And so it begins… Today is Thursday, November 6, 2014, and this evening at 8PM PST, I boarded a plane to Santiago, Chile. I changed planes in CA at LAX, and in Panama City, Panama, before boarding the final leg of the journey, which got me into Santiago about 8PM on Nov 7th. it took […]
7 days to go It’s the end of October, and I’m now down to only 7 days before departure to Santiago. In this post, I’ll talk about the last 30 days, and some of the surprises and disruptions that I’ve had to deal with. With just one week to go, I’ll be in the gym […]
My second seminar for Docwong.com I spoke to the Doc this afternoon, and we agreed that I’ll come in and deliver the “Advanced Class” on On Thursday, December 4th, at 6:30 PM at Full Motion Chiropractic, in Belmont, CA. This class’s intended audience is anyone that attended part I or anyone that has a good […]
My first seminar for Docwong.com On Thursday, October 9th, in cooperation with Doc Wong, and the clinics that he puts on at his office in Belmont, I lead a session about how to make the best use of your GPS by exploiting the hidden features of BaseCamp. BaseCamp is freeware, offered to the public by […]
What a weekend This weekend Skips was holding the third and final Hill Climb event at the Carnegie Special Vehicle Recreation Park. SVRPs in CA are state parks which are set aside for using Special Vehicles, such as dirt bikes, quads, Adventure Bikes, etc. The Carnegie park seems to be well suited for motocross and […]
New subscription feature added I recently added a new career to my LinkedIn profile to illustrate my passion for motorcycles. In addition to accomplishing that simple objective, it also triggered responses from many old friends who asked about this new passion, and the upcoming adventure. A few of those folks mentioned that they were interested […]
30 days to go It’s the end September, and I’m now down to about 30 days before departure to Santiago. In this post, I’ll talk about the last 30 days, and some of the fun that I’ve had while engaged in the final bunch of learning activities, and planning for the trip. Since my last […]
It’s the beginning of September, and I’m now down to less than 60 days before departure to Santiago. I’ve continued logging miles since last month and I’ve now logged more than 6400 miles since the accident, ridden over the course of 8 months. My leg strength continues to grow, and I’m now working out with […]
It’s the beginning of August, and I’ve got about 3 months until my trip. I’ve continued logging miles since last month and even though I was on a business trip for 2 weeks, I’ve managed to log another 500 miles this month. I’m now at about 4900 miles since the accident, ridden over the course […]
It’s the beginning of July, and I’ve got about 4 months until my trip. I’ve been logging a good amount of miles since I started riding again after the accident, and I’ve ridden about 4400 miles in just 6 months. My leg strength has returned, and while it is still not quite where it needs […]