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Day 1-Good Beginning Ends Cold and Wet

All loaded up!

After months of planning, bike building, and training, it’s finally happening! We’re on our way on our Gaspésie bike tour!Read More »Day 1-Good Beginning Ends Cold and Wet

Adventure in the Mundane

I came to Portland a couple of days before my bike tour departure date to put my bike together and to check out the city. With that in mind, my time here has been a success! But hasn’t gone down quite like I imagined before I left. Read More »Adventure in the Mundane

The Adventure Begins

I’m heading writing from the road in Portland, ME! (Please forgive any weird formatting, as I’m writing from my phone.)

I didn’t expect the real adventure to start until Monday, the day I start the actual bike tour. I guess the universe didn’t want me to wait!

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Nerves and Butterflies

The nervous system is a funny thing. It hasn’t kept up with the fast pace of human society. It’s still operating on good, old fight or flight: when something stressful comes your way, it’s either getting you ready to defend yourself or run away.

Less than two days before leaving for my trip, I’m not sure which way my body is leaning.Read More »Nerves and Butterflies

May 18, 2018

Friday evening, I drove to Hillsborough River State Park to begin my yoga adventure (more here). As I drove, it occurred to me that it was May 18. It was that day, 7 years before, that Dad died.Read More »May 18, 2018

Running on Coffee and Kittens

Not Vélo.

I’m not quite sure why I’ve been so tired. Grading is pretty much done. I’m mostly working during school hours. But on that drive home, I struggle to keep my eyes open. Very literally. Not the safest, but it is what it is.Read More »Running on Coffee and Kittens