Monthly Archives: January 2016

Trip Log – Day 215 – Alpine, TX to Marathon, TX

Posted on January 31, 2016 by paulefallon

January 29, 2016 – Sunny, 65 degrees Miles Today: 31 Miles to Date: 11,027 States to Date: 28 West Texas was sunny and bright today, the desert jagged and brown, the people as varied as any I’ve met during my … Continue reading →

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

Posted on January 31, 2016 by paulefallon

How will we live tomorrow? “Americans want cures, not healing.” Mrs. Korn, Mormon settler to California, Santa Maria, CA How will we live tomorrow? “I could sell my house tomorrow and see America and visit my kids. I worry about … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 214 – Marfa, TX to Alpine, TX

Posted on January 30, 2016 by paulefallon

January 28, 2016 – Sunny, 65 degrees Miles Today: 28 Miles to Date: 10,996 States to Date: 28  I enjoyed a beautiful, easy day of bicycle touring. US 90 from Marfa to Alpine is a gorgeous stretch with vast vistas. … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Paul Hermann and Polly Corsino, Sun City Visitor’s Center, Sun City, AZ

Posted on January 30, 2016 by paulefallon

The Bell Recreation Center looks like a vintage 1970’s shopping mall, solid walls of rusticated block with a few glass front entrances framed by dramatic roofs, the kind of Class B shopping center that might be occupied by Payless Shoes, … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 213 – Van Horn, TX to Marfa, TX

Posted on January 29, 2016 by paulefallon

January 27, 2016 – Sunny, 50 degrees Miles Today: 77 Miles to Date: 10,968 States to Date: 28 Is Marfa, Texas ironic or prophetic? I will ride along U.S. 90 more than any single route of my journey. I was … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Trudy Bryson and Larry Vroom, Sun City, AZ

Posted on January 29, 2016 by paulefallon

Trudy Bryson, age 69, lives in her parent’s house. That quaint fact that conjures images of Iowa farmhouses or South Boston triple-deckers – family heritage passed through the generations. But Trudy’s family home is far from her Northbrook, IL birthplace. … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 212 – Fort Hancock, TX to Van Horn, TX

Posted on January 28, 2016 by paulefallon

January 26, 2016 – Overcast, 40 degrees Miles Today: 68 Miles to Date: 10,891 States to Date: 28 No way was West Texas going to let me off the hook with a week of cool nights, sunny days, and gentle … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Randy of Randy Hamburgers, Stone Cabin, AZ

Posted on January 28, 2016 by paulefallon

The yin and yang of the United States is that we are simultaneously tough and tender. We love our guns. We love our violence and our football. We love to throw our weight around the world. But we also wear … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 211 – El Paso, TX to Fort Hancock, TX

Posted on January 27, 2016 by paulefallon

January 25, 2016 – Overcast, 50 degrees Miles Today: 52 Miles to Date: 10,823 States to Date: 28  My couchsurfing host Miguel cooked me a remarkable Columbian breakfast and pedaled with me downhill to his lab at Texas Tech Medical … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Myra and Michael Fisher, Yuma , AZ

Posted on January 27, 2016 by paulefallon

More than fifty years ago Michael Fisher came upon a girl breaking into his high school locker in Longview, WA. Turns out Myra had the same locker the year before and was inquisitive about its new occupant. They started dating. … Continue reading →

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