Huntington Beach Christmas
Enough of Christmas trees; they are everywhere. Instead, I took a bicycle ride down the beach to see where it all begins and ends. First is oil. The picture above is of oil rigs off the coast of...
View ArticleMine Closure Myths: Walk-Away Closure
Today was another perfect Southern California sunny and warm day. We rode our bicycles around the Huntington Beach neighborhood, took a long swim in the solar heated pool, and wallowed in the hot tub....
View ArticleThe Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve by Bike
Yesterday and today I did nearly sixty kilometres on my road bicycle up the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve in North Vancouver. Perfect weather prompted and aided this. Well maybe, for it rained...
View ArticleFisherman’s Trail in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve by Bike
In this house are eight bicycles. Five are small and kept for the grandkids when they come visiting in summer. Three are mine. First there is the Trek road bike: it is white& light; soft to the...
View ArticleIronworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing (Bridge)
Each evening on the ride home from work, I cross the Second Narrows Bridge. It is a spectacular ride up to the crest of the bridge and down at great speed over the bumpy construction joints. The...
View ArticleMining Bicycle Riding In Vancouver
Ours is a small consulting company serving the mining industry. Most of us cycle to work. We are part of the increase bicycle use in Vancouver as reported at this link, which notes in part: Bicycle...
View ArticleUp the Santa Ana River, Orange County, CA
A few photos taken on a bike ride along the Santa Ana River between Huntington Beach and Newport Beach in Orange County, California. First, a view of the concrete channel clogged with silt just as...
View ArticleVirginia Beach Public Art
Virginia Beach has what is possibly the greatest collection of ugly public art I have yet come across. Here are some pictures to prove my point. In addition to these pictures we saw the following...
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