AND SO THE JOURNEY CONTINUES!

Well, I am at Baltimore/Washington International airport in, you guessed it, Baltimore, waiting for my delayed flight to San Francisco so I can start my journey home on my motorcycle. I have a short visit at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), where I serve on an advisory board. Very exciting place...source of an experimental from of Fusion Energy which could make the US independent of fossil fuels for generating electricity. Check it out. (https://lasers.llnl.gov/).

I leave out on Wednesday on the ride north to Oregon. On Saturday, I plan to leave Oregon for the East Coast. The trip should take about 2 weeks, through some of the most beautiful country in the world. I am looking forward to Going to The Sun Highway in Montana. It brings you over the continental divide, and across the Rockies. Supposedly one of the most beautiful rides in the world.( http://visitmt.com/virtualvisitor/biking/rides/going_to_the_sun.html)

From there, I plan to go east to the Dakotas, and then south to see the Black Hills Reservation, and of course, Mt. Rushmore. It may be just a tourist attraction but the ride to and through it is still good, and since I am out there, I have to see it!. Then across South Dakota, and onto Minneapolis to see some old friends, where I will stay a day or so. Afterward I head on to Milwaukess to pick up two riders, and see the Brewers play the Cardinals.

After Milwaukee, it is on around the Great Lakes and onto Ontario. I am going to bypass Toronto, and go to Northern Ontario, to meet up with my wife, Frances, and our puppy, Jazz. We will be staying with great friends at their solar powered, off the grid cabin. Very cool.

Then a couple of more riders should hook up with me in and around Syracuse and head through the Adirondacks. It is a lovely time of year to go through there. I haven't been in the Adirondacks since I was 7 years old, but my memories are crystal clear. As I head home, I plan a stop in Cooperstown for the Baseball Hall of Fame, and then on to home.

I am amazingly grateful for the life I have. Frances, our home, our friends, our freedom. It is all such a gift. I pray I will never wake up ignorant to the riches around us. it is fleeting, and it is only today. So thank you for that. More later.