Left Fort Myers, Florida on Friday August 2, 2013
Return Fort Myers, Florida on Sunday Sept 1,2013
Miles Traveled = 8000
Friends and Family Visited
Tampa, Florida... Cousin Patrick and Ed August 2-4
Atlanta, Georgia Biker Friends Anne and Chad Zimmerman August 4-5
Nashville, Tennessee Biker Friends Priscilla and David Lee August 5-7
Clarksville, Tennessee Cousin Helen and Jimmy August 7
Portland, Oregon Cousin Roberta and Karl August 19-26
Big Sky, Montana Partners and Friends Gail and Randy Cowdin August 27-29
Parks Visited and Bike Paths Cycled On
Pinellas Trail, Florida
The Silver Comet Trail, Georgia *
Dog Park in Old Santa Fe, New Mexico *
Animas River Trail, Durango, Colorado
Mesa Verde, Colorado
Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Arches National Park, Utah
Capital Reef National Park, Utah
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Zion National Park, Utah *
Monument Valley, Arizona
Bridges National Park, Utah
Bonneville Dam/Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Mount Hood, Oregon
Ousel Falls, Big Sky Montana
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
"Chicago Concert" Council Bluffs, Iowa
* Biked With Bailey In the Dog Trailer
Our cross country road/bike trip is about to end.
The trip idea originated with the passing of Marilyn and Dick Levy in 2012.
The family felt smaller and we needed to connect together after our loses.
Fortunately we had the time and resources to put our bikes on the rack and put Bailey in the back and make our way across the continent. We were joined by Janice, Ted, Abby, Jason, Danielle, Joshua, Cynthia Don, Karl, and Roberta in Portland. We dined out and cooked in and hiked and biked and kayaked.
We are truly blessed and grateful to have such wonderful friends and family.
While in Portland our van was the victim of a "smash and grab" break in. We learned that if the window is broken and the door is not opened the car alarm will not sound. Fortunately the only loss was a raincoat and some macadamia nuts. We spent an extra night with our family in Portland because the break in occurred on a Saturday and we could not find a repairman until Monday morning. (AAA was no help.)
We are anxious to return to our routine in Florida and have not had a chance to mount our bikes since we left Portland. We did connect with Randy and Gail Cowdin in Big Sky, Montana. Randy told me that we are the first friends to visit them at their second home. We spent a day together hiking and hunting for petrified wood. It is a good thing that we drove out west because Sandy found over 20 pounds of rock that we are bringing home to Florida. The evening before leaving Big Sky we were treated to a seafood dinner at the home of Candy and Donn Fuller, fellow Fort Myers residents who own a second home in Big Sky, Montana.
The drive across Montana will be memorable for fantastic scenery and Sandy's speeding ticket (88 miles/hour in a 70 mile per hour zone.) Sandy is doing 10% of the driving and getting 100% of the citations.
We arrived at Mount Rushmore as the sun was setting. The National Parks Ranger Questioned Bailey's service dog's credentials (Sandy's emotional lability is not a recognized disability by the ADA) but let her pass into the monument because Bailey looked so presentable with her vest.
Last night we dined on top of Harrah's Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa and then attended a "Chicago Concert" which just happened to be going on when we finished dinner. "Color My World" was being played as we walked out of the casino.
We have a beautiful country. Today we drove through lush corn fields over the Missouri River Valley across the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and into the South. I love traveling East in the afternoon with the sun behind me. The greens have a golden glow to them.
We will all be happy to return to our home in Florida and our routines, Bailey and Sandy especially.
Stuart
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
NYTimes: Street Vendor’s Execution Stirs Anger in China
This may be the spark that ignites political change in China.
Street Vendor's Execution Stirs Anger in China
Some compared Xia Junfeng's fate with that of another convicted killer, Gu Kailai, the wife of a fallen official, who was spared the death penalty.
http://nyti.ms/1fBSZNF
Stuart
Street Vendor's Execution Stirs Anger in China
Some compared Xia Junfeng's fate with that of another convicted killer, Gu Kailai, the wife of a fallen official, who was spared the death penalty.
http://nyti.ms/1fBSZNF
Stuart
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
NYTimes: Enigmatic Leader of Iran Backs Overture, for Now
The Ayatollah is a conductor of the Iranian "orchestra."
His ear is the sense of his people recently polled.
He is trimming the sails on the Iranian sailship.
He is adjusting the seasonings on the Iranian soup.
His ministers are his seasonings, instruments, sails and pulleys.
Enigmatic Leader of Iran Backs Overture, for Now
Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, is getting all the attention, but Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, remains the man behind the curtain.
http://nyti.ms/1bCsRlF
Stuart
His ear is the sense of his people recently polled.
He is trimming the sails on the Iranian sailship.
He is adjusting the seasonings on the Iranian soup.
His ministers are his seasonings, instruments, sails and pulleys.
Enigmatic Leader of Iran Backs Overture, for Now
Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, is getting all the attention, but Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, remains the man behind the curtain.
http://nyti.ms/1bCsRlF
Stuart
Friday, July 12, 2013
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Thursday, July 4, 2013
Re: The Promised Restaurant, DVOR
| The other day, this past week, in the midst of alot of craziness, I thought about that restaurant and our time spent there. It was a great mental escape - I'm sure I will "go there" again. --- On Thu, 7/4/13, bigstu52@gmail.com <bigstu52@gmail.com> wrote:
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The Promised Restaurant, DVOR
and the children playing and us laughing. The sea bass we had is motivating me to explore different ways to prepare fish.
Stuart
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
NYTimes: Captivity as a Mirror of Society
From The New York Times:
BOOKS OF THE TIMES: Captivity as a Mirror of Society
In his memoir "For a Song and a Hundred Songs," the poet Liao Yiwu describes torture and starvation in China's system of "reform through labor."
http://nyti.ms/1637Ics
Stuart
BOOKS OF THE TIMES: Captivity as a Mirror of Society
In his memoir "For a Song and a Hundred Songs," the poet Liao Yiwu describes torture and starvation in China's system of "reform through labor."
http://nyti.ms/1637Ics
Stuart
NYTimes: Post-Transplant and Off Drugs, H.I.V. Patients Are Apparently Virus-Free
From The New York Times:
Mutation of protein on the surface of CD4 Lymphocytes makes them imperious to the aids virus. The HIV binds to a surface protein (or door) and then enters the cell. The surface protein is called the CCR5 receptor.
Post-Transplant and Off Drugs, H.I.V. Patients Are Apparently Virus-Free
Two H.I.V.-infected patients who had bone-marrow transplants for blood cancers have apparently been virus-free since they stopped taking antiretroviral drugs.
http://nyti.ms/16HrX1z
Stuart
Mutation of protein on the surface of CD4 Lymphocytes makes them imperious to the aids virus. The HIV binds to a surface protein (or door) and then enters the cell. The surface protein is called the CCR5 receptor.
Post-Transplant and Off Drugs, H.I.V. Patients Are Apparently Virus-Free
Two H.I.V.-infected patients who had bone-marrow transplants for blood cancers have apparently been virus-free since they stopped taking antiretroviral drugs.
http://nyti.ms/16HrX1z
Stuart
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