Monthly Archives: July 2015

Trip Log – Day 70 – Denver, CO

July 14, 2015 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 6 Miles to Date: 4,013 States to Date: 18 After riding thousands of miles along the shoulder, I am the world’s leading non-USPS expert on mailbox design. Here are some of … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Dennis Stapleton, The Brewery Milwaukee, WI

  A spattering of rain turned into a deluge as I cycled from downtown Milwaukee to The Brewery, the former Pabst brewing plant a few blocks from downtown, to meet Dennis Stapleton, an architect with KM Development Company. Dennis hurried … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 69 –Arvada, CO to Denver, CO

July 13, 2015 – Sunny, 90 degrees Miles Today: 24 Miles to Date: 4,007 States to Date: 18 My father was an eccentric who chafed in a regular job, wrote a book narrated by an Alaskan Huskie, and ran for … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Racine Police Department Racine, WI

  I heard that the Racine Police Department had an innovative community policing program, so a few days before arriving in the city of 81,000 along Lake Michigan I sent an email request through their website asking to meet. I … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 68 – Boulder, CO to Arvada, CO

July 12, 2015 – Sunny, 90 degrees Miles Today: 24 Miles to Date: 3,983 States to Date: 18 Boulder’s church aisle is a bike path. I saw more cyclists, on road bikes, dirt bikes, and mountain bikes, on one Sunday … Continue reading

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Featured Response: Peter Mulvey, Musician

How will we live tomorrow? “I think of this often. Steven Pinker’s amazing book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, charts the decline in human violence over the past 800 years. His TED talk is a distiller version. It makes … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 67 – Fort Collins, CO to Boulder, CO

July 11, 2015 – Sunny, 90 degrees Miles Today: 45 Miles to Date: 3,959 States to Date: 18 I slept in, took an easy leave, and headed south on U.S. 287, Main Street of the Front Range. Regardless what was … Continue reading

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How will we live tomorrow? – Responses

How will we live tomorrow? “Part of me wants to live in the world of Mad Max, but I just want to ride my bike and hang with my family.” Evan O’Toole, Structural Engineer, Laramie, WY How will we live … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 66 – Laramie, WY to Fort Collins, CO

July 9, 2015 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 75 Miles to Date: 3,914 States to Date: 18 I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and was out of Laramie by 6:30. Already I can feel the days getting shorter, the … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Eliza Klein, Glen Ellyn, IL

  Eliza Klein was an Immigration Court Judge for in Massachusetts, Florida and Illinois. She stepped down after over twenty years and is currently helping a law firm that represents clients of Central American and Caribbean descent to enhance their … Continue reading

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