Monthly Archives: September 2016

Trip Log – Day 327 – Denver CO

September 27, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 7 Miles to Date: 17,059 States to Date: 45 A beautiful day to roll through Denver neighborhoods, visit Observatory Park and Place Bridge Academy, an innovative school for newly arrived immigrants … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Laura Cadenhead and Mike Sheehan Decatur GA

“The Civil War was the first time the 1% coerced the 99% into doing something stupid, based on the fear that they would be worse off if things changed. At least the 99% of poor whites were above the slaves.” … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 326 – Limon CO to Denver

September 26, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 95 Miles to Date: 17,052 States to Date: 45 Cycle touring doesn’t get any better – even with twenty miles on the Interstate! Google mapped me 116 miles to Denver – … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Jon Pierson Athens, GA

Jon Pierson is social glue; he brings people together. When I arrived at his apartment in Athens he explained that he had only lived there two weeks and capitalized on my visit to organize a couchsurfing meet-up with other area … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 325 – Burlington CO to Limon CO

September 25, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 79 Miles to Date: 16,957 States to Date: 45 First came 36 gorgeous miles along US 24 West, out of sight and mind of the Interstate. Then, 24 merged with I-70 … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Clifford and Will, New Ellenton SC

Will snatched the 2002 issue of Klipspringer’s Magazine that rated all the states in terms of their tax burden on retirees from his coffee table to demonstrate how he chose to move to South Carolina after retiring from IBM in … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 324 – Colby KS to Burlington CO

September 24, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 70 Miles to Date: 16,878 States to Date: 45 Whoa, guy. Haven’t I already been in Colorado? Don’t have I only three states left? Shouldn’t I start skedaddling home? Although I … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Donald Scott, Sweetgrass Products, Charleston SC

Hail, mail, bail and jail. The four corners of the law come together at Charleston’s historical center, the intersection of Meeting and Broad. Simply cross the street at St. Michael’s church to the main Post office, the US Courthouse, the … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 323 – Hill City KS to Colby KS

September 23, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 66 Miles to Date: 16,808 States to Date: 45 I love the Plains. They teach you not to take anything for granted. When you think the world is flat, it gets … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Deb Younger, Charleston SC

Deb Younger lives up to her name. Age is irrelevant in her approach to life. For years, Deb travelled the world. Then she became interested in health and medicine. She got a nursing degree in New York, became a PA … Continue reading

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