Monthly Archives: August 2015

Trip Log – Day 91 – Driggs, WY to Jackson, WY

August 4, 2015 – Clouds and sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 34 Miles to Date: 5,106 States to Date: 20 A short day of intense riding. Eight miles along an easy bike path and then fortified myself with a huckleberry shake … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Father A.J. Severns, The Abbey, Scottsbluff, NE

The congregation at the Abbey’s Sunday afternoon service in July was small: a family of five; a white-haired man; the priest, the guy at the organ; and me. The organist didn’t play; he worked the CD deck that filled the … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 90 – Idaho Falls, ID to Driggs, ID

August 3, 2015 – Overcast and rain, 75 degrees Miles Today: 79 Miles to Date: 5,072 States to Date: 20   Everything about today was super-scaled, which left me feeling a bit small and overwhelmed. It started at WinCo, a new … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Fred Thurston Rapid City, SD

Sherry and Fred Thurston met fifteen years ago through an eBay ad for a unique fountain pen that Fred purchased from Sherry. The pen led to a correspondence, and eventual meeting. Sherry, who is from Western New York, and Fred, … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 89 – Pocatello, ID to Idaho Falls, ID

August 2, 2015 – Sunny, 100 degrees Miles Today: 60 Miles to Date: 4,993 States to Date: 20 Sunday in the summertime and the living is easy. I got up to the smell of good coffee and enjoyed a breakfast … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Rob Timm, Executive Director, Chiesman Center for Democracy, Rapid City, SD

  I contacted Rob Timm because I was intrigued by something called the Chiesman Center for Democracy. Allene Chiesman, a South Dakota philanthropist, founded and endowed the non-partisan non-profit in the 1960’s in order to help people be more informed … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 88 – Preston, ID to Pocatello, ID

August 1, 2015 – Sunny, 95 degrees Miles Today: 70 Miles to Date: 4,933 States to Date: 20  Vickie Nelson and her friends at the Rocky Mountain Red Brick Inn got my day off to a good start – bacon … Continue reading

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “The best we can. I am homeless; I have a 90 day bed in the shelter and am looking for a place. But I can only afford $300 a month. I get up every day … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 87 – Logan, UT to Preston, ID

July 31, 2015 – Sunny, 100 degrees Miles Today: 35 Miles to Date: 4,863 States to Date: 20 Today was an upside down day. I hung around Logan all day – exploring Logan Canyon, visiting Utah State University (where same … Continue reading

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Profile response: Jessica Gerlach, Rapid City SD

The rate of change in Jessica Gerlach’s life, age 41, is phenomenal. Only a few years ago this Pierre, South Dakota native lived on an eleven acre spread west of Rapid City with her husband and three children. She brought … Continue reading

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