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Family on Bikes: Bumps in the Road - Cycling through North America

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The journey has had its share of challenges known and unknown. The Dalton Highway was the first. Getting through North America, dropping into South America, before January 1, was another. We had to get through the United States before winter hit. Read More...
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Family on Bikes: On The Border in Los Caminos del Rio and McAllen Texas

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It was a chain reaction. You know how it goes – person A tells person B who tells persons C, D, and E. In our case, that chain reaction resulted in one of our most unique experiences yet. Our border adventures began with a simple email on New Year’s Day. “I’m a cyclist in McAllen,” Al wrote. “If you will be passing through here on your journey, I’d like to take you all out to dinner.” Read More...
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Paper houses for you and me

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Way back in the early stages of my traveling career, I was fascinated by the exoticness – the differentness – of the places I visited. I was enthralled by the clothes, the various cultures, and the foreign houses I saw. It seemed, at the time, that people around the world were all so different. Read More...
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The Vogel family reaches Fort Nelson, B.C., Canada

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Daryl and David Vogel study geography and history every day. Not only in books but also within their everyday lives. The ten-year-old twins are on a two and a half year bicycle trip from Prudhoe Bay to the most southern tip of Argentina with their parents, John Vogel and Nancy Sathre-Vogel. Read More...
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The Alaskan Highway - Part 5

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Do you realize how rare this is a woman asked. She had just pulled up next to us in an overlook parking lot. I drive this road every single week and I only get a view like this once a month if I'm lucky. The entire Alaska Range spread out before us, showing off it splendor as though in a beauty pageant. Read More...
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Finding Santa Claus: The Vogels reach North Pole, AK

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Do you realize how rare this is a woman asked. She had just pulled up next to us in an overlook parking lot. I drive this road every single week and have been doing it for years now and I only get a view like this once a month if I'm lucky. The entire Alaska Range spread out before us, showing off it splendor as though in a beauty pageant. Read More...
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Time in a Bottle

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I’ve often thought I wanted to put time in a bottle – I’ve wanted to stash away precious moments with my children, knowing my boys will take off on their own all too soon. I, like most parents, want nothing more than to be with my children and watch them grow. Read More...
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