Fayetteville has made itself out to be "that" town which will draw me back to Arkansas. The beautiful people which I have run into speak southern hospitality. In the beginning stage of Fayetteville I couchsurfed with Drew Swayne. Everyone would be better off for having this guy in their life. Under his wing I was taken to Eureka Springs. Speechless on what an amazing place this was...and it still wonders my mind how I encountered the band I met earlier in Little Rock. So there we are browsing the shops, taking in the art, candy shops, and trinket spaces when, from [View Full Entry]

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The waters have started to flood under my feet, granting me the buoyancy to continue down stream on this adventure across America. I would like to recap those events which have created a beautiful picture for my memory: along with the deck building (cheers Jeff, Wendy, & family), Homers (the favorite local restaurant), watching Keith dance his rump-off to live gospel-folk-blues, chatting with crazies, chatting with friendlies, meeting people who play Irish Folk (cheers Scott), meeting those who volunteer for community gardens (cheers Damian), and others who have made this a place...a place I w [View Full Entry]

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I have taken dwelling to Little Rock, Arkansas; "Little Rock"...the name synonymous with "delay'd-rotating-bike-tires-for-the-fun-of-making-friends-money-and-becoming-ever-content-with-the fact-of-staying-in-one-place." All is well here with Keith. Very well. Thoughts of where my life's tires are turning stand impenetrably in the mists of my mind. I know who I am, who I am becoming, and where I want my life to end up, forever moving, kickstand removed. Valuable wisdom paints my vision with pastels and sincerity. New music brings all the hues of my inner self into saturation. Relaxed, patient, [View Full Entry]

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This post is really meant for the panorama picture which Keith shot for us. There are others pictures which I added, but the main one of focus is of the panorama. http://www.panoguide.com/gallery/1337/view_pp/?w=1366&h=708&fs=true I had to shrink the size down from 54mb to 8mb, so there is defiantly a version which I could blow up to about 10ft in length, perhaps a birthday present for myself which I'll frame in my home one day. Other than that we are just chillin here in Little Rock. We have been to a Star Wars comedy show, eaten deer Jumbo with Keith, and Russ met [View Full Entry]

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Little Rock is a very quaint, liberal, artsy community. The bike friendly town has earned it self in the top best places I have traveled to. Evidently people around here like the prospects of hiring persons who are pedal biking across America, or a "foreigner" as some would like to call it. Utah accents are a plus here. I am working on some network-connections to see if I can land a job here and stay for a bit. Russ and I have moved out of Keith's place and into a couchsurfers home. Adam (our host) is very sincere and positive. I [View Full Entry]

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Hard work and persistence is far better than instant satisfactions and simplifiers: To escape the terrible simplifies one must recognize the actual danger of the condition which they obtain their ascendance over the frustrated majority: for the condition these characteristics profess to correct is in fact a serious one. Instead of closing out eyes to its existence we must turn art and reason to effect a benign simplification, which will give back authority to the human person. Life belongs to the free-living and mobile creatures, not to the encrusted ones; and to restore the initiative to [View Full Entry]

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I would like to update you on what is taking place. Green open fields, bright-blue hazel sky, rice field’s rice field’s rice fields. Doctor visit for Russ, almost tore his knee muscle completely apart. We think it happened when he was riding on the left side of the highway (cheers to the English), pushing himself to get a mile in before an oncoming car came. We have slept under the most brilliant night skies where the Milky Way is shouting beauty into our eyes, managed some Arkansas winds, and have had some brief encounters with coyotes during the night. I feel [View Full Entry]

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The title should be self explanatory. Note to self, pepper spray on the handle bars for easy access for the crazy dogs. I have pulled it out many times but have not used it yet. Dogs are very very scary out here. As far as the churches go, well there is defiantly more than enough to go around. The more I get into this trip the more I realize that this is the life for me. Traveling and meeting new people, experiencing new conversation and plenty of time meditating on the road makes way for some great thoughts. The thoughts have [View Full Entry]

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Thursday...heading up a hill, clank, broken spoke. Down the road, clank, two broken spokes. Rain sets in, and I start walking. 4 miles and a few hours later walking my bike, a truck comes up and takes me down the most beautiful canyon. Pro's I was out of the rain walking my bike, Con's I missed out cruising down the beautiful Appalachian canyon. Russell apparently went down to Damascus VA and paid some local bike shop dude to come get me. Forever grateful. So this brings us to Larry Tow, Ben and the hiking group from Michigan, Linda and Tom with [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Damascus. I am sorry for the lack of new pictures. Internet is limited. In brief, camped at church ground, visited by a cop in a residential area while camped out - good outcome, biked 20 miles in rain, walked bike 4 miles in rain, two broken spokes, Damascus is a total bike community, 11 bike shops, and travel hostels. bike is getting repaired, breakfast with Larry Tow, a super chill guy who came over to Christ as he says. He lived on the Appalachian Trail for three years. We are heading out of here to Tennessee. 60+ miles a [View Full Entry]

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