Monthly Archives: December 2011

I spend a lot of time looking at maps for some reason.  Always have, always will.  Even in the digital age where Google Earth can take me anywhere on the globe within a few mouse clicks, I still enjoy the simple pleasure of … Continue reading →

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for” – William Shedd A few years back I rode my bike up the Dempster Highway in the Yukon and Northwest Territories (you can read about it … Continue reading →

I have neither a nautical background nor an affinity for anything that involves submersing myself in water, but flotsam and jetsam are two of my favorite words.  I just like the way they sound.  They were ringing in my ears this … Continue reading →

Earlier today I stumbled upon this photo I took near Belanger Pass during last year’s Sheep Mountain bike race in Alaska.  It’s a photo that brings back a massive flood of memories, not all of which are good.  In fact I’m sitting here wiggling my big toes … Continue reading →

There is a mountain bike loop out in the high desert above Palm Springs, CA that I’ve been riding for years now. Strung together from a few suggestions in a guidebook it starts near the town of Pinyon, drops down to meet … Continue reading →

So here it is December again with another “winter of our discontent” staring us blankly in the face, to be followed closely by the prospect of all the end of year accounting for last year’s New Year’s resolutions.  For these reasons, I think December should be known as the Introspection … Continue reading →

The Thursday night mountain bike ride fast approaches.  Fortunately, it looks like there’s some “weather” moving through Socal tonight with winds gusting up to 70 mph as a cold Santa Ana moves through.  OK, “cold” is another relative term in this benign climate in which … Continue reading →