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It starts with a dream.  Then lots of planning.  Learn from your mistakes. Finally, Take action.  Essentially that’s how it worked for my wife and myself.  We wanted to take a break.  Not retire, just back off the pace.  Our dream: take a break for 1 year and travel. Take that time to redefine ourContinue reading “The Exit Strategy”

2 flat tires, a rusty chain, something decided to snack on the saddle; this is the “gift” of a bicycle on a vacation.  My connection to bicycles goes way back to my childhood. Independence and autonomy was a 2 wheel pony stored in the backyard shed. As the youngest of a large catholic family, IContinue reading “Bikes on Vacation”

The sound of silence happens on a lake, at a cabin in Nissaw, Minnesota. Interruptions occur only by the neighbors, an aquatic family of Gaviidae, three (common black throated loons) that have nested on the DNR float just past the dock. The adolescents are fast becoming experts at fishing and learning the skill necessary toContinue reading “Nisswa Minnesota”

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton