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July 10, 2008

Two hundred people can commute…but how would Lenin do it?

Great poster on the ferry. Be sure to click on the larger image to see all the details. The options shown in the poster are: By car, by bus, by light rail, and by bike. Very descriptive. Then, there’s Lenin in Seattle: A guy found this in the former Czechoslovakia, bought it for its artistic importance, and brought it to...

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July 9, 2008

Another day, another 200 miles or so

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 had group participation acts, with...

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July 8, 2008

Aberdeen, my Aberdeen

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 miles. Today’s hitchiker was a...

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July 8, 2008

Happy 5th of July

Enough said.

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July 7, 2008

Sitting in Safeway in Florence, OR

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 of it 🙂 Last night...

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July 6, 2008

Greetings from Eureka

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 had a nice conversation on...

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July 4, 2008

Off on a road trip to Canada

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 my trip include Quinn on...

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April 6, 2008

France trip photos posted

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 (“train that goes very fast”)...

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March 22, 2008

Bicycles in Paris

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 than City Carshare. You buy...

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January 20, 2008

Drive 55! Save gas and fight global climate change

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Category: Travels

Two hundred people can commute…but how would Lenin do it?

Another day, another 200 miles or so

Aberdeen, my Aberdeen

Happy 5th of July

Sitting in Safeway in Florence, OR

Greetings from Eureka

Off on a road trip to Canada

France trip photos posted

Bicycles in Paris

Drive 55! Save gas and fight global climate change