Category: Random thoughts
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Reflections on Jordan
Read more: Reflections on JordanWe spent 17 days in Jordan: 3 nights in Amman, 8 nights in Aqaba, 3 nights in Wadi Mousa, and 3 nights in Madaba. We left our bikes in Syria, so we cannot comment on riding in Jordan, but we can say that the hills on the Kings Highway are steep and there are significant…
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Thanks for the comments …
Read more: Thanks for the comments …Hi everyone, I’d like to say thank-you to everyone who has left a comment on our blog. It really helps keep me motivated to keep writing about our journeys. If you see a delay between writing and posting that is because the comments are moderated. Once you’ve had a few accepted then your comments become…
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A note to our email subscribers
Read more: A note to our email subscribersHi everyone, If you are reading our blog using the email subscription method (right panel), you may notice that when you view the website later, the posts have changed. This is because the email subscription only sends out posts when they are first published. As we find snippets of time on the road, we go…
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Loss of knowledge
Read more: Loss of knowledgeDuring a break in the ACM action, I came home and tackled a project I’d been putting off for some time. I opened up the box containing my university notes, and recycled many of them. This box has been taped shut for more than a decade, and through several moves. This was a painful process. …
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A note about writing
Read more: A note about writingYou may be noticing that the style of my writing is varying between posts. I’m experimenting with different writing styles and techniques. If you like a particular style of article, please leave a comment to let me know. You will also notice that I am posting some articles in the past. I struggled with which…
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Accepting the kindness of strangers
Read more: Accepting the kindness of strangersI woke up this morning and was trying to visualize how we would camp during our shakedown cruise around Lake Ontario in June, and I couldn’t quite see it. It will be difficult (not to mention expensive) to find campgrounds every time we want to stop, since we’re planning on riding about 80 km per…
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Learning the Language
Read more: Learning the LanguageFor me, one of the big challenges about this trip is the different languages in all the places we’re planning to go. Neither Becky nor I have great had much success learning foreign languages, so I suspect we’ll be getting by in English. I do want to learn at least a few words in the…