty […]

Utah

Barring any accidental clicks, unauthorized hacks, or major drama in the coming days, this post will be the last Seize The World update from the road. Right now I am at Pizza Hut in Moab, sitting at one of three occupied tables on this side of the restaurant. The other side of the restaurant is […]

Idaho

My latest stop on the Seize The World tour was Boise, Idaho.  After pedaling through the lonely, barren wastelands that make up Eastern Oregon, I really did not think that there was anything out there to top the experience.  But then I rolled into Boise.  I went there to give a slide show presentation to […]

Oregon

I have now arrived in Caldwell, Idaho, about 30 miles west of Boise.  The past ten days or so have been spent on a tour through Eastern Oregon.  I now consider Eastern Oregon to be its own distinct region of the world.  To gain access to Eastern Oregon, I spent four grueling days pedaling east […]

Back from Christmas

I have returned to Portland, Oregon after spending a week or so visiting my home town of Telluride for Christmas.  “Wait,” you say, – “Home already?”  Yes, if I have learned one thing on this bicycle tour, it is that your family is important.  In the case of my own family, we typically come together once […]

Seattle…On the Road Again

Ian and I had a great flight back from Tokyo.  My first thought in answering questions from all of my family here was that there was lots of entertainment on the flight… Ian and I played a multiplayer game that was kind of like checkers.  We played for an hour or so before we settled […]