Monthly Archives: August 2015

Trip Log – Day 101 – Missoula, MT to Plains, MT

Posted on August 15, 2015 by paulefallon

August 13, 2015 – Haze 100 degrees Miles Today: 73 Miles to Date: 5,610 States to Date: 21 Fire Danger: Extreme! I had heard there is often August snow in the mountainous Montana, so I wasn’t expecting the hottest day … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Vicky Mortenson, La Porte, CO

Posted on August 15, 2015 by paulefallon

I met Vicky when she called “Hey’ at me from her horse on the side of a steep hill covered with her goats. I had just turned off US 287 onto Owl Canyon Road, a gravel shortcut to a farm … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 100 – Missoula, MT

Posted on August 14, 2015 by paulefallon

August 13, 2015 – Sun 90 degrees Miles Today: 12 Miles to Date: 5,546 States to Date: 21  Day 100 of my adventure – in the Bicycle Mecca of America! Every touring cyclists knows about Missoula – headquarters of Adventure … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Haydn Christenson, Fort Collins, CO

Posted on August 14, 2015 by paulefallon

When Nate Storey of Bright Agrotech suggested I visit Haydn Christenson in Fort Collins, a farmer who uses Zipgrow Towers commercially, I envisioned a hefty guy in his late fifties or sixties in a flannel shirt riding his tractor across … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 99 –Ovanda MT to Missoula, MT

Posted on August 13, 2015 by paulefallon

August 12, 2015 – Sun 90 degrees Miles Today: 57 Miles to Date: 5,534 States to Date: 21 Any day that starts in Ovanda is a good day. I woke in my shepherd’s wagon with more energy than it takes … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Nate Storey, Bright Agrotech, Laramie, WY

Posted on August 13, 2015 by paulefallon

Nate Storey is growing food in recycled plastic in midair. He developed the idea as a Phd. agronomist at University of Wyoming and has grown the concept into a sixteen-person firm. Bright Agrotech manufactures Zipgrow Towers, a system that enables … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 98 – Helena MT to Ovanda MT

Posted on August 12, 2015 by paulefallon

August 11, 2015 – Sun 90 degrees Miles Today: 78 Miles to Date: 5,577 States to Date: 21 I rolled out of Helena by 8:30 a.m. for my climb over the Continental Divide – for my fifth time! Riding conditions … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Crossfit 7220 Laramie WY

Posted on August 12, 2015 by paulefallon

  What’s a guy to do who’s taking a rest day from cycling? Crossfit! I contacted Mike Dorssom, Owner of Crossfit 7220, to find out more about the Crossfit phenomenon and how it will get us in shape for tomorrow. … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 97 – Helena MT

Posted on August 12, 2015 by paulefallon

August 10, 2015 – Sun 90 degrees Miles Today: 15 Miles to Date: 5,499 States to Date: 21 Helena is a delightful town; I had a perfect rest day here. I started with an early morning spin through town – … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Matthew Shepard, Laramie, WY

Posted on August 11, 2015 by paulefallon

  The principal reason I came to Laramie, and stayed two days, was a young man I never met, a man of slight stature, born prematurely and died prematurely. Matthew Shepard would be 38 years old now. He could marry … Continue reading →

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