September 23, 2016 The bar has been set, and set high. Literally and figuratively. It is the beginning of my Himalayan odyssey. Today was one of those days that washes over you with a plethora of pure and overwhelming joy. How do you describe a blue that is bluer...
September 19 – 22, 2016 When I was a kid, one year I found my parents secret hiding spot for Christmas presents. It was 1981. I was 7. Young enough to be innocent, yet old enough to be crafty and resourceful. The Empire Strikes Back had just blown up the box office...
September 18, 2016 I have had too many quick and also extended layovers (6 hrs or more) in airports all over the world. Never have I been compelled to write about them, because they were simply a means, a passing thing, a forgettable blip between my final place....
September 14 – 18, 2016 In 1975, Bob Seger released the song “Kathmandu”. “…That's where I'm goin to Katmandu Up to the mountains where I'm going to If I ever get out of here That's what I'm gonna do” Some people love the ocean. Others, the mountains. I am absolutely...
“Tsara Be” is an expression that I used a lot in Madagascar, and for good reason. Simply, it means “very good”. Six weeks here went by in an instant. I underestimated how comfortable I would get in a place that is so challenging and how difficult it would be to leave....
July 19 – 21, 2016 Wrapping things up and coming full circle. I have officially reached the end of my bicycle tour of Madagascar, and effectively, Africa. In less than 1 week, I'll be back in Boulder. I couldn’t let things end without a little more adventure and...
The World Spins By is an intimate journey of loss, curiosity, and love—recounted one pedal stroke at a time along Jerry’s two-year bicycle journey back to himself.