Monthly Archives: July 2015

Trip Log – Day 74, 75, 76 – Copper Mountain, CO

July 18, 19, 20, 2015 – Sun and rain, 50 degrees Miles Today: 92 Miles to Date: 4,230 States to Date: 18  The Courage Classic is an annual cycling tour through the Rocky Mountains: 2200 cyclists and 400 volunteers raise … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Connie and Frank Mignone Medina, MN

I knew Connie and Frank Mignone were Catholic the moment I turned up their driveway: all four cars have ‘Catholic’ bumper stickers applied to their rear windshields. We share common ground in that department, as I was raised Catholic and … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 73 – Denver, CO to Copper Mountain, CO

  July 17, 2015 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 99 Miles to Date: 4,148 States to Date: 18  I cannot guess whether this pilgrimage will make me a religious person, but I can attest that it will make me … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Laura Cederberg, American Swedish Institute Minneapolis, MN

  One quarter of the population of Sweden left the country during the famine of the late 1800’s. More than half of them arrived in Turner Falls, MN and eventually to Minneapolis. Although one in eight returned to the hardships … Continue reading

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How will we live tomorrow? – Responses

 How will we live tomorrow? “I still know how to make coffee the old fashioned way. When the computers go down, I’ll still have coffee.” Penny, Admin Asst. Western Nebraska Observer, Kimball, NE How will we live tomorrow? “I will … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Brian Corner, Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN

  Bohemian. Transitional. Immigrant. Artsy. Gentrifying. Somali. Close-in. Far-out. There is no end to the adjectives that can be used to describe the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, an enclave in the shadows of Minneapolis’ downtown towers. Twenty-six years ago a group of … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 72 – Denver, CO

July 16, 2015 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 26 Miles to Date: 4,039 States to Date: 18  My three days of R&R have included long visits with family, interviews with Medicine Man Denver marijuana dispensary, Collier Hospice Center, and … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Duane Heit, Cresco, IA

Duane Heit is a man who attends to details. Halfway between Calmar and Cresco, the bike path runs through a park in Ridgeway. “Are you Paul?” A man sitting in a folding chair reading a Bible on the edge of … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 71 – Denver, CO

July 15, 2015 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 0 Miles to Date: 4,013 States to Date: 18 Let’s all get along on the road. In the four years since my last cycle tour, people have become much more considerate … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Michael Telzrow, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison, WI

After the Civil War, Union veterans formed the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization with both social and political objectives. In Wisconsin, GAR persuaded the state to create a museum of Civil War memorabilia. The museum opened in … Continue reading

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