Slow Life On a Bike

Sunday, February 12, 2012 Distance 42.36 miles It is 28 degrees this morning as I pack my blue Orbea road bike. She is a speed bike really and all about staying light on her feet, not designed for touring with panniers that hang pendulous from front or rear racks. I like options however, and so [...]

February, 7, 2012 Saint Johns, FL Distance Travelled: 54 miles My grandparents, “Marny & Grandpa” as I called them; my mother’s mom and dad lived on a few acres of river front property just off Bishop Estates road on the south side of Julington Creek. Many weekends of my young life were spent fishing off [...]

July 21, 2011 – St. Augustine, Florida Pondering the Plight of Men While Shopping at Publ I will turn fifty five on August 1st and during the past year I began to seriously consider more of life’s larger questions than ever before. Actually, I believe that I have graduated from the “considering” stage and have [...]

I turned 54 years old on August 1, 2010 and celebrated it quietly with my wife Elisabeth and her parents Roger and Lucienne at their old ranch house in Truchas, New Mexico. The home was originally built by a local New Mexican man sometime after World War II and was comprised of two rooms of [...]

Day 56 Dalhart, Texas Latitude: 36.0594772 Longitude: -102.5132497 On Monday, July 12th I spent the night in Dalhart, Texas underneath the cloudlike band of the Milky Way and scores of twinkling constellations, only a few of which I could recall by name. With millions of stars beaming down upon me, I felt as if I [...]

Day 48 Chilicothe, Texas Latitude: 34.2564708 Longitude: -99.5167558 This journey has been a progression across a completely new time continuum, one where days are measured one pedal after the other and one moment after the other, instead of the life I left behind, where the lack of time seemed to dominant my existence. I have [...]

Day 45 Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Wichita Falls, Texas Distance travelled: 49.5 miles Latitude: 33.9137085 Longitude: -98.4933873 I have been troubled for several weeks now because I have fallen far behind with my blog postings. When I login to check comments at Slow Life on a Bike I am regretful that I have [...]

Day 21 Ocean Springs, Mississippi to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Latitude: 30.305326 Longitude: -89.333322 My friend Mark Case of New Orleans has a wonderfully peaceful vacation home located in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on the high ground overlooking the inland waters and the mainland. Mark had graciously offered Tim and me use of his home [...]

Day 20 Latitude: 30.403253 Longitutde: -88.248117 Last night, Tim and I spent the night in Gulf Shores, Alabama at Trinity Episcopal Church courtesy of Father Chris Coats and his wonderfully engaging assistant Catherine. Earlier that afternoon, we had encountered an odd set of circumstances at Gulf Shores State Park in our efforts to find tent [...]

Day 20 Dauphin Island enroute to Bayou La Batre, Alabama Latitude: 30.2554811 Longitude: -88.1097217 Our departure from Pensacola was delayed until Tuesday morning due to weather and work. Kindly, our hosts Chaz and Charlotte transported our gear in Chaz’s mini-van to the coastal road just west of the city. Their efforts saved us 12 miles [...]