What are the chances of two people living half way around the world– Korea and the USA– coincidentally meeting in Australia? I met Hunho Kim, a Korean, about three years ago in Los Angeles. He was cycling from Alaska to Argentina, and, through a cyclist forum to which we both belonged, asked if he could …
Category: Travel/Biking
Aug 27 2019
Quickie Update: Aug. 27– Woolooga
Quickie Update What? How can this be? I simply wanted a quiet comfortable place to rest for a couple of days, and the only criteria was that it had good wifi so I can do some writing. US$28 a night for a single twin bed seemed acceptable so I booked for 2 nights. It was …
Aug 26 2019
Quickie Update: August 27– Kilkivan
Aug 23 2019
Quickie Update: August 23– Eidsvold
Quickie Update Dear friends: I’ve been throwing quickie updates on Facebook and Instagram for folks, simply because that medium takes less thought and very easy to do with minimal bandwidth. A weak cell signal is all that’s needed to post. A good blog post, on the other hand, takes more time and more bandwidth. Still, …
Aug 18 2019
Coal and a Bike Fix
On my way to Dysart, the hex screw holding up the rear rack broke. This is a disastrous break, for all the weight of the load on the back rests on the rack, which ultimately rests on two hex screws– and one of them broke. I cobbled together a temporary solution with duct tape and …