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Rocky Mountain High

That image of those three bicyclists at 8,000 feet, with the Colorado Rocky Mountains above and below them,  was permanently etched on my brain. I had just turned 13.  And yet, I was thinking and dreaming as if I were an … Continue reading

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You Mean He Just…

“You mean he just decided to ride his bike across the country by himself?”, my wife’s friend asked her recently. Well, not exactly. In fact, not even close. The idea of a cross-country bicycle trip had been with me since … Continue reading

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