Paws for The Cause
On the eve of meeting his first seizure assistance dog, 10-year-old Nathan Schoonover, from Tomah, Wisconsin, excitedly anticipates life with his future yellow Labrador/ best friend, Bella. Meanwhile, Nathan’s grandmother Florette, and single mother Kari, recount the family’s journey to this point.
Stephen Allen Bikes the Colorado Trail
It has been over 4 years since Seize the World Foundation founder, Stephen Allen, completed his round the world bicycle tour to raise awareness for epilepsy. In fact, Seize the World was founded as a conduit to inform the world of this tour and inspire others living with epilepsy. In July, Stephen embarked on another inspirational adventure, a 2-week mountain bikepacking tour of the Colorado Trail.
Kyoto and the Shinkansen
Click here to read the article in the University of Colorado Alumni Magazine, Coloradan, about Seize The World, if you have not already done so! Life in Kyoto, Japan is good. My friend Ian McKittrick and I rode about 200 miles from Narita, Japan through Tokyo and around Mt. Fuji to the city of Hamamatsu […]
Back to Japan
Japan…It is my first time back here since I visited when I was three years old. The only things I remember since that visit are a vague – but intense – excitement about the Shinkansen – Japan’s bullet train – and Tokyo Disneyland. This time, my friend Ian McKittrick has flown out to join me for two […]
No Facebook in China! But Great Cities and Touring.
No Facebook in China…but great cities and touring! I am writing from my hotel room in Nanning, China. I woke up this morning at a different hotel on the other side of the city, packed my bags, and got on my bike to leave the city. I planned to purchase a replacement camera on my […]
Truckers, Construction, Southern China
I am in an internet cafe in Shangsi City, China. I am here by accident, in fact – both Shangsi, and the internet cafe. It was a long day of riding today – as they all must be from here until Tokyo – and I was kind of just pedaling along thinking as I usually […]
Seizure, Vietnam, Thieves, Welding, Head Gear, Coffee…
The seizure occurred on a day after I had not taken Zonegran, one of the two medications that I take to control my seizures. I had missed Zonegran for two days because my bottle ran out, and I had forgotten to replace it one night from my panniers – I keep one bottle easily accessible, […]
A Year On The Road: Slide Show Extravaganza!
It has now been one year and a few days out here on the road. As Iwas going through my photos to prepare some kind of a quick slide showto prepare on my iPod in order to show passers by what I was up to outhere, I found myself, on October 15 – the one-year […]