-
Chicago IL to Grand Rapids MI; along the lake; July 10 – 15, 2021
It was time to get back on the road. I had been thinking of bicycling from Chicago to Grand Rapids, Michigan for several years. I knew almost nothing of the area, other than there is an easy direct Amtrak train the two hundred miles from Grand Rapids MI to Chicago. Why not fly to Chicago,…
-
Cycling through grief
Many of you know that my son Sam Marshall died on April 24, 2021. He had been living in Vietnam, teaching English. It has been a difficult time for me, my wife Tootie and our son Jack. Sam and I did not take many bike trips together but we had done other stuff instead. I…
-
Three days in Boomtown + an accident. March 28-30, 2021
I lived in Houston, Texas for two years 1979 – 81, just after I had graduated from an international business school in the Phoenix area (Thunderbird) and I wanted a job in “international business,” whatever that meant. I had heard that Houston had a vibrant job market. I wanted to take on the world, to…
-
Meandering through the New Orleans suburbs, March 1- 4, 2021
For my regular readers I have a couple of news items: Many of my blog posts feature the white 2005 Toyota Prius that I inherited from my late mother Eleanor. Thankfully just AFTER I recently finished driving the Prius 900 miles each way from North Carolina to New Orleans and back: the main battery failed.…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
urban bicycle journeys 