There are a few books you read and when you are done you think… Life-Changing! I’ve had Dumping Iron by P. D. Mangan (a guy I found on Twitter) on my reading list for a long time. Christopher Smith (another guy I found on Twitter) recently prompted me to move it to the top of …
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Seattle, Washington
Throwback 2017! We finished up our tour of northwest Washington in Seattle. We took a ferry on the way from Port Angeles to our hotel in Seattle. We toured the Washington campus (so far no grandchild has opted for that college option). We toured the Boeing factory (no pics or video from that…top secret). The …
Percy Warner Park – My Favorite Park In Nashville, TN
Nashville is my favorite city in America because I believe it has one of the best park systems in the nation! Change my mind! Emily and I have hit all/most of these over the years. Our favorites are Percy Warner Park, Edwin Warner Park, Radnor Lake, and Beaman Park. If I had to pick an …
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Throwback 2017! We rode the ferry from Port Angeles, Washington up to Victoria, British Columbia. The ferry ride to Canada takes about an hour and a half. We rode over and explored around the beautiful city for the day before returning that afternoon.
First Bikepacking Trip – Land Between The Lakes
I’ve never gone bikepacking but wanted to give it a try. I’d spent a good part of the winter learning about it. Max decided he’d go with me (his first time too). For my first bikepacking trip we went up to Land Between The Lakes to ride on the 28-mile North-South Trace: Canton Road to …
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Granny and Pipa – Through Joey’s Eyes
My grandparents were instrumental role models in my life. They put family first at all times. They worked hard and also worked hard at having fun. My grandmother would take hours of video with her VHS camera. Perhaps this is where I got my desire to document my journey. There seemed to be nothing my …
Getting Ready For My First Bikepacking Trip
I’d spent a bunch of time during the winter months learning about bikepacking. With my first trip planned and fast approaching it was time to get everything together. I had not been doing as much bicycling as I have in the past so I needed to get my body ready for the trip (and not …
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West Coast Avengers
West Coast Avengers (Limited Series) (Year 1984 / Issues #1-4) I had the second series of West Coast Avengers but had not read the prior limited series. The OCD completionist in me would not allow me to read the latter without reading the former. This is my cross to bear! This 4 issue miniseries was …
Marvel Comics Presents (Year 1988-1995 / Issues #1-175)
I chose to read this series as my second series because it would introduce me to a variety of characters (many lesser-known ones too). Each issue is broken up into several stories. Most of these comics were flip issues. One side has a cover (with a popular character like Wolverine) and that half of the …
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Marvel Saga (Year 1985-1987 / Issues #1-25)
As a kid, I had always just bought comics but had never read them. What better time to START reading comic books than when you are over 40 years old!?!? I remember buying issue #1 of this series. I had just started going to the comic book shops and was collecting GI Joe and West …
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