Travel Writing

 

2003

 

Ireland

1. e-postcard from Ireland (1.1MB PDF file)

 

 

Pacific Northwest Tour (United States)

 

1. Pacific Northwest Tour (646k PDF file)

 

 

The Beginning

Independence Day

 

 

South Africa, Botswana, Zambia & Namibia

1. e-postcard from Kirstenbosch (674k PDF file)

2. e-postcard from Crossroads Township (2mb PDF file)

3. e-postcard from KwaZulu-Natal (1.9mb PDF file)

4. e-postcard from Pilgrims Rest  (1.3mb PDF file)

5. e-postcard from Chobe (357kb PDF file)

6. e-postcard from the Okavango Delta

• Part One (900k PDF file)
• Part Two (1.5mb PDF file)
• Part Three (2mb PDF file)

7. e-postcard from Twyfelfontein (900k PDF file)

8. e-postcard from Solitaire (91k PDF file)

9. e-postcard from the Cape Town docks (1.5mb PDF file)

10. Home again (144k PDF file)

11. 2003 Africa Tour (all e-postcards) (14.3mb PDF file) (this file contains additional material
and some improved quality photos)

 

 

2004

 

 

India, Sikkim & Bhutan

1. e-Postcard from Darjeeling, India (831K PDF file)

2. e-Postcard from Sikkim, India (2.3 MB PDF file)

3. e-Postcard from Bhutan (2.3 MB PDF file)

 

 

Turkey, Syria & Jordan

 

Doug’s Commentaries and Journals

1. e-postcard from Sirinçe (1.1 MB PDF file)

2. e-postcard from Cirile (800K PDF file)

3 – On the road in the Middle East (400K PDF file)

4 – Today’s Mideast Quiz (131K PDF file)

5 – Our Conversation with the Bedouin (1.4MB PDF file)

6 – The Footsteps of History (254K PDF file)

7 – The Business of Peace (156K PDF file)

8 – Today’s Buick Quiz (176K PDF file)

9. The Five Mile Rock (120K PDF file)

10. Another one for the Car Guys (140K PDF file)

11. e-Postcard from Ankara (42K PDF file)

12. e-Postcard from Sultanahmet (166K PDF file)

13. America Knows No Tribe (788K PDF file)

14. Today’s News (50K PDF file)

15.The Empty Corner (97K PDF file)

16. e-Postcard from 34k Feet (109K PDF file)

 

 

Steph’s Journals

These are messages Steph has posted on a scrapbooking forum, Two Peas in a Bucket. For the non-scrapbookers among us, DH = Darling Husband, SBM = Scrapbooking Moment.

1. Steph Post #1

2. Steph Post #2

3. Steph Post #3

4. Steph Post #4

 

 

 

Continental Divide Ride

1. e-Postcard from Kalispell, Montana

2. e-Postcard from Atlantic City, Wyoming

3. e-Postcard from Grants, New Mexico

 

 
 

Japan

1. e-Postcard from Ginza

2. Bike of the Day

3. Tokyo Past and Present

4. Riding the Storm Out

5. e-Postcard from Joshin-Etsu

6. Surfing the 17th Floor

7. My Wife’s Birthday

8. The Death of Development

9. The Greatest Gift

 

 
 

China

10. You’ve got to be Tough to be Stupid

11. e-Postcard from Beijing

12. Fire in the Hole

13. What’s to Fear?

14. One Out, One In

 

 

Baja California Mexico – Baja 1000

1. Dirt Rider Article (original version)

 
Our Christmas Message

The Seekers

 

 

2005
 

 

Ft. Lauderdale to Nova Scotia – Sailing Offshore Passage

1. The Points of the Compass (55K PDF file)

2. Cetacea Incognita (154K PDF file)

 

 
 
Hurricane Katrina Relief – Mississippi, USA

 

Katrina – Tales From the Front

1. Volume One

2. Volume Two

3. Volume Three – The Rhythm

 
 
U.S. and British Virgin Islands – Sailing Bareboat Charter

Force 8

 

 
 

2006

 

British Columbia, Canada – proof of concept camper rental

1. 22 Men
2. Shamu @ Home

 

 
 

Return to Katrina

Katrina – Year One

 
 

Christmas trip to Germany/ Deutschland   

Christmas 2006

 

 

2007

 

Hackney Fuso BEV U.S. Test

1. Blowing the Glass Balloon (Written for our granddaughter, Nakeya)
2. The Dorymen
3. The Heath Aeroplane Company
4. In This Land
5. Iowa Factoids
6. Hitt Wash Crossing
7. Ladies and Gentlemen

      

South America

1. The Big Gulp Effect (12/2007)

 

 

2008

South America

1. The Long, Dark, Dead End Alley (1/2008)

2. Inferno of Cerro La Cruz (1/2008)

3. The Next Sunday (1/2008)

4. The Falcon Sanctuary (2/2008)

5. Gildas Kansas Jones (2/2008)

6. Days of Many Moods (2/2008)

7. Sure Signs (2/2008)

8. The Gas Man (2/2008)

9. The Road to Ushuaia (2/2008)

10. The Watching Waters (2/2008)

11. The Land of Towers (3/2008)

12. The Duck (3/2008)

13. How Big is Big? (3/2008)

14. Bad Roads (3/2008)

15. Firsts (3/2008)
    
    Part One
    
    Part Two

16. To Tell the Truth (4/2008)

17. The Operator (4/2008)

18. Rare Rewards (4/2008)

19. A Place (4/2008)

20. Market Town Saturday Night (6/2008)

21. Relative Humidity (7/2008)

22. The Shrine (7/2008)

23. Fuso Units (7/2008)

24. DG 080 (7/2008)

25. Fuso Units at Work (7/2008)

26. La Tirana (7/2008)

27. Just Ask (7/2008)

28. The Room of Wakes (7/2008)

29. Sweet Sixteen (7/2008)

30. El Ojo (7/2008)

31. Angels 12 (8/2008)

32. Ride Your Own Ride (8/2008)

33. Salinas (8/2008)

34. Weavers 2.0 (8/2008)

35. The Transit Stage (9/2008)

36. Line Ball (9/2008)

37. Chicken Bus Roads (9/2008)

38. The Promised Land (9/2008)

39. Black and White (9/2008)

40. Lunch with Ernesto (10/2008)

41. The Hat Man (10/2008)

42. Instant Karma (10/2008)

43. The Missing 12 Days of September (10/2008)

44. Polywogs No More (10/2008)

45. Stuff-o-holic (10/2008)

46. Parallel Worlds (11/2008)

 

 

2009

1. One Lap of America (1/2009)

2. The Guide (1/2009)

3. Fishing Lessons (2/2009)

4. Just Another Day on the Road (2/2009)

5. Fuso Frame Saga Update (2/2009)

6. Straight in the Eyes (3/2009)

7. Five Star Happy Campers (8/2009)

8. Any Major Move (8/2009)