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| Location | Sacramento, CA |
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| Introduction | My passions are three-fold - bicycle touring, hiking and traveling which has consumed me for most of my adult life. I must admit, gypsy blood runs hotly through my veins. These pursuits are not mutually exclusive as I often combine all three activities in a single trip. For me, seeing the world from a bike saddle or by boots is the ideal form of traveling in that it allows me to enjoy my fourth passion - eating. These vigorous activities keeps my waist-line in check. Up to 2008, RVing was also a big part of my life until my dear wife of 40 years, Patricia, passed away. I have temporarily parked the RV but I have not lost my lust for travel. Having lost my loyal and beloved side-kick, these days, I travel with a great group of buddies or solo. I started this blog in 2008 and most of the entries chronicle my bike trips, hikes, and travels. "The Journey is the Reward" ~~Chinese Proverb~~ |
| Interests | Biking, hiking mountains and urban walks, birding, photography, camping, tear-drop trailers, traveling and world cultures, anything outdoors, urbanism, architecture, contemporary art, reading, NPR, PBS, Charlie Rose, consumer of international cuisine, Cooking Channel, wandering aimlessly, Buddhism and meditation, people with good karma, stimulating conversation, world-class coffee nut. Strong advocate of "1000 places to see before I die." |
| Favorite Movies | Casa Blanca, Loopers, ARGO, Bernie, Moonrise Kingdom, Shawshank Redemption, Kings Speech, The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, Descendents, Hugo, Departures, 180 Degrees South, Fargo, ET, The Godfather, Forrest Gump, Liar Liar, American Beauty, Cinema Paridiso, Star Wars, Rear Window, Dr. Strangelove, Das Boot, Kagemusha, Tampopo, Roshoman, Ran, Letters from Iwo Jima, Annie Hall, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Avatar, The Graduate, Jaws, Raising Arizona, Bagdad Cafe, Sleepless in Seattle, Titanic, Ghost, Starman, The Sting, Same Time Next Year, The Big Year, Tremors, Memento, Mr. Huelot's Holiday, Il Postino, My Dinner with Andre |
| Favorite Books | All books by Jon Krakauer - When Men Win Glory, Under the Banner of Heaven, Into Thin Air, Into the Wild. All books by Laura Hillenbran - Unbroken, Sea Biscuit. 3 Cups of Tea, Water for Elephants, The Art of Fielding, The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Kafka on the Shore, Audacity of Hope, DeVinci Code, Epitaph for a Peach, Tell No One, Everett Ruess: A Vagabond for Beauty, Journey of a Summer Sun, Blue Highway, Travels with Charlie, Crossing Arizona, Red-tail in Love, Kingbird Highway, The Road Has No End, Spokesongs, Bicycle Diaries, Road to Valor (Gino Bartoli Story), Michael Palin's Himilaya, Snow Leopard, The Tiger, Yak Butter Blues, Lost City of Z, River of Doubt, Born to Run, Death in the Grand Canyon, Condor, Fiasco, The Big Short, The Tipping Point, Outliers, Steve Jobs, Gray Wolf, Zeitoun, Travels in a Thin Country, Turn Right at Machu Picchu, The Social Animal, Your Money or Your Life |