Travels

Another day, another 200 miles or so

July 9, 2008

Yesterday afternoon was a nice drive up coast of Washington (although most of it was inland). Entered the Olympic National Forest and Park. Last night I did make it to the Hoh Rainforest. Lots of lichen, moss, and fungi. I went to a campfire talk on fungi, and it was lead by a fungal. She [...]

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Aberdeen, my Aberdeen

July 8, 2008

No, I didn’t get off course. I’m in Aberdeen Washington. Just below the Olympic National Forest/Park. Yesterday’s hitchiker was a self-proclaimed aging hippy who was just getting off work and heading home to help insulate the floor of her house with her old man (no, that’s not her father). I only took her about six [...]

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Happy 5th of July

July 8, 2008

Enough said.

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Sitting in Safeway in Florence, OR

July 7, 2008

Well, it’s better than Florence, AZ, where I spent a few days in the Federal Pen after a protest at Vandenburg Air Force base… Nice day yesterday. I picked up a couple hitchikers outside Arcata and took them as far as Coos Bay. Not a lot of conversation, but they got a good ride out [...]

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Greetings from Eureka

July 6, 2008

Well, I finished my first day. Last night I stayed in Campsite #7 at Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area outside Leggett (just north of where Highway 1 meets 101). I had a nice rideshare with a woman from Craigslist. She’s originally from the Willits area, now living in Portland, and back to visit her folks. We [...]

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Off on a road trip to Canada

July 4, 2008

I really wanted to go the the American Association of Physics Teachers meeting in Bremerton, but I decided that was a bit too much time. So instead I’m stopping to see some Trampleasures just outside of Vancouver, BC. I’m starting with a drive up Highway 101 along the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts. Stops on [...]

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France trip photos posted

April 6, 2008

I posted some photos of my trip to France in March 2008. I was one of four teacher chaperons on a student trip from the high school I work at. We took 27 students and two parents. You can find the photos here. We started with a couple days in Paris, then took the TGV [...]

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Bicycles in Paris

March 22, 2008

I’m on a nine-day trip to France with students from my school (the benefits of sharing my classroom with a French teacher!), and we spent the last couple days in Paris. Paris is doing some good things to get more folks on bikes, including rental bikes all over town: Rental bikes similar to but easier [...]

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Drive 55! Save gas and fight global climate change

January 20, 2008
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A web site you can track your cars MPG and compare it to others.

January 8, 2008

GasSavers.org is kind of a cool web site. You can record your gas mileage there (you enter the date, amount of gas, and miles drive), and compare to others who have a car similar to yours. But beware, lots of the folks there are “hypermiling: using all sorts of driving techniques and physical modifications to [...]

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