Archive for October, 2006

Final Dream Tour statistics

Monday, October 30th, 2006

A few days ago, I totalled up some of the data from The Dream Tour. Some of the numbers are kind of interesting […]

The scene of the crash

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Yesterday, I couldn’t resist returning to the scene of the mishap on my bicycle. I just had to take a look at the manhole cover that took me down.

A day of ironies

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

It was such a beautiful fall day today that I had to put aside the unpacking and everything else and go out for a bke ride. Today’s ride turned out to be quite a bit shorter than the average 60 miles a day that I did on The Dream Tour. In fact, about 59.9 miles shorter.

Dream Tour welcome home party

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

Last night, Bayer HealthCare threw a welcome home party for Pat and me. It was a wonderful event and the perfect final stop for The Dream Tour. Representatives from Bayer HealthCare and about 70 friends of ours from the Salt Lake City area joined us for dinner, drinks, dessert, and celebration of the completion of our 10,000 mile bicycle tour.

October 20: Settling in at home

Friday, October 20th, 2006

I slept like a baby in my own bed last night! Though I did wake up once in the middle of the night wondering where in the world I was. When I didn’t hear the usual motel sounds — nearby traffic, fans running (either A/C or heaters, depending on the season), water […]