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Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Skagway, Ak After a leisurely morning, including yoga on my own, I disembarked, had my picture taken with the guy in the eagle suit, then took a shuttle bus four blocks into Skagway. I had a few minutes to wander amongst the diamond shops in the restored gold rush town. Apparently, […]
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 Juneau, AK So, speaking of small world, a few weeks before we left, Sadie, with whom I biked down the west coast last June, posted on facebook that she was leaving soon for Alaska! But I’m about to leave for Alaska, too, I messaged her immediately. We cross-checked schedules and discovered […]
Monday July 8, 2013 Ketchikan, AK At our first stop in Ketchikan, I chose to go snorkeling, probably mostly so I could say I did. Well, I did! The water was about 60 degrees, and we wore 7mm wetsuits with hoods and booties and gloves. A warm current comes in from around Japan, so the […]
Sunday, July 7, 2013 At Sea I slept poorly, so it was no trouble at all to be up for a 7am stretch class. Then I stayed for the 7:30 abs class, and then did yoga on my own for a while. Then there was breakfast in the dining room and laying around on the […]
Saturday July 7, 2013 Chicago to Vancouver to Sea I met my brother and sister and their spouses at O’Hare this morning, on our way to an Alaskan cruise. Katie and I had made a plan to meet at the check-in counter between 6:30 and 6:40am. She texted me last night to say they just […]
San Diego!
By admin | July 4, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012 Encinitas to San Diego 22 miles We started out by having breakfast with Kay O. Like Sadie, Kay O had been on the Odyssey bike trip around the world in 2000 with Ben Willetts, which is how I met both of them in the first place. Kay O, who has completed […]
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Capistrano Beach to Encinitas 40 miles Between 80 miles yesterday and such an interesting host, we finally left Sue’s treasure cave about two in the afternoon. We rode past the San Onofre nuclear power station (That’s it, behind the trees.) and through Camp Pendleton Marine Base. Our map and a quick […]
80 Miles
By admin | June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Santa Monica to Capistrano Beach 80 miles We spent two days off staying with Jess and Brent and their awesome Corgi puppy, Zelda, in Marina del Rey. We stayed in my good friend Chris’ room while she was still up at Sara’s in Ventura. We had two massages in two days […]
Saturday, June 23, 2012 Ventura to Santa Monica-ish 65 miles Another morning when we just could not get going. Until we hit the UPS store. We realized we wouldn’t need to camp anymore, since we had friends to stay with for the rest of the way to San Diego, so we mailed our camping gear […]
Friday, June 22, 2012 Santa Barbara to Ventura 46 miles We had a hard time leaving the house this morning. It was just too comfortable! We finally got three miles away, headed for second breakfast, when Sadie’s pedal fell off! The way that pedals are not supposed to come off. Luckily, we were 2.5 miles […]