Where might I go?

Cycling around Oregon

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:48:15 -0500

It started with the idea of cycling Crater Lake’s rim. Friends and relatives started promoting Cycle Oregon as one way to pull this off ... and more. Looking into it, this sounds very much like something I’d enjoy doing.

Learn more here: http://www.cycleoregon.com/

Yellowhead Highway to Alaska

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:41:53 -0500

The map above shows the first leg. From Prince Rupert I’d head north by ferry to Alaska then run around the State focusing on major cities and National Parks. Then I’d return by land to the province of Alberta and make my way to Vancouver by way of Jasper.

Sounds great but it’s got to be in the summer months.

The roads aren’t passable in other seasons!

Texas Gulf Coast

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:29:14 -0500

Just as in the Carolinas, the coast of Texas has lots of narrow coastal islands which are also parks. Couple that with the fact that it’s warm down there in the winter and it’s a stretch of U.S. waterline that I haven’t navigated.

The result?

A desired destination!

DONE Ride the C&O Canal

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:42:45 -0500

See the path along the side of the canal? It was a trail for mules to follow while they pulled boats along the 184 miles of canal from Washington D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland. It’s now a National Historic Park and the path is now for hikers and bikers.

Wouldn’t it be great to ride the graceful descent from Cumberland, staying at historic inns along the way, and arriving back home at the Nation’s Capitol? It would be!

DONE: New Mexico: Gettin’ ta know ya.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:10:14 -0500

Either I’m barreling through Gallup, Albuquerque, and Santa Rosa on I-40 or I’m slithering along the south through Las Cruces on I-10. That’s it. That’s all I know about New Mexico.

What about Taos? The cliff dwellings? Los Alamos? Aztec ruins? All the caves, monuments, museums? Heck, what about Santa Fe? There’s enough in this State to keep anyone busy for a couple of weeks.

I think I ought to get to know New Mexico.