Travels – Lee Trampleasure's Blog

May 8, 2020

Bicycle touring on the West Coast of USA

The Pacific Coast Bike Route I’m not sure when the first official bike route was created for the Pacific Coast, but it was well known when I first rode it in 1977. Resources Adventure Cycling Association “Pacific Coast” breaks the Vancouver BC to Imperial Beach in San Diego down into five maps. Vicky Spring and Tom Kirkendall co-authored Bicycling the...

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June 5, 2011

Reflections on 900 miles on a bicycle

[I wrote this back in August of 2010] Well, I’ve been back for a week, so it seemed like time to write reflections on my Portland to Berkeley bicycle trip. Why? Why did I do it? Was it turning 50, the old “mid-life crisis” reaction? Maybe, but probably only a small amount. I’m pretty satisfied...

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July 15, 2010

AAPT meeting in Portland and my bike trip home

I’m leaving today for the American Association of Physics Teachers summer meeting in Portland, Oregon. I’ll be presenting a workshop at the meeting (see next post), then riding my bicycle to Eugene then down the coast back to Berkeley. You can follow my cycling exploits here: www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=RrzKj&doc_id=7183&v=V

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April 3, 2010

Blogging my SF-San Luis Obispo bike trip on crazyguyonabike.com

I’m riding a six-day bicycle tour from San Francisco (well, Daly City BART, actually) to San Luis Obispo. I found a great web site for posting bike trips, CrazyGuyOnABike.com/leetramp. You can follow my trip there. I’m riding a great touring bike, the Surly “Long Haul Trucker.” The bike is not light, but it’s sturdy I’m fully equipped with Ortleib panniers...

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June 25, 2009

200 people can commute in:

Great poster from Seattle demonstrating the space it takes on a street to move 200 people in various modes.

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April 13, 2009

California Action Alert on Employment & Disability

Dear Advocates, AB 1269 is important for Californians with disabilities who want to or do work. If you’re unfamiliar with Medi-Cal’s California Working Disabled Program, please see the following text link that describes the current program. http://www.chiip.org/longdesc/medi-cal_brochure_english.html AB 1269 adds desperately needed improvements to California’s Medicaid Buy-In Program that were vetoed by the governor two legislative cycles ago because of...

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July 15, 2008

War Resister support protest at Peace Arch

On my way back from Canada, I stopped for my usual visit to the Peace Arch on the Canada/US border. This year I was pleasantly surprised to find a protest in favor of US war resistors, and Robin Long in particular. For more details, see http://resisters.ca/index_en.html. Click the photo on the right for more photos. In short, Robin Long is...

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July 15, 2008

Great visit with some of the Canadian Trampleasures

Last night I had a great visit with cousins in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. Gary is my “fourth cousin.” He’s proud to be the oldest living Trampleasure in Canada, and the third oldest in the world (my dad beats him out by a decade, as does Colin in London). I met two “fourth cousins once removed” and three “fourth cousins...

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July 14, 2008

Two lovely days on Whidbey Island, WA

Mmm. Relaxing. I spent Saturday and Sunday with my old neighbor Quinn. Quinn moved up here last fall, and is enjoying his first summer on the island. He’s got a nice place, with enough space to hang his many guitars, but not so much as to need to hire a housecleaner 🙂 He’s on the end of a dead-end road,...

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July 11, 2008

Mt. Rainier and a family of foxes

Today started off with me doing laundry and computer tasks while Etsuko went to class and Bob went to work. Around noon, we had got it together to drive to Mt. Rainier. Etsuko used to give tours on the mountain, so she was our guide. The park entrance is about two hours from Seattle, but we had a nice drive,...