Maps of Japan
I fund my bicycling adventures by helping companies clearly present information on the web. So it was with particular relish that I spent so much time parsing clues from the many maps we saw through out our travels.
Touring in Japan
Besides my love of izakaya, Japanese maples, and a quarter of ancient Japanese art taken in college, I am surprisingly ignorant about it. For example, are we or are we not going to see snow monkeys sitting in hot springs? I thought we had to go to some place remote in Hokadio, which seems out...
Soccer in Brazil
I’ve a sweet spot for the World Cup. The first summer in Seattle was spent underemployed and with plenty of time to drink with new people watching mid-day matches. Here’s a favorite from my Lost Vacation show: Brazil 1975.
Winter is a Garden Season
Hardly bereft of beauty, the winter garden is filled with subtle pleasures.
Spring in the Skagit Valley
On par with Holland for cool and damp, it's perfect for growing bulbs and is our country's largest bulb growing area.
This blog started, as many do, to keep the friends up to date while I was traveling. In my case, a long bike ride across Europe and move from Seattle to Boston in 2004.