I have officially sent out the first mass email to get this thing going. I have also decided that after a brief jaunt back to Spokane to say goodbye to my family I will be leaving precisely a week from today on the first day of July. So a week from now will be my last night in Bellingham (because my first day I'm only going to ride to Blaine and back). This town has been so good to me. I really am going to miss it a lot, from the sound of the train, to the 9 months of rain. The City of Subdued Excitement has been more of home to me than any other place I have lived. Now I am being nomadic searching for my new utopia or maybe just the dream that is American West. All the same I totally stoked for this adventure and can't really even put it into words on this blog the feeling of anticipation that is welling up inside me. Thanks everyone for all your support and tell your friends about this. Until next time, I think I'm going to go for a bike ride...
-TE
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
I shall be released
just recorded this song earlier this evening. thought i would try a video post. Its an old bob dylan song that I really fell in love with when the Band covered it and especially when they sang it together. I dedicate it to the graduates of 2009!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
From Aspiration to Reality
This is the first post of many to come for this blog and even though no one is even following it yet I hope that looking back on this post all followers know that I am a happy person right now, and I will tell you why.
Everyone always asks me lately "What do you WANT to do after you Graduate?". I tell them, all I really want to do is ride my bike. Well this is a reality now and I haven't been more excited for anything else in my life I have ever planned before.
Today I met with Manca Valum the Director of Development for Huxley College of the Environment and John Thompson from Western Washington University Communications and we went over the details of making this trip happen. I couldn't be more satisfied on how it went. We covered the fund raising options and just chatted about some of the possibilities of projects to do along the way. Such as collecting trash and recyclables along the road to promote the reduction of waste in Guatemala that is creating vulnerability.
Life has been a whirlwind for me the past couple of months from leaving a serious relationship, subsequently moving out, couchsurfing with friends, trying to graduate while having a fun spring with friends and to top it off prepare for this bike trip. And having officially gotten the wheels in motion (pun indubitably intended) I am ecstatic to make the first post to this blog in hopes of many more documenting this adventure. Thanks for reading.
-TE
Everyone always asks me lately "What do you WANT to do after you Graduate?". I tell them, all I really want to do is ride my bike. Well this is a reality now and I haven't been more excited for anything else in my life I have ever planned before.
Today I met with Manca Valum the Director of Development for Huxley College of the Environment and John Thompson from Western Washington University Communications and we went over the details of making this trip happen. I couldn't be more satisfied on how it went. We covered the fund raising options and just chatted about some of the possibilities of projects to do along the way. Such as collecting trash and recyclables along the road to promote the reduction of waste in Guatemala that is creating vulnerability.
Life has been a whirlwind for me the past couple of months from leaving a serious relationship, subsequently moving out, couchsurfing with friends, trying to graduate while having a fun spring with friends and to top it off prepare for this bike trip. And having officially gotten the wheels in motion (pun indubitably intended) I am ecstatic to make the first post to this blog in hopes of many more documenting this adventure. Thanks for reading.
-TE
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