Monthly Archives: July 2015

Trip Log – Day 60 –Chadron, NE to Hemingford, NE

July 4, 2015 –Clear, 90 degrees Miles Today: 43 Miles to Date: 3,588 States to Date: 16 The gods of cycling never let life be easy too long. Today I had 36 miles into the wind and was more exhausted … Continue reading

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How will we live tomorrow? Responses

How will we live tomorrow? “If you are just a consumer and create anything you lose satisfaction in life. The maker movement, people gardening, building, cooking. It is all a search for self-expression.” Jean Haughwout, Physician and gardener, Madison, WI … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 59 – Custer, SD to Chadron, NE

July 3, 2015 –Clear, 90 degrees Miles Today: 85 Miles to Date: 3,545 States to Date: 16 If I keep having days like today for a year, I’m going to have to create new superlatives. The touring today was phenomenal! … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Don Scherencel, Historic Adventist Village, Battle Creek, MI

  I visited the Historic Adventist Village of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek and enjoyed a personal tour with Don Scherencel. During the tour, he gave me an overview of the church and its teachings. Seventh-day Adventism began … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 58 –Rapid City, SD to Custer, SD

July 2, 2015 –Big clouds, 80 degrees Miles Today: 43 Miles to Date: 3,460 States to Date: 15 I woke early, enjoyed an awesome smoothie with greens and berries, and pedaled up along Skyline Drive in Rapid City with my … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 57 –Rapid City, SD

July 1, 2015 –Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 5 Miles to Date: 3,417 States to Date: 15 I spent the day tootling around Rapid City, one of the nicest places I have been. I slept until almost nine; my warmshowers … Continue reading

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Featured Response: John Bringenberg

  John Bringenberg is an empty-nester father of two and grandfather of three from Denver, Colorado, where he works in the solar industry. Many people chose to rephrase the question, ‘How will we live tomorrow?’ as ‘how we should live’ … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 56 – Spearfish, SD to Rapid City, SD

June 30, 2015 – Overcast, Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 56 Miles to Date: 3,412 States to Date: 15 There are several ways to get from Spearfish to Rapid City, depending on how hard a person wants to cycle. I … Continue reading

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Profile Response – Bob Basse, Dearborn, MI

  I met Bob Basse and his family through my sister; they are neighbors in Denver. Bob’s a geologist and marathon runner, and for the past few years he’s stayed with me in Cambridge when he runs the Boston Marathon. … Continue reading

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