The day may come when James doesn't need any more cycling logs. That they may have been today. All logs in my photo archives link this site.

 The day may come when James doesn't need any more cycling logs. That they may have been today. All logs in my photo archives link this site.

I think at least a few like me less because of some things I've done recently. I think that's good, you know me more honestly and realistically now. Hugs

 I think at least a few like me less because of some things I've done recently. I think that's good, you know me more honestly and realistically now. Hugs

Are you riding for Jesus the nice man asked?

 

James is not doing real well.

 

Sol and I just got rear-ended. We can still roll. Figuring things out.

 

I said do unto the least of these, so what do you put things do? Devote your life to the most of these. I warned you. Jesus

 I said do unto the least of these, so what do you fake Christians do? Devote your life to the most of these. I warned you. Jesus

Hey liberals, which group is more insane, the one that behaves like the final apocalypse fight to the death is upon us, or the one that does not?

Only dead Souls didn't see this 10, 15, 20, 30 years ago and fight it with all their might.

 

A very kind soul wrote, Sorry you're banned but why would you call an entire group of people idiots, especially on an article saying some of them died in a building collapse?

 Disregarding the post below regarding me being banned from Facebook. Others have expressed grave concern over what I wrote as well. 

My reply. 

At 40 miles a day Lansing approximately Friday night.

 

Jesus would have been banned from Facebook for speaking the truth, just like me.

 

If the sun picks up which is met, Lansing approximately Friday, Ann Arbor approximately Monday. Destination coast of Maine.

 

Some of the natural Treasures this last week. Upstate Michigan is breathtakingly wonderful.

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The clerk rudely said, I'm holding it for you! James....

 In Mackinaw, in what was once a very upscale Outdoor Store, now a $10 per item outlet for tourist stuff, there was an expensive pair of pants 50% off that were one last piece of important gear that James had not replaced since the fire in Mississippi. He gladly grab the item, but Nature Called very insistantly and none of the stores in Mackinaw seem to have restrooms, relying on a few public ones. James needed to go, and approached a clerk and asked if she would hold the item while he went to the restroom. She took the item and looked at him blankly. Very pleasantly James said, is it okay if you hold it? I'm holding it! Gratuitous rudeness.

No one's favorite response, including James. But he was so glad with his inclination. How sad that she's been treated so badly in her life, was his reflexive internal reply. He was so glad, very glad, Upon returning, to try and show a little bit of the kindness that the individual so badly needed. Maybe it didn't make any difference to anyone, except James.

Someone's got to take care of you James, it might as well be me.

 This from Vinny who several hours prior I had called when I learned that the bridge Authority could not and would not provide an escort for me over the bridge. That was quite an unpleasant surprise but there it is. At the point he contacted Vinnie, but tow truck company, there was still some possibility that the bridge Authority would provide an escort as they did two weeks ago, but it looks efficiently unlikely based on the phone conversation with the authority, that James began to explore options. The first place he called was Vinnie's tow truck place was only a mile and a half from where he was sitting at a gas station eating a microwaved breakfast sandwich and sipping some coffee. It'll be a hundred bucks with my large truck which looks like it what it will take for your rig, Vinny said, and that seems like a fair price to James, but a horrible amount of money. Within 20 minutes James decided to take the pressure off the bridge Authority and called me back and said let's do it. Two weeks ago when they did ask or James, two events happened that had nothing to do with that ex escort, but may have clamp things down. There was a motorcycle rally and two different drivers were killed on the bridge. May have had nothing to do with them tightening things up, but may have. They also mentioned the fog today and construction that had all but one lane each way closed down.

After dealing with another Bridge customer after a phone call, he met me at his place and within 20 minutes we had the vehicle up on the back of his flatbed, and I was pleased to find that with Khanh's wonderful cyclone motor system we could easily climb up without even needing to be pulled.

We were together in the cab for probably 20 minutes crossing the bridge. The toll folks knew him and they saw saw on the back of his rig and remembered that, gave a big smiling thumbs up.

I shared with him as much about the mission as he seem to want to hear. He mentioned how lots of folks are moving from the cities up to this area after I said what a beautiful area I thought it was. People have had it. The world is really imploding he said, because we've taken God out of our culture. I told him I desperately wished I could agree but I cannot. The problem is we've taken God out of our churches and replaced it with them being Social Clubs, clubs to beat up on other cultures, clubs to beat up on people, economic clubs. He immediately agreed though I'm not sure he had thought about it before. And I shared with him other similar things and he did not respond much but again my reading was he didn't mind hearing it and I thought I owed it to him to share. 

Upon arriving at our destination I offered my the credit card, let's get it off the truck first he said. We did, uneventfully. Then I offered him the card asking him, please remind me what did we agree on? It'll be $50 he said, no no no no no no no I said. It'll be 65 or 70 okay? Someone's got to take care of you James, it might as well be me he smiled. I don't know why he said that. But it was definitely said out of respect, warmth, support, maybe even appreciation for what he had heard this mission was about.

Cycling. Yes, today, cycling saw was as easy as, well, riding a bike.

 From facebook: Today, moving Sol, was as easy as, well, riding a bike. And more enjoyable. And it's only taken me three years, about a thousand days of attempts, hundreds of log entries, to recreate three years ago when I happened to be participating in the one-week Ragbrai bicycle event across Iowa and the 1 week sprint of 100-mile days to get there in time. I think I can hold on to it this time. Time will tell. It was a real Joy. To increase the odds that James won't lose this again, he'll be beginning to write this up in some detail he expects, but today's video logs outline it quite well.. He's quite certain there are some pre conditions that were met only in recent days that opened up this possibility of rediscovery for him. Moving the seat so close that his knees are within a third of an inch of the crossbar, but that's fine, the key was first dropping his heels instead of pointing his feet, which in effect increases the clearance otherwise to that crossbar. Silly, but it changed the game, it opened up this rediscovery. Also within the last couple of days, deciding to provide the body the feedback loop that a conventional bicycle provides by avoiding use of the throttle rather using the cycle analyst and torque sensor on a setting of 1x, 1 watt from electrical for every one watt human and just letting that be regardless of climbing or descent so that the body would get a reliable feedback mechanism for how it's doing. Not as crucial as moving the seat forward by dropping the heels, but very helpful. And using a ratio of only one to one fixed, getting the body closer face-to-face grappling with the mass of this 600 lb machine, 750 with James, which again increases the tactile real-world feedback that the body could intuitively grapple with, and learn from, and it has. And all of this enabled by a gigantic lesson that experience taught James climbing through the Appalachians and elsewhere, James, you think that your power is in your legs, ankles, calves, feet. It feels that way. But none of it is there. It's in your torso front and back, and the first half of your thighs. That was nice to know, but without today's Discovery James didn't have a way to harness it without driving himself crazy. And today, for the first time in three years, it was as easy as, riding a bike.

Three years so close, three years so far away, but now maybe....

 

Call in-charge. Never automatic, never the default position it seems.

 

Cycling. Mountains and mountains of Humble Pie. Choking. James' metrics over reported by 60%. Only 20% cuz James too, his own weight basically.

 

Cycling. Wow. Iowa is back!

 

Populations massively treated with vaccine remain healthy. What if our lives were massive treatments of kindness to the neediest rich and poor? Now we will never know. But the joy is in trying it even for the one.

 Populations massively treated with vaccine remain healthy. What if our lives were massive treatments of kindness to the neediest rich and poor? Now we will never know. But the joy is in trying it even for the one.

Pray, I do, that you've seen this movie. Life is Beautiful. The single greatest view of Jesus Joyful Way.

https://m.imdb.com/video/vi1772788505?

 

Cycling. Gigantic. Relationship to Sol, not with. SMH.

 

When he attacked Sol and me with his vehicle, I wished I could treat him with some kindness.

 

It has been said that I and my sites are too cryptic. Surely the same can be said of Jesus words. The essential truths are inaccessible to all but those dying to know them.

 It has been said that I and my sites are too cryptic. Surely the same can be said of Jesus words. The essential truths are inaccessible to all but those dying to know them.

Our place tonight, crossing the bridge Saturday, Ann Arbor area a week later.

 

 

Cycling. James, everything, everything... Is wrong that you are courageous strong during wonderful faithful old body wants to do.

 

Cycling. James' output has been over reported by 20 to 30% it seems.

 

If there is a people on Earth that follows Jesus Joyful Way, it is his sisters and brothers the Palestinians. I've just realized that and it is as plain as day. So of course we're crucifying them.

 

My night nurse: James, you are 69 years old, what if you become infirm. You have no home? No family? You need a plan!

 She was not chastising me. She was concerned, we did not discuss the situation further. But I'm not called to make that my business. I'm called to serve as long as I'm able, and then whatever happens, happens. How do I divert resources to the time when I become disabled, when there are so many able people that have no resources no fault of their own but a consequence of our selfishness?