My friend Andy and his wife Diane are flying over to Amsterdam to do a bike tour. They are going to buy bikes at Kees Fiets Shop in the seaside town of Noordwjik and then bike up into Denmark. At the end of their trip, they will either sell the bikes or ship them back from […]
“So how did we end up reading this book?” Dave asked. I’d done OK with my previous book pick. In choosing between Clive Cussler’s The Gray Ghost, Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude , and three other books, it was apparent that I didn’t offer up a good selection in the first place. The […]
My morning routine includes a short walk sometime between 5:00 and 8:00 am if I am not biking or swimming. Below are some notes from today. A first bike commute A text came in. Christina Coen and Morgan biked 14 miles from Vernon Road in Jenkintown to work in West Philadelphia. This was despite my […]
It wasn’t planned. Well, I told my daughter to meet me at the church picnic/softball game. She biked there while I picked up some ice on the way. But I saw two bikes parked at the Alvethorpe Park pavillion, and the second one was Sandy Hull’s. What I’m really writing about is a summary of […]
Judy Dwyer served as an interim pastor at Grace Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown over the last two years, and this past Sunday was her final Sunday. She grew up in our congregation, and it was wonderful to have her return.
Using a printed map helps me develop a spatial relationship to a place, but a GPS that offers turn by turn navigation can introduce me new routes and reduce the time that I stop to figure out where I am. Many years ago on a three day trip to the Lehigh Gorge from Philadelphia, I […]
In June, I biked into Center City, stopped by Campbell Thomas & Company for a nice chat with Bob, and then met up with Justin to get lunch at Hey Hummus and compare gravel bikes. My route took me through the Wissahickon, which was undergoing some reconstruction due to storm damage. Along the river I […]
Some background On Friday we biked from Jenkintown, PA to Cape May, NJ. My 12 year old daughter Kate was one of seven cyclists, and she went 70 of the 107 miles. Kate and I talked about our experience the next day. Would we do it again? Yes… Hopefully on a cooler day. Would Kate’s […]
Abington Hospital is 1.35 miles north of my house in Jenkintown Borough. Parking at the hospital costs $4. Driving takes under 10 minutes. But so does bicycling. Yesterday I biked on Old York Road (PA 611), and it was not pleasant because vehicles drive pretty fast between the stoplights. Once I arrived at the hospital, […]
I am getting inspired by YouTube videos such as this one, Cycling Without Age. I’m looking for people who want to invest in an electric assist rickshaw. We could go to assisted living centers in the Jenkintown area and offer people rides. Here’s where to get the bikes in the US, though there are also […]