Travel and culture
I’ve had an interesting first couple of months on Medium. In late August I published a story from my blog called “What Is Up With American Trucks?” I wrote it to express my dismay and disdain for men (mostly men) who drive enormous, gas-guzzling, road-hogging, pedestrian-splatting pickup trucks when they have no practical need for… Continue reading My Most Popular Medium Article Tore People Apart
Friday Afternoon A sliver of a river slides beneath the rails and then we’re in Queens, floating over a great plain of brick row houses and tessellating backyards, little boxes of space framed by high fences. I love the train for its glimpses at unseen places: rooftops covered in broken glass, a hidden tag from… Continue reading Portals: Cycling From NYC to Boston
...And it knows it.
It took us eight days to cross the United States from end to end, speeding over prairies in our lozenge-shaped craft, floating inches above the tarmac of Interstate 90 on four rubber-bound air cushions. Washington was a rolling brown farmland they call the Palouse. Idaho was a brief, gorgeous jaunt across the panhandle: sapphire lakes… Continue reading Eight Days Across America
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We take you through the different types of bicycle tours, help you figure out what you need from your bike and identify the bicycle that's right for your first big tour.
From traffic to weather to city centers — everything you need to consider when planning your bicycle touring route.
Robber barons, immigrant communities and native burial practices — it's all here.
A self portrait in the stripped-out shadow of Mount St. Helens.
A slice of life in the Washington Cascades: mountains, elk, heaven-sent convenience stores and "worship centres" masquerading as churches. After a long climb into the mountains from the east, I spent a day and two nights loitering around Randle and sleeping behind the local Methodist church, recharging for the ride to Mount St. Helens.
