Telluride
Sunday, 21 February 2010 07:27
Stephen Allen
 The tour is now over, and I've made it to Telluride. The trip was great. It was a long trip, a hard trip, and a good trip. Those were the words of another bicycle tourist I met along the road who had just made his way to Jerusalem from Germany. I understand them pretty well now. Germans sometimes have a way of expressing things in the purest form, especially Germans who are speaking to you in E.S.L. which they almost invariably are. So, now, I have stolen Stefan's summation to his bicycle tour. (He was, coincidentally, named Stefan). "It was a long trip, a hard trip, and a good trip..." Read 0 Comments... >>
Last Updated on Sunday, 21 February 2010 13:40
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Utah
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:58
Stephen Allen
 Barring any accidental clicks, unauthorized hacks, or major drama in the coming days, this post will be the last Seize The World update from the road. Right now I am at Pizza Hut in Moab, sitting at one of three occupied tables on this side of the restaurant. The other side of the restaurant is occupied by 15-20 ten year old girls and three or four of their mothers who are fully-engaged in celebrating a birthday. Much Mountain Dew has been consumed. I am just glad that I will be home by my own birthday. By the time I reached Idaho, I had begun to rest quite heavily on the crutch of telling people that I was excited and ready to get home. But I suppose that's okay. I am...and people seem to understand. At least, they certainly seem to understand that a whole lot better than they ever understood any explanation of the rest of the tour!In Utah, train photography is quite popular. So I decided to try to copy a couple of the photos that I'd seen for sale in Cafes and gas stations. I am a fan of vehicle photography in general...machines = cool. Read 2 Comments... >>
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 04:16
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Slide Show: Boise, Idaho
Thursday, 21 January 2010 07:30
Stephen Allen
 *6p.m.-8p.m. Thursday, January 21*Bardenay Distillery, Boise610 Grove StreetBoise, ID(208) 426-0538 CLICK HERE FOR THE MAPHosted by the Epilepsy Foundation of Idaho. Thanks go out to Diane Foote and others at the Epilepsy Foundation of Idaho and in Boise for organizing the event! Send all of your friends and relatives in the Western United States over to the Bardenay on Thursday night!
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Idaho
Thursday, 28 January 2010 03:08
Stephen Allen
 My latest stop on the Seize The World tour was Boise, Idaho. After pedaling through the lonely, barren wastelands that make up Eastern Oregon, I really did not think that there was anything out there to top the experience. But then I rolled into Boise. I went there to give a slide show presentation to the Epilepsy Foundation of Idaho, which is headquartered in Boise. As it turns out, the slide show wound up being just one small part of a much greater experience. Read 4 Comments... >>
Last Updated on Monday, 01 February 2010 06:00
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Oregon
Tuesday, 19 January 2010 02:16
Stephen Allen
 I have now arrived in Caldwell, Idaho, about 30 miles west of Boise. The past ten days or so have been spent on a tour through Eastern Oregon. I now consider Eastern Oregon to be its own distinct region of the world. Sort of the same way that West Virginia is a distinct region of the world. To gain access to Eastern Oregon, I spent four grueling days pedaling east up the Columbia River Gorge, beginning in Vancouver, WA, and ending - at last - in Biggs, Oregon, after crossing the river. It would not have been grueling - and would, in fact have been pleasant - if it were not for the wind. There is a steady easterly wind that runs through the Gorge, which made a 7mph pace into hard, cold work. I spotted a barge or two out on the river, plugging away upstream, and tried to keep up as they chugged along. My efforts were fruitless. They were going about 8Mph. At one point, I checked into a hotel after a 19 mile day, feeling thrashed, frozen, and really excited to be in a hotel. The next day was the day I crossed over to Biggs, made my way to Wasco, and began my Eastern Oregon adventure. One of the purest, loneliest, easiest, best parts of the Seize The World tour to date. Read 2 Comments... >>
Last Updated on Friday, 22 January 2010 23:26
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