The Longest Route takes me from Uganda into South Sudan. Three cheers for progress!
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Virtual India: Humayun’s Tomb Postcard
In real life, so much is going on. Plans are in the works, which are exciting. More on that in future (God willing). Also, people I love are having birthdays, anniversaries, reasons to celebrate.
Continue reading “Virtual India: Humayun’s Tomb Postcard”Delayed
The time delay on my posts means that a lot of flotsam has been going up on the blog, while real life crises have happened out there in the world.
Continue reading “Delayed”Progress on various fronts
Little by little I make headway. I am still in Angola on the VAL and if that feels like what, still? to you, I can assure you that I feel it even more.
Continue reading “Progress on various fronts”A year at home
The last day that I was in one of the offices in person was about a year ago now.
Continue reading “A year at home”100 days
As I mentioned, I recently extended my African Loop to include a few ancient cities in the Middle East, raising the total distance by about 1000 miles and my daily distance goal by 1 more mile a day.
Continue reading “100 days”Down to the nub
While most of my cooped-up time goes to pacing or pedaling like a madwoman, or cooking meals to celebrate fictional trips…
Continue reading “Down to the nub”Holding up through trying times
What takes up my time when I’m not chained to my desk, and helps keep me sane(ish) through these days of social distancing?
Continue reading “Holding up through trying times”Missing
Missing the adventure of winging to some far-flung place, seeing new sites, meeting new people.
Missing the casual ease of popping over to visit my folks, the quiet pleasure of inviting them over for a meal, maybe a show watched together…
Continue reading “Missing”Solo mission
I had set up my own custom mission, from (roughly) home to (roughly) NYC. I didn’t make a fancy route to get off the highway or anything. Just popped in any old route, to do the miles, and try out the site to see what I thought. Continue reading “Solo mission”
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