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Unforgettable Backpacking Adventure Near Mt St Helens
Background In early 1980 I began my career working for an electronic instrument maker in Beaverton, Oregon. That Spring, on March 27, 100 miles to the north, magma beneath Mt St. Helens began to move and steam emerged from the top of the mountain. Whether the mountain would erupt or grow quiet was a common…
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Well, That Didn’t End Up How I Expected!
I’ve returned home from my trip to Missouri to ride my bike in the “Big BAM (Bike Across Missouri) on the Katy” event – https://www.bigbamride.com. Things didn’t go how I thought they would go… Prelude I drove to St Charles, a suburb of St Louis, on Saturday, Oct 5 and spent the night there. I…
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Cycling in the Off-Season
Where I live in the Southeast United States there are two times of the year during which outdoor cycling is unpleasant, which can lead to a tough ramp-up when cycling weather again comes around. Dog-Days of Summer The first is during the summer, usually beginning in mid-July and ending in mid-September. During this time the…
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Cajun and Creole Cycling Festival: The Cycle Zydeco Experience
In Spring of 2021 Señora Trail, my bicycle and I travelled to Lafayette, Louisiana to attend the Cycle Zydeco event, a “Cajun and Creole cycling festival”. The Cycle Zydeco folks characterize the event as a “party on a bike” and I found this description to be accurate! In anticipation of this level of fun, I…
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Cycling Along the Mighty Mo’ – Missouri’s Katy Rail Trail
The Katy Trail is a rail-trail located in central Missouri traversing nearly the entire width of the state. The western terminus is in Clinton, Missouri and the trail extends nearly 240 miles to the eastern terminus in Machen, Missouri – a few miles east of St. Louis. It is the longest continuous rail trail in the…
