Monthly Archives: June 2015

Trip Log – Day 29 – Dearborn, MI to Jackson, MI

Miles Today: 74 Miles to Date: 1,661 States visited to date: 8 June 3, 2015 – Sunny, 75 degrees Today was easy riding: up at 5:30 a.m., out shortly after six, with only short breaks until I reached Jackson just … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Patricia Hoffman, Executive Director Oneida Foundation Oneida, NY

The Oneida Community was by many measures the most successful of all the nineteenth century Utopian communities. John Noyes and his followers were chased out of Putney, VT due to their beliefs in sharing not only work, lodging, and resources, … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 28 – Dearborn, MI to Dearborn, MI

Miles Today: 0 Miles to Date: 1,587 June 2, 2015 – Sunny, 65 degrees   My first rest day! I slept like a baby in Bill Basse’s old bedroom; I am getting very good at a different bed every night. … Continue reading

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Profile Response: David Gibson Family Slingerlands, NY

David Gibson and I are fraternity brothers, though we hadn’t seen each other in over thirty years. During that time he served five years in the U.S. Army in East Germany before the wall fell, went to business school, worked … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 27 – Elmore, OH to Dearborn, MI

Miles Today: 78 Miles to Date: 1,587 June 1, 2015 – Overcast and windy, 55 degrees   Days with 4,000 vertical feet of elevation rise are physically exhausting. Days with 400 feet of vertical elevation rise are just tedious. The … Continue reading

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1000+ Followers

I want to thank all my readers of http://www.theawkwardpose.com and http://www.howwillwelivetomorrow.com – this weekend I surpassed the 1,000 follower mark. Running two blogs is an imperfect science, but for those who are confused, here is the difference. Feel free to … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 26 –Norwalk, OH to Elmore, OH

Miles Today: 44 Miles to Date: 1,509 May 31, 2015 – Rain and wind, 50 degrees   After more than three weeks of ducking rain, my weather luck finally ran out. I slept for eleven hours in Cathy and Don … Continue reading

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