Dear friends and family, This is what a transit day on a small boat is like in alaska: There have been many days getting ourselves and the boat ready for travel. We spent weeks doing maintenance and cleaning to have the ship systems ready and working for another season. We spent over $700 at Costco […]
One day in the life of cruising alaska Read More »
Dear friends and family, We are back in Alaska now, getting ready to set off on the summer’s journey. Even though I was excited to get back here to Wrangell, this year it seemed harder to get my head into the sailboat cruising life after the deep immersion into Colombia all winter. I think that
Deep Immersion and Transitions Read More »
Dear friends and family, I’m back in the USA. After enjoying the privilege of living out my boyhood dreams of adventuring and writing for a full three months, it’s now over. Some, or maybe most, people never get that chance. I got a big taste of it, enjoyed it fully, and long for more. Trip summary:
Reflection on Colombia bike tour Read More »
Dear friends and family, My first morning in Medellin was a Sunday. I came across the Medellin marathon so thought I would join. All the main streets downtown were blocked off from traffic, so many lanes were open to runners, walkers and bicyclists. Some of you can remember from a post last year about competing
Medellin, big city life, expat living, sex Read More »
Dear friends and family, Be careful what you wish for. Turned out that those dancing horses were quite entertaining, but lost their allure about midnight when the cowboys had them dance in the dark and show the sparks they created from their steel horseshoes on the concrete road. Yes, it was a wonderful old hotel,
Music karma, last small town, risk Read More »
Dear friends and family, After Salento I rode first up and then down to the next little tourist town: Filandia. It was lovely as it had the same feel as Salento but with only a portion of the tourists and almost none from out of country. I enjoyed a couple of days wondering around town
Something is amiss? Amongst beauty Read More »
Dear friends and family, I am now in the coffee country of Colombia, presently in Filandia, a cute tourist town or almost all Colombian weekend tourists. Today is Monday and half the business are closed after a festival this weekend. I flew from Bogota to Armenia, an easy hour flight, and my bike in bag
United Nations, group rides, 200 foot tall palm trees Read More »
To save myself riding for a few days in heavy traffic, I packed up my bike in Villa de Leyva and jumped on a bus for the four hour ride to Bogota. The bus terminal was on the opposite side of town from Candelaria, where I had a reservation at my hostel, so no problem
Bogota 11.5 million people, National game, drinking illegal substance Read More »
Dear friends and family, This morning my task was to re-assemble my bike after having packed it in the bag I carry for the bus trip and flight inside the country. I am now in Armenia, in the middle of the coffee country. Armenia is a working class city of about a half a million
Foreign and exotic- not, how does Colombia work? Magic potion for climbing Read More »
Dear friends and family, I’ve been in rest and recovery mode after a long and grueling series of climbs on the bike in the heat. Turns out that it takes a few days to recover, not the one or two that I was hoping. I am in a tourist town of 16,000 people called Villa
Tinto, religion, and Colombian meals Read More »