In 2011 I traveled 15,000 miles around the US and Canada visiting friends and colleagues I have known through my online work.
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Readers of this blog know my repeated use of the words “Amazing” and “Stories” — these are actually all around us, and there is nothing finer than when they come unexpectedly. Such was the case Monday. On my route from north of Baltimore to New […]
My book report is on this really cool story… I just wanted to continue a log of books read on this trip; my reading volume will likely exceed the sum total for the last 4 years. When I was in Hope, BC, I found a great little book store that had 50% off of all […]
It’s been a busy 2 weeks, and I completely lapsed on last week’s notes. I doubt anyone noticed. I managed to cross almost all the way the super landmass known as “Ontario”, and might have made the eastern border were it not for the sad call that cam with bad news about my Mom. cc […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog One day after talking to my Mom on the day marking 10 years since my Dad passed away, I got that call you never want to receive. A friend found Mom dead on her kitchen floor. My quasi plan trip now includes a sooner-than-charted dash […]
Big wheels keep on rolling, and the leg of travel through the more populated parts of Ontario produced two more nights in a row of meeting people and bringing them kicking and screaming into ds106 radio (just kidding, no kicking, no screaming, they ask). On Monday I drove to the part of Canada that is […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog As promised, the scenery was epic along highway 17 tracing the north side of the Great Lakes in Ontario. Did I say it was long? I think it was over 2000km or maybe it was 20,000 or 200,000. I did 3 days in a row […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog On my current road odyssey, there us a continual growing list of people who have showered me with hospitality and generosity. One that deserves special mention is Donna Fry, someone I had not communicated with before, but when I tweeted something about planning the route […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Number of days on the road: 56 Miles Driven: 6462 Number of States/Provinces driven in: 11 Number of US/Canadian Border Crossings: 1 Money spent on gas: $1412.45 Photos posted: 1411 (that is an average of 25.2 per day) Number of nights in hotels/B&B: 9 Number […]
Just some quick catchup on stops in Saskatoon and last night here in Winnipeg where people not only opened their opens, filled my tunny, but wanted to get their first experience broadcasting on ds106 radio. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Last Friday it was at Rick Schwier’s home in Saskatoon […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog The content inside the StoryBox is growing nicely- as of today I have: audio recordings: 55 documents: 7 drawings: 6 graphics: 4 music: 13 photos: 195 videos: 65 Much if it is mine- I am adding something almost every day, and where-ever possible doing audio […]
