Getting to Yellowstone from Great Falls was far simpler than we imagined - staying in Yellowstone on the other hand was far more difficult than we imagined… For some ridiculous reason we decided that given we’d arrived in Yellowstone and had planned to camp, that’s what we had to do, regardless of the temperature. Yep, you guessed it, it was freezing - we’re not talking a little cold, we’re talking a minimum of -15 and a maximum of -5. We wore every piece of clothing we had to bed, and still felt cold all night. To make matters worse, there were [View Full Entry]

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Airport in a few hours - Seattle-London-Paris-St Jean Pied de Port. What to take? Most importantly - what to leave behind. My daughter-in-law, Hannah, suggested I cut my toothbrush in half to reduce weight. Voice of experience. My Pilgrim Blessing: "May you be supported by the grace of God on your journey so that you may overcome and be strengthened by the travails of your pilgrimage, and safely reach your destination of Santiago de Compostela, to return to us, enriched, enlightened and invigorated to take up your tasks again, renewed." So, it is pip pip and down the road I go. [View Full Entry]

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On our way to Seattle, Lauren recognized a little town called Kalama, WA, which was half the setting for "one of the best episodes ever of" reality show Split Ends. We got this picture with Susan Summers - she's been on TV! From what I hear she's just like she seemed on the show. Then a stop in state capital Olympia. Just a quick visit but we loved the place. They had a free bus - the Dash. We went into this one store and they were hip. The whole town had an attitude, you could just see it walking past [View Full Entry]

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All God is one God All Creation is one Creation All Life is one Life All People is one People All Faith is one Faith All Tradition is one Tradition All Love is one Love All I have is: A body, A mind, A soul, A patch of Earth, A Bible, A drum, A family, A community, A history, A future, A Prayer. [View Full Entry]

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San Francisco Well we arrived into mighty San Francisco and I think I loved it the minute I saw it from when we were crossing over the bridge from Oakland. We got into the Greyhound station and searched for a motel. I rang on the courtesy phone for the 'Ram Inn'. I said "Hello have you got any rooms available tonight?" the guy on the other end was a maniac. "WHAT???" I tried to talk a little slower as I know not everybody can understand me the first time I speak to them....or the other thousands of times I speak [View Full Entry]

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Leaving Vancouver, we decided to go home via the United States, since there were many places we wanted to visit along the way. We stayed in Seattle one night. Considering the area's rainy reputation, we were lucky and got a fine evening in which to take a stroll on the waterfront. There was a Japanese "tall ship" docked in the port, and two of the sailors were kind enough to allow us to take a photo. We also came upon a street artist whose work we really enjoyed. We bought one of his paintings, it is still hanging in our dining [View Full Entry]

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The final day of a long ride is often predominated by a sense of urgency to get home. I think of it as the pull of the tractor beam. Stable nags yearn for the barn. I was ready to be home. There are some circuitous twisty routes home from Oregon, but today evening plans with Dana had me in the beam. I'd go home directly, over Status Pass on Hwy 97 then slab it home on I-82 and I-90. A warm and sunny morning had me underway before 0800 and the run to Wasco, Biggs and the Columbia River was a [View Full Entry]

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Traveling is a choice, and it is a choice to make traveling sacred. Travel can be more than an eye-opening experience into a new culture of relics, ruins, history and tradition. It can be more than a destination-oriented expedition from Point A to Point B. The way of the traveler can transform into a heart-opening pilgrimage. From this point onward, we choose to travel as a force of inner discovery, unpeeling layers of personality to reach the core of purpose: who we are, what we are here to do, and how best we can express this essence within ourselves. The following [View Full Entry]

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We spent one last weekend with our mate, Thomas doing a big road trip in and around Washington. The first day was to be spent at Vantage, for some rock climbing/ hiking , and then head off to Stevens Pass for a bit of skiing the following day on the way back. Our trip to Vantage took much longer than expected. A 5 hour drive turned out to be like 7 hours, and we ended up getting to the rock early morning, just before sunrise. We set up camp next to the rock called the Feathers. It is a dry and [View Full Entry]

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A few days out from departure, and the weather has become center-stage in the run up to launch. This year's big ride combines business with pleasure. Five days of the 2008 AORN Congress in Anaheim is the excuse to ride south for a Spring trip. The Association of peri-Operative Registered Nurses is holding it's annual Congress on the West coast. Several thousand OR nurses and I will convene is sunny California for nearly of week of professional enrichment and growth. The trip plan calls for a three-day ride south, Thurs-Sat, Saturday night with Jill and Norm in Woodland Hills, and Sunday [View Full Entry]

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