Day 10 / Retrospective
March 28, 2002-Thursday How can it be possible that it’s already two weeks since the end of the Hawaii bike ride? I am notorious for not wrapping up journals. I don’t know why – maybe I don’t want the trip to end. Maybe I just get caught up with newer projects at home, and then […]
HOME AT LAST
HOME AT LAST Well, it was a brutal 14 hours or so flying home. I am exhausted. Just wanted to get a quick note out to y’all to let you know I got back safely. I will have another entry in a day or two. Here’s the honest to goodness final image I took in […]
DAY 9
DAY 9 March 13, 2002 – Wednesday – Day 9 Miles Today – 70 Total Miles – 290 Panaluu,HI to Kona,HI – Completion of Biking Trip – When I went out to run, there were two cute big snails at the bottom of Josh’s back stairway. They were sloooowwwwlllly making their way across the cement […]
DAY 8
DAY 8 March 12, 2002 – Tuesday – Day 8 Miles Today – 1 Total Miles – 220 Rest Day in Naalehu,HI – At Josh’s A-frame Beach Place – Anyone who knows me just knows it’s hard for me to sit still. Yet, here I was in the middle of a piece of paradise, and […]
DAY 7
DAY 7 March 11, 2002 – Monday – Day 7 Miles Today – 31 Total Miles – 219 Volcano,HI to Naalehu,HI – At Josh’s A-frame Beach Place – FROM THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN TO THE SEASIDE – – A LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE – This is the way most tour days are begun: after […]
DAY 6
DAY 6 March 10, 2002 – Sunday – Day 6 Miles Today – 16 Total Miles – 188 Around the Kilauea Caldera – Volcano, HI – PLANS CHANGE – AROUND THE RIM OF A VOLCANO – NEW FRIENDS – THE LITTLE BERRIES BY THE BIG CRATER – MY 500th(!) DAY OF BICYCLE TOURING Had a […]
DAY 5
DAY 5 March 9, 2002 – Saturday – Day 5 Miles Today – 29 Total Miles – 172 Hilo,HI to Volcano,HI – Volcano Bed & Breakfast – (Is there a thin line between unnecessary whining, and the telling it like it is? Would it be giving the reader the wrong impression to omit the problems […]
DAY 4
DAY 4 March 8, 2002 – Friday- Day 4 Miles Today – 62 Total Miles – 143 Weimea (Kamuela),HI to Hilo,HI – Seaside Motel – It was a nice morning run – flat highway outside the motel. Great night’s sleep although I woke up to some odd dreams. One thing about bike touring, especially when […]
DAY 3
DAY 3 Notes: I sure enjoy hearing from those of you who write me. But would you kindly not include the journal page when you write – it takes a long time to filter through on my modem…….. before you look at today’s picture, try to think of the plant that you’d be LEAST likely […]
DAY 2
DAY 2 March 6, 2002 – Wednesday – Day 2 Miles Today – 21 Total Miles – 57 Kawaihae,HI to Kapaau,HI (-Kohola Adventure B&B -) Anyone who knows me, knows full well what torment I went through in thought process of taking the ride to get to the B&B yesterday. (Well, maybe “torment” is a […]
