• Silence

    Sometimes there are no words, just an awful silence that you know is going to last forever. Our friend Bev Buss passed away over the weekend. We don’t know the circumstances exactly, but we know she is gone and we’ll never hear that wonderful gut-busting  laugh or see that mile-wide smile again. She was the

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  • On the road with Chuck, day three

    All’s fair. I last reported on my adventure, so here is Chuck’s story of day three of his motorcycle road trip: My Big Adventure Day 3. This was my final day to my destination near Albuquerque. I was to meet up with my friend John in a town called Mountainair, NM at noon and we

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  • The adventure continues, but this time on foot

    I think I may have had a bigger adventure than Chuck today. I’ve been in Portland, Maine attending a two-day meeting and before the meeting day starts have been going for a run. It’s really pretty here and the hotel I’m staying at and where the meeting is being held is right on the water

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  • More travels with Charlie

    Chuck’s adventure continues. I’m sort of sorry I’m not with him as he is really having a lot of fun. Well, except for the rain and the getting lost and going in circles. My butt isn’t at all interested however, and reminds me that it would be very sore if it were on the motorcycle.

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  • Charlie’s Excellent Adventure

    Chuck is as we speak on his Kawasaki Vulcan 800 riding across Arizona on his way to New Mexico. No, he hasn’t run away from home. He’s actually living out a long held dream to go on a motorcycle road trip a la East Rider. But without Dennis Hopper. Or Peter Fonda. Or the violence.

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  • Another day, another dead tourist photo opp

    So Cal is sweltering in a multi-day heat wave, so of course we went on a 33 mile bike ride this morning up San Gabriel Canyon Road then to the end East Fork Road. Three water bottles of liquid later we were finished – literally. I blame the Tour de France completely. In honor of

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