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My toughest bike ride, yet.
March 10, 2022
The route: Roladnillo (my home), to Toro (1-hour bike ride north), then return and pass through La Union. In La Union, there is a dirt road that leads up into the mountains (the Andes west range). That route is tough! Going from La Union up into the mountains, the road leads into an area called "La Despensa". It is a very, very long uphill slog, and my bike gears just can't be pedaled up that incline. In fact, it is 8.61 kilometers of steady incline. The average gradient is 9.4%, with the max incline apparently 25.6%. I think I walked more than I rode. Then, the road basically ends at a fence.
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Jamundí, Colombia
March 4, 2022
Jamundí (pronounce the J like an H in English), is located south of Cali about 24 kilometers (15 miles). Jamundí is four months older than Cali, having been founded in March 1536. The entire metropolitan area of Jamundí has about 170,000 people. Historians say that Jamundí, initially called the Villa of Ampudia, to recognize its founder, Juan de Ampudia, was started as a fort built on the banks of the Jamundí River.
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Update about my book
January 2, 2022
As I've mentioned in the blurb above, I'm working on editing my 5th draft of my novel Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone. I've posted a sinopsys on another page, linked above, which describes the book as including many of my own personal experiences in my life journey since Cheryl died in 2010.
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Christmas
December 26, 2021
Hi,
This year I spent Christmas Eve day, Christmas, and the day after in the pueblo Filandia. Take a look at the pics in the photo album. It's a beautiful pueblo. And the climate is a bit on the cold side, at least for me.
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Two-day bike ride
November 22, 2021
The other day I mapped out a route to ride. It would be a loop of around 100 kilometers. Nothing much to get excited about. Until I got out of the city and started into the actual route.
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