Green Encounter for a Blue Planet – Leading an Examined Life

Quote for the Day!

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
- Will Rogers

An old friend, an artist in Tempe, who owns desert land near my desert land, and I almost never see anymore, popped by today – and this is one of the stories he shared.

http://www.jacquesadventures.com/9.html

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Paul’s brother is all grown up and was cooking up a plan in his mind…. Early retirement???  He wanted to ride his bike around the circumference of the US. According to Paul, his brother is a “bean counter, and he calculated the cost of the trip and saved for it,well before doing it.” Part of his plan included buying a camper (for his wife) and seeking out an amazing array of great campgrounds along his route.

The above link takes you to his photo essay of the trip. He started around Christmas 07 in Las Vegas and plans to end at the same time of year in 08, in the exact location his adventure began. He is currently traveling at a goal rate of about 80miles per day as he crosses the northern border of the US traveling from east to west, into head winds. He passed through AZ several months ago and local family and friends joined him for various legs of the AZ route.

The story goes that someone suggested he take the southern route traveling east so that the coastline would be on the same side of the road he was riding on; he thought that sounded great till he hit the west-east headwinds across out northern tier. He always had a dream of kayaking in the Erie Canal; you can find pictures of him fulfilling that dream on his website and he is currently peddling past the western great lakes.

Judging by the ‘Guest Book entries’, he and his wife have intrigued and inspired many along the way!

As I sit here on this warm Sunday afternoon, contemplating a nap because (darn, it’s sunny again, and after all it is in the 90’s), maybe I should dust off the old walking shoes, refresh the podcasts on my iPod, find the headphones that work and go for a walk. Gee, that sounds like a lot to do, maybe I will just open this URL and look at some more pictures!

Make time, we are never too old and there is always a way, if you plan and make ready and then shake off the dust from your bones and simply – GET MOVING!

Well, then again …. maybe tomorrow.