My Life at 3 Miles Per Hour

Monday, August 10, 2009

great people and campgrounds

jeremy and Sarah of Seattle were camping on their vespa. truely great company around the camp fire! pleasure meeting you guys and hope to see again!

Tacoma family!

the Snowde family took Rad and I in for the weekend and were extremely hospitable! much appreciated! thank you guys so much for everything! take care..

Tacoma

just got to Tacoma to have my first glass of wine by the water...

Family

My Mom, mimi and papa, hank, and uncle ralph!

my sister

this is my sister Shea an i before i left Oklahoma on my birthday

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Rad and I have been in Seattle for the weekend visiting cousins I haven't seen in 11 yrs! I love it hear and would for sure consider livin here someday! But for now we are headed towards the coast in the mornin and then south to eventually reach Cali and hopefully if all goes well find a studio and plant somewhere for the winter or a while to produce some paintings and have a refrigerater and hot shower!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

thank you continued...

So, in all that, my aim was to say that I do have times and days that are exremely difficult! and to hear from someone I have met or someone who has been directed to my blog, when I receive words of encouragement of hear that what Rad and I are doing has inspired or just connected with someone.. I am truely motivated and encouraged! Thank you all I consider you friends to both Rad and myself, you all are welcome to join our campsite anytime!

thanks to all support

Just wanted to thank all of you from back home and/or especially those whom I have met on the road for any comments or emails. I am lovin this journey more than I can express from this little blackberry phone! But don't let my words lead you to think its all flowers, wine, sunshine, and down hill coasts that I spread my arms to feel as if I was on the titanic yellin "I'm on top of the world!" I love to tell of those moments, but the reality of most of the time is on a different scale altogether.! For those of you who were not aware that the earth has hills and some pretty freakin steep hills at that! Well there are, and they aren't easy! Its a challenge I face almost everyday! Imagine peddlin a 300 pound motorcycle up a hill.. Very unlikely! So, my point is I spend a lot of hours pushing my rig up hills that once seemed minute to me in a car, now take a couple hours of huffin and puffin just to get a maybe 5 minute coast down before doin all over again!

wine, fire, and paint

These are my moments that make this journey worth while! Rad and I are camped just west of seatle in a small site of the beaten path, I have all supplies organized, a fire to keep us warm, just road into town today to buy a bottle of red wine, just lit the cigar, the easil and paints are out and I've got about 6 oil paintings started and a stack of books next to the tent waiting patiently for my attention...life is beautiful.

frisbe time!!

Rad caught his first frisbe a couple days ago! It was just like what you would see on tv, he jumped clear into the air clinched his jaws on that piece of plastic, shook it as if he had caught a duck! And landed like he was doin flips in the olympics! I'm one lucky dad! I will post some pics later...

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

washington

I finally made it to tacoma washington last week! After going to a friends wedding I took off to the open road once again! Oh how refreshing it was to smell the pavement at 3 miles an hour compared to the 95 mph that brought rad and I from Colorado to here!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

leaving colorado

Just left jeremy's house in windsor, CO. Bummed a ride with some guys goin to Tacoma Washington. We will be drivin straight thru so Rad and I will be on bike again by tomorrow or next day! I am excited but it was sad to leave my brother behind..

Monday, July 27, 2009

im an old man now!

thats what I get for running a good portion down the mountain! I got blisters and bruises on feet and my knees were inflamed like no other!!

scenery on the decent

Ok 2nd burst of energy for me!!

halfway down the mountain and bonked

fog

gettin ready to decend Long's

proof...

Karate Kid Brothers

watch out karate kid and Mr. Miagi!!, the bike brothers are on top of a mountain!!!

"Life is great when you search for great life!"

thanking God at the top of the world!! this truely was an amazing experience for the both of us. there is somethin about bein that high up and the work that it took to get there that makes you greatful for your life and makes everything seem so minute in comparison. the problems in your life become almost funny.... or simple somehow...