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  • From Cable to . . . Bulgaria

    In which we need some water, we cross some mountains, and enter a very different place called Bulgaria.

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  • Breaking Up is Hard to Do

    In which we write a Dear John letter to Chile, our old flame, we meets wonderful Moroccan family and we eat great food.

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  • A little check in just so you know we’re still alive.

    (Riceville – Cedar Falls, Iowa – check out the Maps page to follow our progress or Diana’s Strava feed for more on our route – though I don’t necessarily advise following it exactly – more on that tomorrow . . .) We are. Barely. Or, at least, I’m barely still alive.  Diana? Of course she’s

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  • Olympic Cows, and Other Stories . . .

    First off, I should assure people that we are having a fantastic time. Not everything has gone according to plan – but that’s kind of the whole point. Otherwise we would just bike around Lake Harriet over and over again. Pleasant ride. No surprises. Anything goes wrong and home is right around the corner.  This

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  • Rochester, You Suck!

    Rochester, You Suck!

    So I spent the day thinking that maybe I wouldn’t post today. Don’t get me wrong – the day was going great. Bucolic scenes. Nice biking. Quaint covered bridge in the cute little town of Zumbrota. Good bike path (that is, not some annoying cobbled together thing like yesterday’s trip to Hastings) into Rochester.  But

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  • A Dark Cloud On Our First Day . . .

    Quite a day . . . Brought the dog for a walk. Made pancakes for my Mom and Dad, Ellie, her roommates, and Diana.  Packed up. Forgot my gloves – which comes into play later. Said goodbye to my parents, Ellie, her boyfriend, Jacob, and her roommates, Lauren (via FaceTime or something), and a bunch

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  • Leaving on a jet plane . . .

    Don’t know when [we’ll] be back again. (If you don’t know that song you’re clearly from another generation. You can still be here, but you’re suspect. Suspect I tell you . . .) Okay – so we’re planning to leave tomorrow (Friday). Like, really leave . . . If you want to help see us

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  • Obesiosis … or … Just When You Thought it Couldn’t Get Any Worse!

    And you thought it couldn’t it get any worse . . . I guess it can always be worse . . . You know what is worse than one tick-borne illness? Two tick-borne illnesses.  I went in to see Dr. Swank on Friday. This was supposed to be a follow up visit – just to

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  • A Special Report – Sponsored by Pfizer

    In which John is diagnosed with a virus (by himself) and Dr. Liu intervenes to save the trip.

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  • Tune-up Ride Report: Preparing for the Big Adventure

    Diana and I embark on a prep ride for the big trip. The ride revealed a few issues – mostly around my fitness. A little miscalculation leads to setting up camp twice, but we emerge better off for it and we are looking forward to our upcoming adventures.

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  • A Tale of Two Hot Dogs

    Diana and I take an annual anniversary trip around this time of year – usually on the North Shore or to Bayfield, Wisconsin. This year’s trip: Duluth to Bayfield today and Bayfield to Hayward tomorrow. Then ride home with some friends who are already in Hayward.  But that’s enough on the book report. “What I

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  • Toronto Trip Epilogue: A Meditation on the City

    Well, it took us sixteen days to get here – I figure it is worth a little meditation on Toronto itself. I guess kind of an epilogue . . . First off, we’ve decided that any initial hesitation we had about Toronto was due more to those first sixteen days making us tired than to

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