Adventure

Wordless Wednesday: Favorite Pictures from my Adventure

Posted by Allen on July 28, 2010 at 5:54 am

Day 1 and 2 on the Road

Posted by Allen on July 20, 2010 at 8:33 pm

I’ve logged about 1000 km in the first two days and the natural wonders I’ve seen are simply breathtaking. I’ve found myself completely exhausted at the end of each day, plopping onto the bed and having no appetite at all. The ride from Snohomish to Sumas was familiar and uneventful, if a bit cool, even [...]

Loaded for Bear

Posted by Allen on July 17, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Yamaha Midnight Warrior, Kuryakyn GranTour Bag with lumbar support (sweet!), reinforced gas can.  I’m loaded for bear…. literally   I head out on my Alaska sabbatical on Monday morning. 

Snohomish to Hyder and Back

Posted by Allen on July 3, 2010 at 10:56 am

The plans are falling into place.  Ferry tickets, reservations, extra gas can.  Just a little over two weeks until I set out on my personal retreat – my motorcycle adventure to Alaska and back. Here’s the route I’ll be taking.  2000 miles in 8 days.  1700 by motorcycle, 300 by ferry. There is, as Steven [...]

How to find me using SPOT

Posted by Allen on June 27, 2010 at 5:16 am

In 1997, while working for Lockheed Martin Space Mission Systems, I designed parts of the ground station hardware and software that supports the Globalstar satellite constellation.  My piece was responsible for picking up commands for the satellites from the network and pumping them into the transmitters on the ground, where they would then be amplified [...]