20 May 2012 Williamsburg to Yorktown VA 21 miles (RT) Our good friend Elaina informed me today that I am going to die. Apparently this desk-jockey life is truly going to kill me and there’s a recent scientific study to prove it. Well, clearly this is not a matter to be taken lightly. Since it’s …
19 May 2012 Yorktown, Virginia. This is where it will all officially begin, where Gina and the Atlantic Ocean will meet, smile for the cameras, and maybe crack a bottle of champagne across someone’s front tire. I dunno – is that how you christen a monumental bike ride? Anyway, that’s tomorrow. Only Gina couldn’t wait …
18 May 2012 Today was Bike to Work day. This didn’t mean so much to Gina, who has no work to bike to, nor to me, who works from home. Nevertheless, Gina celebrated the occasion with a free lunch for cyclists provided by the local Williamsburg community center, while I embraced the concept by stopping …
17 May 2012 Maybe the world needs more parades. Not that I’ve ever been a devoted fan. The clowns make me nervous, sitting on a hard concrete curb gets my bum sore and dirty, and these days there doesn’t even seem to be much free candy being tossed about. Maybe I don’t make them a …
Someone is about to leave on another grand adventure while someone else is staying home. Any guesses? Let me give you a hint. The first someone has taken to calling herself “semi-retired” while the second someone is still adjusting to sitting behind a desk all day. One would think after six months that desk-jockey life …