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He was at the end of an overnight shift at LM Wind Power Canada, a leading manufacturer of wind turbine blades in North America. Dave wearily explained that LM has produced over 10,000 blades and currently produces the largest wind turbine blades in the world, measuring 107 meters. These blades are sold in both European and American markets. We asked Dave if we could go inside the factory to see the blades being constructed. “Oh no,” he said, “that’s confidential. I can’t even let my family see inside. Go around the back, and you can see them before they are shipped to Boston for an offshore project.” We were excited by the opportunity and praised Dave for contributing to renewable energy. “Well, that’s all very nice.” he said, “But to me, it’s just a job!” He slowly walked toward his car to go home to sleep. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/f646bd37-178d-4094-8f82-4d2586b2654a/Paper.70-what_.86.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out We began at Quebec City, riding our bicycles up the north coastline of the Gaspe Peninsula to the town of Gaspe and down to Perce, then across the interior through Murdochville and back to Matane on the north coast of the peninsula, where we ferried to Baie-Comeau, biked down the North Coast of the Saint Lawrence to Tadoussac and up the mighty Saguenay River with its many fjords to St. Rose du Nord, then back to Tadoussac, across the Saguenay River by ferry to Baie St. Catherine, down to Saint Simone, taking yet another ferry to Rivière du Loup and biking back to Quebec City. We rode about 1,350 miles in total. Map constructed by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/05e6eacb-23c2-437f-8623-385f9ebb37b5/IMG_1147.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Wind turbine blades destined for a Boston offshore wind project manufactured in Gaspe at LM Wind Power. The facility employs over 500 workers and contributes to the local economy and the green transition. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/64360616-016a-4fff-96a2-ae5e6ab09e73/IMG_0859.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out The Gaspé Peninsula is one of the windiest regions in Canada, with an average wind speed of 28 feet per second. The region has been developing its wind energy potential since the 1990s with the support of the provincial and federal governments, local communities, and private companies. The Mesgi’g Ugju’s’n wind farm has 47 wind turbines expected to generate approximately $200 million for three indigenous Mi’gmaq communities over the next 20 years, with a total installed capacity of 150 megawatts (MW). The large multinational renewable energy company Innergex is also active on the peninsula, and the windmills pictured above belong to them. The region has over 800 MW of installed wind capacity, representing about 60% of Quebec's total wind capacity. There are also several research and training centers for wind energy, such as Nergica and the École de Technologie supérieure (ÉTS). This photo was taken near Baie des Capucins, Quebec. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/672ec8cd-629b-477c-bc4f-f9f5f570e027/Paper.70-what_.73.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out We met Helene and Paule from Sherbrooke, Quebec, at a rest stop near Saint Maxime du-Mont-Louis. They were on their way to a camping trip to Forillon National Park at the tip of the Gaspe Peninsula. Almost by accident, we found ourselves discussing family values, and Helene and Paule shared their story of love and building a family. They met over 30 years ago. Helene is a retired audiologist, and Paule still works as an occupational therapist for ALS patients. They both came out to their friends and family years ago and eventually adopted two children. However, at the time, they were not legally able to adopt together as a same-sex couple, so they each legally adopted one child, although they continued to live as a family of four. Helene explained, “It took a few more years for us to come out to our larger social and professional communities.” However, those communities gradually came to accept them, and they have been well-integrated into the Sherbrooke community for years. Along the way, they’ve seen a lot of progress toward tolerance. However, they are now concerned by the anti-LGBTQ sentiment reappearing in Canadian political and cultural life, much like the United States. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/da8b4fd4-e066-4560-a99f-7c9ccf64a725/Paper.70-what_.77.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out James owns the L’Etoile du Nord Motel on Pointe-a-la Fregate on the Gaspé Bay Peninsula. He purchased his motel/restaurant before the COVID pandemic but decided to run his Montreal-based cybersecurity consulting business remotely once it hit. James runs a tight ship as a motel and restaurant owner while simultaneously running his cybersecurity business. He greets his motel guests for breakfast, engages in warm morning chatter, and then promptly hops on Zoom calls with his cybersecurity staff in Montreal. James shared some of his dreams while showing us around his property. He is very proud of a late 19th-century ice house that he moved inland to protect from storm surges. As we walked on, he gestured to some empty beehives, telling us the bees didn’t make it through last winter and he’ll try again in the spring. Then James showed us a spot where he hopes to build a lighthouse. In a touching moment, he placed his hand over his heart and confessed his greatest joy is having his two young adult sons working with him this summer. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/8dad9b6d-28af-43f5-8ce4-d7200fa244b8/IMG_0932.jpg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec The morning sun reflects off the water on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at L’Etoile du Nord, the lovely motel we write about above on the Pointe a la Fregate near the northernmost end of the Gaspe Peninsula. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/82d70536-0e4a-48bf-9c05-155dc0db0a47/Paper.70-what_.78.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out As we queued up for the ferry in Matane, Quebec, to cross the Saint Lawrence on our way to Baie-Comeau, we met a fellow bicyclist named Renaud. We admired his new folding e-bike and swapped biking stories. We learned that Renaud was a proud member of Local 711, the Canadian steelworkers union, and was part of a group of men who were sent to work on the construction of the World Trade Center in 1972, when there was a shortage of steelworkers in the States. He recalled living in Orange, New Jersey, among many cockroaches. He remembers being completely overwhelmed watching the towers come down on television on 9/11. Knowing how the towers were constructed, he was shocked they fell and felt a profound personal loss. But now, in retired life, Renaud enjoys long day trips on his e-bike and leaves the past behind. As we disembarked, we were impressed by Renaud’s agility as he exited, so we asked his age. He replied matter of factly, “I’m eighty-one.” Jenny and I shared a glance. We were both thinking, let’s hope we can do that at his age! Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deepfo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/a004a62c-03b5-4992-8cca-862da18bec9d/IMG_1256.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Climate change and natural disturbances are the most likely cause of dead trees in the boreal forest near Baie-Comeau, Quebec. As we know only too well after this summer’s record-breaking wildfires, climate change is causing the boreal forest to experience unprecedented warming and drying, which kills trees, turning them into fuel. In addition, insect outbreaks, such as spruce budworm and bark beetles, damage and weaken trees, making them more susceptible to diseases and decay. Even in the absence of wildfires, these factors can create a feedback loop where more carbon is released from the forest into the atmosphere, contributing to further climate change and forest degradation. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/6624003c-d5b6-49fb-a60c-bd8cf471caf5/IMG_1277.png All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out The falling green line on the chart above shows that in the early 1990s, the forest was a valuable carbon sink, helping to slow global warming. Back then, new forest growth absorbed more CO2 from the air than was emitted by logging, wildfire and decay. That all changed after 2001, the tipping point year for Canada's managed forest. As the rising red line on the chart shows, since that year, the forest has emitted more CO2 than it has absorbed. A lot more. Logging, wildfires, insects and the many forms of decay are now turning trees into CO2 faster than the forest can grow back. Chart data provided in Canada's official national greenhouse gas inventory, plus recent wildfire data from the European Union's Earth Observation Program. Report from the National Observer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/aa0fa385-1151-4831-9e74-ef72514bdeca/IMG_6391.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Beach at Pessamit (formerly Betsiamites or Bersimis) is a First Nations reserve and Innu community in the Canadian province of Quebec, located about 50 kilometers southwest of Baie-Comeau along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Betsiamites River. It is across the river directly north of Rimouski, Quebec. It belongs to the Pessamit Innu Band. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/b879b443-fafc-4247-ba83-1e4fd2478894/71615297668__BC14E762-3F40-4C44-894C-EB66E36AFA13.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Overlooking the Bay of Saint Lawrence facing toward the Gaspe Peninsula. This view is on dunes just north of Tadoussac, where Jenny and I watched a small school of Fin Whales as they frolicked off the rocky beach. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/230b5833-adb6-4a22-afa1-fdf498375beb/IMG_6472.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Photo taken about a mile from Saint Rose du Nord at Anse de la Decsente des Femmes, a small fjord on the vast Sagueney-Saint Lawrence Marine Park. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/cdedd920-efa5-4e49-82cf-560e0ff6ea4e/Paper.70-what_.78.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Lily lives between her two motels in Gaspe and Cap-des-Rosiers, Quebec, with her husband, Sparky, and their two young boys, Kevin and Andrew. She and Sparky left their village in China ten years ago after applying to Canadian customs as a skilled worker. Jenny asked her, “What’s your skill?” Lily answered she had been a marketing professor at a college in China. She and Sparky learned French, opened a bodega in Quebec City, and slowly built up their business. One day, a customer came into their store and told them about an opportunity to own a motel in Gaspe at the eastern end of Quebec. Liking what they had heard, they drove hours out to the east end of the Gaspe Peninsula. The rest is history. Lily’s quiet demeanor didn’t fool Jenny. She could see that Lily knew what she was doing. Jenny commended her on being such a good businesswoman. She laughed and said, “Oh no, no, no. I’m a terrible businesswoman.” Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/72b17706-bae3-48d7-bc11-31c8e4389412/Paper.70-what_.73.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out We met Larry at a rest stop in Grande-Valle on our way to the village of Gaspe at the very end of the Gaspe Peninsula. Larry is a strikingly handsome 64-year-old man from Quebec City. He now lives in his van, which he runs on vegetable oil. On the roof was a solar panel. Flashing a charming smile, Larry declined our lunch offer and proudly told us he had caught a striped bass earlier that morning, which he planned on eating momentarily. Although our French is poor and Larry’s English was limited, we talked long enough to realize that Larry is a proponent of the “deep state” resistance common to QAnon followers. We were surprised and almost intrigued by his passion as Larry shared his disbelief in climate change and vaccines, claiming they were creations of a government run by a Cabal pursuing world domination. He claimed there are three kinds of people - globalists (bad guys), technocrats (also bad guys), and nationalists (good guys). He spoke highly of the movie “The Sound Of Freedom” (a true, if not embellished, story about rescuing children from international trafficking that the far right has embraced). Larry explained we must watch it to understand what is really happening. As we were preparing to leave, Jenny asked Larry, “Do you think the earth is flat?” He paused and then answered, “I don’t know.” I am no longer sure what is true and what isn’t.” Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @ deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/ff8f67f3-3c64-49ca-9d0c-6f6b8c6b9e5a/IMG_6542.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Jenny and Michael on the Gaspe Peninsula. Photos by Michael Chase and Jenny Hershey, respectively. Follow Michael Chase on Instagram @mjohnsonchase and Jenny Hershy on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/29273e69-7af2-43a6-b8d6-b71f940ff4ef/IMG_1312.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Clouds forming over the Saguenay - Saint Lawrence Marine Park. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instgram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/bc81e610-6382-4b71-afdc-84290e18f330/IMG_1362.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Photo taken from the porch of a yurt we stayed in at Saint Rose du Nord on the Saguenay River. The river below is part of the maritime park, and the hills above are part of the national park. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjonsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/301f2c6d-0f31-4be5-b71a-bfc1975da5eb/IMG_6083.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out Seen just north of L’Islet, on the Gaspe Peninsula. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/e5a7addd-05ad-49a0-b7f3-9cc6beb7c182/71666880400__92E265AE-D00B-4C21-A32F-18B99580680B.jpeg All Blog Posts - Save the Children; Biking the Saint Lawrence in Quebec - Make it stand out The climate march to the United Nations Plaza in New York City on September 17, 2023. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/pswnkadbkw8ehb25l7jzhtdgbf676t monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/e79a9c74-7d8e-467b-b2e9-dab0a63a8b3a/Paper.70-what_.58.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out Jenny and I met Dave in Fitzroy Harbor, Ontario. An 80-year-old retired cop from St. Catherine, he was selling organic produce from his garden at a roadside stand. Dave lives alone in a small trailer tending his “Garden of Eden” and described himself as a DP (displaced person). He showed Jenny where a teenager shot off a small chunk of his ear with a buckshot rifle. When we asked him about the wildfires further north, Dave replied without hesitation, “They were set intentionally by the government so they can develop the land up north. It will make them money on property taxes. And it's where they plan on putting all the immigrants.” When we asked him where the immigrants would find jobs if they lived on cleared land up north, he replied, “It’s a socialist country, so they won't work anyway.” He went on, “That's why the government says it's climate change - they blame it on something we can't do anything about, and that's how they get away with it.” Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/9bc60534-a54d-4690-9306-701d6bd4aa4f/Paper.70-what_.63.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out Jenny and I started our trip in Albany after taking Amtrak from NYC. We couldn't ferry into Canada at Cape Vincent because the ferry captain retired during the pandemic, and no one has replaced him. Consequently, we had to ride northeast 30 miles to the Alexandria Bay crossing and walk several miles on a narrow pedestrian walkway on the American side. We then rode illegally across another bridge into Canada from Wellesley Island (no one told us not to at Canadian customs). From there, Jenny and I headed north toward the Ottawa River, hopscotching between Ontario and Quebec. We encountered the worst air quality from the Canadian wildfires in the orange areas. We ended the trip in Syracuse, where we took a train back to NYC. Altogether we biked about 1000 miles. Map drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/c7dcfde7-ef0b-4713-8a42-3adac3ef2871/IMG_0233.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out Tree overlooking Lake Ontario. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/ee959f2f-6279-4adc-b35d-260483f7cd92/IMG_5476.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out The sun sets over a bay in Lake Ontario in the middle of June south of Cape Vincent, New York, where the headwaters of the St. Lawrence River begin. The sky seemed clear the day we were there, but this picture indicates there might have been some wildfire smoke in the air. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/9ab64a95-a7ba-498a-ad31-41bc60da2e68/Paper.70-what_.51.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out Jeff Mills is a resident of Lanark County in Ontario, Canada. We met him while biking on the Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail (OVRT). A lifelong community developer, Jeff helps to create great biking infrastructure in Lanark and Renfrew Counties. He (and his colleagues) envision a system of rail-trails similar to the Greater Allegheny Passage (GAP Trail) that runs from Pittsburgh, PA to Cumberland, MD. The hope is to create a bicycling destination with global appeal that will help revitalize small communities in northeastern Ontario. Between the OVRT and the Algonquin Trail, they have an excellent start! We were lucky enough to spend a wonderful evening at Jeff’s beautiful home with his lovely wife Gillian and his friends Chandler and Mike. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @ deepfo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/11c0697e-7099-4ade-b9e2-f8e40389e70b/IMG_5567.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out Michael bikes across a covered bridge in Mansfield et Pontefract, Quebec. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @ deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/068288b8-7719-47b2-9dde-29ca87601379/Paper.70-what_.56.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out; I’m Al is a retired policeman from Ottawa. We met him in Renfrew while he was tending his garden. He was eager to chat and showed us a stone house from 1865 he had purchased from a family that had acquired homesteading land from the Crown seven generations earlier. Al was proud of his antique collection. Eventually we asked about the wildfires. He believes the fires were most likely started by carelessness, and maybe some lightening. He hedged about the climate but eventually agreed with us the climate is changing. A very friendly guy, Al sent us off with a classic milk bottle and a horseshoe for luck (both somewhat challenging to carry on our bikes, but he was insistent). Michael gave the milk bottle away to our host Jeff Mills, and Jenny left the horseshoe at a farm stand with a couple of Mennonite boys, telling them it might bring good luck. Their father quickly corrected Jenny, saying Mennonites don't believe in luck. But the boys kept the horseshoe anyway. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/4c68bc1f-b8af-4677-a373-1305e0fe7aaa/IMG_0357.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out This photo was taken northwest of Fort Coulonge, Quebec, on an unpaved road called the Chemin du Bois Franc. The road extends north for more than a hundred kilometers and is one of many rugged routes into Quebec’s boreal forest. Although we weren't able to ride north on this road for more than about 20 kilometers we felt like we got a small taste of the forest. It was humid, extremely buggy, and although we were told it was unusually dry, we saw water everywhere. Not only is Canada’s boreal forest rich with trees that sequester huge amounts of carbon, it is also home to one of the most significant stores of fresh water on the planet. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/017e9024-65a6-4d4d-b1ca-3700a526e04e/Paper.70-what_.54.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out We met “Andy” and his wife “Carol” in Cape Vincent, NY. “Carol” invited us down to the Lake Ontario shoreline to share a sunset made even more intense by wildfire smoke drifting toward us from Quebec. As we talked, “Andy” began to share thoughts about how a group of elites from around the world are plotting to eliminate individual liberties to impose a dictatorial, one-world government. He threw out some names: Klaus Schwab, Rothschild, Mayer, Zuckerberg, Bill Gates…. We were curious and a bit uneasy. So, later in the evening Jenny and I did an internet search. “Andy’s” searches probably go directly to “The Great Reset Conspiracy” attributed to the World Economic Forum (WEF); a conspiracy of world control by a select few through Covid mandates, climate lockdowns, space lasers, and ecoterrorism. “Andy” may assume everyone else will find the same information if they bother to look. But that’s a danger of the internet and misinformation. Search engines learn how to show you results you are most likely to like to maximize your eyeballs on associated advertising. Consequently, whatever information we encounter online, we curate online through our own interests and biases. So, Jenny and I had to do some digging. Apparently “Andy” didn’t notice the Star of David around Jenny’s neck; in any case, she didn’t sleep well that evening. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/b07b01c4-c524-43e8-99b2-1973b3a68189/IMG_0534.png All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out This simple bar graph indicates that by the end of June of this year, a greater percentage of hectares have already burned in Canada than any year since records have been kept. Some news outlets argue that climate change isn't the cause of wildfires because the number of annual fires has been decreasing. However, they all ignore the sheer size and destructive nature of the current fires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/4954fe73-af7a-4f74-99e1-f5505062ed90/IMG_0547.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out Almost 40 per cent of Canada’s 2023 wildfires have been in Quebec, threatening to evacuate more than 15,000 people. Photo: Société de protection des forêts contre le feu; as seen in The Narwhal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/81f353bd-ca12-4e15-a9a9-564e783e8099/Paper.70-what_.63.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out Jenny (left) and Chandler Swain. We met Chandler at our dinner with Jeff and Gillian Mills. Chandler is a master potter, artist, environmental activist and communications director for the Climate Network in Lanark County, Ontario. Although Jenny rarely draws herself, she felt a strong bond with Chandler, whose enthusiasm, tenacity and buoyant energy is infectious. Chandler’s passion for environmental work has led her to write about network initiatives for the local online paper, The Humm. Her personal website can be found here. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/5b0ee6eb-e154-443b-a9fc-37eefc31f25b/Paper.70-what_.59.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out We stayed in Alain and Paola’s small cabin behind their home in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. Alain is a retired postman. He started his route after graduating from high school when he was 16 years old. His dad was a supervisor and he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. Alain walked 20 Km (12 miles) a day, year round, using ice cleats to navigate cold, icy winters for over 40 years. Each neighborhood he serviced brought new friendships and relationships. Alain said, “I don’t get attached easily, but the old folks - they’d wait all day for me. I was sometimes the only person they talked to. It was hard to walk away.” Alain is very devoted to his wife. He is also a superb Airbnb host with a simple philosophy—deliver hospitality! Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/8c59d52d-92b7-475e-9225-e65de65d8ed3/IMG_0370.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out A view of the Coulonge River looking north. We were told that one of the smaller fires in Quebec was about 75 miles north of here. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/b04c1d0d-e5cc-4fa4-88f6-0199aff25c67/IMG_5456.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out Michael enjoying one of Jenny’s extraordinary meals.Although Michael is a decent cook in his own right, Jenny has become an exceptional cook on the road, and we eat very well using local produce and protein and the microwaves we find in our modest accommodations. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/fd9b32b5-f82c-4493-87ba-5113f661ed1e/IMG_5604.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out The Chutes de Coulonge on the Coulonge River in Quebec. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/e09c0585-d5e2-4652-8569-6f8797e70203/IMG_0334.jpeg All Blog Posts - Free Markets, Wildfires and Conspiracy Theories; Biking Ontario and Quebec - Make it stand out Jenny with a mosquito net over her head goofing around in Quebec. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/yt8sdxa92hczmznrpzznr5zmmfd2cm monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/7e81f1b6-773f-47ac-99f4-aa525fde50ac/Paper.70-what_.45.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out We met Jorge outside Jacksonville, Arkansas, just east of Conway. He graciously allowed us to fix a flat tire in his driveway, the third of seven flats we had on this trip. Jorge immigrated to Arkansas from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, 12 years ago, and enjoys a peaceful life with his wife and 4 kids. He told us he was “muy feliz.” He works a 9-5 job Monday through Friday in home construction, and spends the weekends with his kids doing sports. Jorge was a bicycle mechanic in Mexico and masterfully found the leak in our tube before we were even able to look. We were touched by his kindness. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/a60316b7-3d83-4478-be54-ce51a0769ec1/IMG_7620.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out Jenny and I planned our bicycling trip through the Ouachita Mountains in the Ozark High Country, following a route from Conway to Little Rock. From there, we will take an Amtrak train to visit family in Milwaukee and another train back home from Chicago to New York City. We used a map the American Cycling Association provided to guide us on our journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/f1a19757-2a80-4d60-b568-e5bfc824e727/FCA93A90-4DD5-48AA-84F6-3E029284CA1D.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out It’s difficult to photograph the impact of a tornado in a natural setting, and we took many pictures we weren’t pleased with. We must have seen several hundred stumps in one area of Rebsamen Park in Little Rock. We captured these shots more than 5 weeks after the tornado hit. Workmen have been working nonstop to get debris cleared, and there are still many places in the park that are this damaged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/843a39da-e2b6-4cc7-b0c7-74589d1042a9/IMG_7631.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out A picture of the spill in 2013, as published in Inside Climate News. Credit:EPA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/af22f670-ff35-4f8d-ae63-2115b4fa5e0c/E46B5B7D-1D59-4457-969A-204C7B3667FF.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out The gas pipeline marker sits next to the main road leading into the Northwoods subdivision of Mayflower, Arkansas. About 100 feet later, a road turns to the right and ends in a cul-de-sac partially visible to the right. These houses are the first things one sees. To our eye, all the houses on this street and many of the houses behind it are new and make up the bulk of the homes that were rebuilt as part of the settlement with ExxonMobil. Despite confidentiality agreements, several plaintiffs said that compensation for medical distress ranged from $2,000 to $15,000, depending on the proximity of the residents to the oil spill. To avoid confusion, please note the pipeline was renamed the Permian Express Pipeline after ExxonMobil sold it to Energy Transfer Partners, LLC (ETP) in 2018. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/55431daf-7c7c-4b30-bd2f-e6812ad73a68/IMG_7635.png All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out Graphic courtesy of Inside Climate News. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/fa376be0-bbd5-4c7c-9a92-6c21a2e22070/IMG_7630.png All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out Built in the 1940s, the current condition and usability of what is now called the Permian Basin Pipeline are unknown to the public. Although not in use since 2013, its current owner, Energy Transfer Partners, LLC, has no obligation to reveal any maintenance process or testing results, nor does it have to indicate if and when the pipeline is operational. In the fall of 2021, Energy Transfer Partners, LLC began testing the pipeline again for potential deployment. This map shows more detail about the pipeline’s location. The pipeline traverses 13 miles of the Lake Maumelle shoreline in Arkansas and runs through Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs. Graphic courtesy of Inside Climate News. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/98469c71-88b5-4802-917d-512db7df5f25/Paper.70-what_.48.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out We met Hirty Hopper, a lifelong resident of Mayflower, in the Northwoods subdivision. Hirty is a mason and has been involved in masonry work on many homes following the oil spill. He trusted that the pipeline had been repaired, even telling us the entire pipeline had been rebuilt (it hasn’t). Hirty’s greater concern was seeing the construction completed on a railroad overpass nearby. He explained that the subdivision was only remotely accessible to the nearest hospital. It was located near a railroad track with so few crossings that ambulances couldn’t access the subdivision quickly enough, causing deaths because the wait was so long. “Six people passed,” he told us. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/b8d53f4e-86ec-4cf3-b4d6-a7063b25b1ef/IMG_4958.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out Lake Dardanelle is near the Arkansas River, slightly northwest of Dardanelle, Arkansas. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @ deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/d2c09575-c8cb-48f6-afc8-54c27e2510a0/Paper.70-what_.45.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out Gary is a 62-year-old log hauler from Clarksville, Arkansas. We met him on Petite Jean Mountain in the Ouachita Mountain west of Little Rock (pronounced like Wichita, except it is Watch-i-ta). Gary was adjusting his brakes under a truck carrying a large load of timber. Gary has been hauling logs for almost 30 years. Still, when Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, he and his wife headed west to help communities by hauling away debris and offering emotional family support. Gary loves to hunt wild turkeys. When we asked Gary about his age, he laughed and told us he was like an overworked mule, “rode hard and put up wet.” He sincerely asked us, “How could we stand living in a city as big as New York?” Jenny launched into her appreciation for the diversity of her neighborhood in New York, and that’s when he told us how much he enjoyed helping diverse folks in Houston after Hurricane Harvey hit. As different as our lives are, we enjoyed learning about our shared values. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Find her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/87005175-2524-4133-89db-a5ca56552732/IMG_7767.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out Stock photo of Lake Maumelle, the reservoir that is the source of drinking water for Little Rock and the water utility Central Arkansas Water. We visited the lake on our last day in Little Rock and tried to find an access point for a photograph but were unsuccessful, so we had to settle for this photo found in Google Images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/b2bc87c0-27f1-4560-8341-b0d38141a1c3/Paper.70-what_.50.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out On our way up Magazine Mountain in Arkansas, we met Joey on his souped-up e-bike on a gravel backroad. Joey was born and raised (and still lives) in the Arkansas Valley near Paris, Arkansas. Retired from a job with Bridgestone Tire, Joey enjoys hunting for wild turkeys on his bike. He said that his truck scares the turkeys, and he can sneak up on them on a bike. Turkey season in Arkansas is short; it lasts from April 17th - May 7th. An old back injury haunts Joey, but he pushes through, and at the end of the day, he goes home to a loving wife. Two grown children who don’t live very far away not far away give him much joy. A jovial, soft-spoken man with a gun dressed in camouflage riding an e-bike on a gravel road in the woods; can’t find that in Times Square… Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/d08eba4e-d0bb-403a-8350-1da722444d5f/IMG_7701.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Pipeline; Biking Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 2 - Make it stand out This view looks north from Petite Jean Mountain in the Ouachita Mountains. Although this entire region is loosely referred to as “the Ozarks,” the southern border of the Ozark Plateau technically starts at the Boston Mountains, which are visible in the distance. Jenny and I were charmed by the natural beauty of Arkansas and challenged by its ruggedness. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/yt8sdxa92hczmznrpzznr5zmmfd2cm-snxlf-25pay monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/80c5b7a6-cf4d-4bcf-b1e8-0be3b0860133/Paper.70-what_.43.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out Jenny and I met Brian while he was gazing at the extraordinary amount of surface water flowing through Indian Bay near the White River east of DeWitt, Arkansas, in the Dale Bumpers National Recreation Area. This led to a conversation about how all the surface water we saw was unlikely to replenish groundwater supplies in the Mississippi Delta. Brian was about to say something when a valve spontaneously blew on my front tire, causing it to deflate instantly. Brian owns Pop Pop’s Bait and Tackle in Helena, Arkansas, near the Mississippi River on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi Delta (technically known as the Mississippi Embayment). He was fishing for Skipjack Herring, a great bait for catfish and quite lucrative for his shop. Brian started Pop Pop’s with his father about 12 years ago. He is proud of his daughter who will attend medical school next year. A hard-working man, Brian has lived in Arkansas his entire life. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her in Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/4f9375b6-491e-4bb9-b92d-3db7a86093ff/IMG_7624.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out Our approximate route was from Birmingham, Alabama, to Conway, Arkansas. Once we reached Conway, Jenny and I entered the Arkansas Ozarks, which will be covered in Part 2 of this trip series. Image courtesy of Kamoot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/768c9c24-f10d-4d3b-97de-d2ba39f3445e/IMG_7445.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out We talked to a farmer near Friar’s Point, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta (not to be confused with the Mississippi River Delta, which is the extension of the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico south of New Orleans). The farmer told us that low-till planting methods for water conservation and soil development are becoming increasingly common in this part of the Delta. When we asked about the water levels in the alluvial aquifer, the farmer replied that the aquifer was decreasing over time. Still, he also thought the issues were more critical on the Arkansas side of the Delta because water-intensive rice farming is more common. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1c2178fd-1813-4403-bec3-bfc6016b577e/IMG_4731.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out It’s no accident that City Hall and the Water Department are the most important municipal offices in Brilliant, Alabama. Access to clean and reliable water and safe sanitation are baseline conditions for health, prosperity, and well-being. Of America’s 145,000 municipal water systems, 97% of them are municipalities of 10,000 people or fewer. More than any other factor, climate change reveals and exacerbates racial and societal inequities in disproportionately small and rural communities that struggle for funding and technical services. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deepfo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/c2138765-4dda-4eb0-b054-3ce80efaf4ff/Paper.70-what_.31.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out Jessica is the town clerk in Brilliant, Alabama. She came out of her office to welcome us while we took a picture of the City Hall and Water Department sign. After some pleasantries, we asked Jessica about Brilliant’s water supply. She explained the town is building a new water tower supplied from local wells with help of the governor and a state based economic development organization (and most likely block grants from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act). This new water tower will supply water for nearly 500 residents and 36 businesses. Jessica, a lifelong Alabaman, proudly waved at a passing school bus carrying the local baseball team (including her two teenage sons) to a nearby high school. Her warmth and hospitality were topped off with a pen from the mayor. Brilliant town promotion in Brilliant! Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/361fbfd5-b1ee-4916-9957-4f5e56422203/Paper.70-what_.30.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out Frankie works part-time at the water department in Detroit, Alabama (population of 150 people). Water comes from a nearby well and costs the residents $20 for 2000 gallons. A replica of a check for $350,000 for water infrastructure improvement from the governor hung on the wall behind her, demonstrating the state’s commitment to helping local communities. Frankie served as county clerk for 30 years in nearby Hodges and was blunt about extreme weather threatening the region. A devout Christian, Frankie belongs to a missionary group that rebuilds churches after floods, windstorms and tornadoes. Many of their projects are for African-American congregations. When we asked her what she thought was driving the increase in tornadoes in her area she replied, “I think it’s the end-times.” Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/77543c98-0134-4064-9862-b56fa38efb6c/Paper.70-what_.28.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out Brenda, a woman of strong faith, prayed hard in her home as she huddled with her two brothers when a tornado struck her neighborhood in Amory, Mississippi. After the storm passed, she walked outside to find her front porch missing, although her home remained intact. A huge tree was lying on her neighbor’s house. Luckily, her neighbor survived by sheltering in the back of her house. Miraculously, no one in the town was killed, despite the tornado’s widespread devastation. When we came across Brenda, she was relaxing outside in a chair where her porch had been only days before, taking in the sunshine. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/7b9c674f-d5af-4220-b48b-2923bc7c5e70/IMG_7498.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out We saw at least 3 trailer homes that had been ripped off their foundations and were upside down, making it clear that a trailer home is not a safe place to be during a tornado. Yet, in low income neighborhoods they are very common. The average cost of a typical single-family home in Mississippi is $144,074. In contrast, the average cost of a single-wide mobile home is $37,100 and double-wide mobile home is $73,600. Top photo by Jenny Hershey @deeofo and bottom photo by Michael Chase @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/e65a198e-b5fb-4cad-bec3-ef97b1925ab0/AC58D63A-F020-453B-A7DB-8EFE71FAC3FE.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out While biking through Amory, we noticed the woman above watching an excavator consolidate the debris below into a pile. When I asked her if she lived in the still-intact house behind her, she shook her head no and pointed to the pile of debris. She clearly didn’t want to talk, so we expressed our condolences and quickly moved on. Photos are by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/bcd4ed1b-d771-40df-8497-4e5d09b0aa17/IMG_4772.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out A large tree rests on a home in the northwest section of Amory. Sadly, the tornado’s path tore through the least affluent part of town, underlining the reality that the most vulnerable among us are often the most affected during weather-related disasters. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/9a150698-7ec7-4b3b-8eec-da4c15d06058/IMG_7337.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out Another photo from Amory, Mississippi. Interestingly, meteorologists measure the strength of a tornado by the destruction it leaves in its wake because it is almost impossible to measure a tornado while it is active. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/11794f70-1310-4f9d-bec5-32da1ad3335a/IMG_4776.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out Bill’s Hamburgers sits temporarily closed after the Amory tornado, where 2023 American Idol contestant Zachariah Smith flipped over 400 hamburgers every Saturday. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/ae97899d-43b1-4d0c-86a0-c2b7a0f25fdc/IMG_7236.jpeg All Blog Posts - Water and a Tornado; Biking in Mississippi and Arkansas, Part 1 - Make it stand out Although coal powers 18% of the electricity in Alabama and only 8% in Mississippi, coal still powers 50% of the electricity in Arkansas. We are a long ways from “electrifying everything,” but the vision and template to get there is a big part of the Inflation Reduction Act. If we care about young people, public health, and economic well-being, we must all work hard to utilize this bill's opportunities. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/b3zntxjjm42wf8m4ezprx9flh6atef monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/64bdec62-209e-40e3-b3e0-283ade045dc6/6E086A4D-220F-4F17-AF48-794FB4B20FBD.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out Jenny and I met Pastor Samuel Williams on the outskirts of Tuscaloosa. Although he was fixing a frozen water pipe outside his church (which had prevented him from having services that day), he stopped working and gave us his full attention when we asked about a closed road ahead. A patient and charitable man, the Paster’s dedication to spiritual life was palpable, and he seemed to exude peace and happiness. When he learned we live in New York City, he asked us immediately if we had been affected similarly to Buffalo. We told him thankfully not, although NYC was experiencing its own extreme weather with unusually warm temperatures for January with lots of rain. But we had woken up to 28 degrees Fahrenheit in Tuscaloosa that morning, so it was easy to understand why his pipe had frozen. We all had a good laugh about how unpredictable the weather was growing. As we started to bike away, Jenny reflexively remarked, “Take care, Pastor Samuel.” The Pastor’s response took us by surprise “According to scripture, taking care means a person is experiencing anxiety and needs to give it away to God. So I think you mean take it easy”. So be it, Pastor Samuel. We’re taking it easy… Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/f48e768d-680a-4bc5-9397-d0c89acf1b42/8A6E22DB-2FFB-48F7-A76F-9C2531A7B607.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out A statue of the girls who perished in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Described by Martin Luther King as "one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity," the explosion at the church killed four girls and injured between 14 and 22 other people. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/97330ea6-8eb2-4a11-a66f-aba168c80754/E573FFE0-DD8C-42B8-A1B2-4BC351175D4A.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out A statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham commemorating student protests that occurred for weeks after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, bearing the inscription “ “I ain’t afraid of your jail.” Photo by Michael Chase. Follow his work on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/bc7c7d67-8187-47a2-9426-efffed8b9c71/19DD35DF-2C3B-4A8E-B4EF-E670343CA1F1.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out We met Joe deep in the countryside outside of Fosters, Alabama. He was content grazing his six cows on a neighbor’s land across the road. He is hoping for a little growth in his herd when a bull joins his girls next month. He also enjoys a small herd of goats that roam freely on his property just because, “he likes them.” Joe lives a simple life by making and selling his own BBQ sauce. He lives a cherished “second life” after a near-death automobile accident (during the Covid pandemic) that laid him up for over a year. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/454e30e5-e5e3-45e1-a079-48e97907e284/021D84C2-B829-464D-997F-473B831C7BDC.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out “God spoke to me, and told me to build it”! said Lester. We met him while biking on Route 11 in Jasper County, Mississippi. Busy clearing brush, he stopped to proudly showed us his cairns at the base of his driveway. Lester still cares for his disabled daughter after his wife died from diabetes 15 years ago. His older daughter works in the big city of Hattiesburg, MS. A simple man who has worked hard all his life caring for others, Lester finds solace and support in his local church. He was quite enthusiastic about the important and accomplished people that attended a recent service at his church commemorating Martin Luther King. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/f354adc8-d207-4883-9141-827dcce88d79/800F319A-550E-438C-8773-2B6DB69F0B6C.png All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out This graph can be sourced here. Along with tax reforms (which are under threat of repeal by the new Congress) and investments in healthcare, the Inflation Reduction Act provides $369 billion to address climate through tax credits for clean energy and electric vehicles, by boosting energy efficiency, establishing a national climate bank, supporting climate-smart agriculture, bolstering production of sustainable aviation fuel, reducing air pollution at ports, and more. The law represents the boldest action Congress has taken on climate yet—if enacted successfully and quickly enough, it will put the United States on a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, according to several independent analyses. That is, of course, if implementation is both rapid and effective. Additionally, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides complementary investments in energy modernization, transportation, workforce development, and building decarbonization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/966c1e6b-6bd1-48b4-be2a-f76e7c90626b/3A014885-3BD5-4F9F-8560-4004ED66B08D.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out Bunky is the Amtrak Station Manager in Meridian, Mississippi. When we learned our intended train to New Orleans was delayed for four days, he took us out on the station platform and shared quite a bit about the history of Meridian. A proud yet humble man, Bunky also shared his previous life as the Fire Chief of Meridian, and held us rapt as he recounted the time a plane crashed on the interstate that passes through town. But his biggest challenge was getting to New York a week after 9/11 to help restore order and rescue firefighters and civilians at the World Trade Center. That fact alone inspired our trust, so when Bunky encouraged us to go to the Mississippi Arts Museum, we said of course we would. Modern and interactive, the museum is extremely well curated and it inspired us to stay longer in Mississippi, so we decided to forgo our plans to get to Texas, and instead bike to New Orleans through Mississippi. The South had us hooked. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work in Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/6fdb775a-8214-4add-b518-4040f0f285c7/4957AC60-D6C0-45F5-951F-B4BAA0271D4C.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out Lake Maurepas is in the upper left of this satellite image of southeastern Louisiana. Lake Pontchartrain lies to its east, with New Orleans about 25 miles away along Pontchartrain's southern shore. (Satellite image via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1cb8cdd6-6d61-4120-b3fe-f9d301e0fd90/85FE65F8-D533-4C8E-AB48-7B96E4F3833B.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out Ms. Rosalyn radiated joy. A talented baker and co-owner of LaTresa’s Treats, she tempted us with her homemade pecan squares at the small weekly farmer’s market on the town square in delightful historic Hattiesburg, Mississippi. “They taste like heaven” she assured us, “if you like pecan pie, you’ll love these squares”… Sampling one that evening for dessert, we discovered Ms. Rosalyn was right. Imagine something that tastes better than a piece of pecan pie! And she’ll ship them! You can order them here. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/73c06420-70e2-49fa-b3c0-bc416aee5f50/4A15B6D7-978B-4FDE-B229-44B107A82CE2.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out Picture taken at Fontainebleau State Park, Louisiana, on the northern shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow his work on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/40ba5435-9532-4ad8-86d4-06d3c5cc3239/61195CDE-37DA-4D05-90FB-91B8C3DE4948.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out Traveling almost 1000 miles on bicycles, this is the shape of our trip. “A” is Birmingham, where we started, and “B” is Golden Meadow, deep in the coastal marsh of Louisiana below New Orleans, which is as far south as we were able to go because of damage from Hurricane Ida. The blue dot is where we were when we made this map. Map created on Kamoot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/08004b80-3b97-4593-8dcb-c8bb1f9da5d1/5717B4B0-687D-47D6-AA84-6CDD6F9CC65F.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out We met Gary, a retired school bus driver, on Head of Island near a canal on the Amite River that flows into Lake Maurepas. Born and raised in the Maurepas swamp area, Gary recounted some vivid tales from his father about encountering strange sinkholes while fishing in the waterways. Now, Gary is concerned about the seismic testing on the lake in preparation for Air Product’s carbon storage project. He is concerned for his 12 grandkids and potential hazards to the water supply and surrounding wildlife. Gary told us a story he heard from a few friends who are tracking the seismic testing contracted by Air Products. When his friends approached a boat in the lake they believed was involved in testing they were greeted by a security guard carrying a rifle who made it clear they should leave. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/6e35f1fa-c762-4a29-90d9-95894dccf5d9/7B28FEB4-AE1B-40D4-90FB-E0EAE402D7B0.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out Section 45Q of the Unites States Internal Revenue Code is intended to incentivize deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). The credit amount also significantly increases for direct air capture (DAC) projects to $180 a ton of CO2 permanently stored and $130 a ton for used CO2. The information above can be referenced here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/9c284bea-1a85-4249-bff2-f7b8efa43c64/DE0A7C96-5DBB-4804-B859-FEFF464EA25B.jpeg All Blog Posts - Money Talks and Goliath Walks; Biking from Birmingham to New Orleans - Make it stand out Jenny asked me to post this drawing here as a postscript out of gratitude. Keith is a retired automation manager from the Union Carbide plant. Route 20 became too treacherous for biking in Vacherie, Louisiana and we were forced to ride on dirt paths through sugar cane fields until we could get no farther. In the distance we saw Keith working on his small John Deere tractor, clearing debris off the road by his house that abuts the sugar cane field. We biked over to told Keith and explained our predicament. He confirmed that there was only one way to the next town, which was down the dangerous Route 20. Thankfully, Keith then offered to use his truck to drive our bikes and gear into Thibodeaux 14 miles down the road. Both he and wife Debbie were very kind and hospitable. Keith dropped us off at a motel we had a reservation for, and they went off to their favorite fish spot for “date night.” Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/https/wwwcarbonstoriesorg/blog-page-url/new-post-title4212021-4 monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/7bef25ea-be72-4335-8118-db713c311333/49E56B5D-53B9-4CC2-95A4-F49123C203C9.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hope and Despair; Biking the Western Upper Peninsula - Make it stand out Carly, her boyfriend Paxton and his sister Ali all moved from Minneapolis to Ontonagon, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula in August of 2021, and bought a small motel. Renaming it after their black lab Griswold, Griswold’s Lodge is their hope and promise for the future. They believe in this area’s potential for growth. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/38b1acb1-7539-4ad5-8684-e03d09d6ebe2/AA2EBBEA-A211-48F6-9BF6-E9112FCFFC86.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hope and Despair; Biking the Western Upper Peninsula - Make it stand out A proud grandfather holding Kaia Spire, born April 5, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/d844f3af-c84c-4b67-92cd-4bdcd19a9824/122BEC65-47A3-4B39-9C84-87FFACA8FD0D.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hope and Despair; Biking the Western Upper Peninsula - Make it stand out Wausau is to the south on this map. The circle is Ontonagon, Michigan. Near the end of the long peninsula to the northeast lies Copper Harbor, where we were several days prior. From Copper Harbor or Houghton, Michigan, one can take a ferry to Isle National Royale, a US National Park wilderness area. We wanted to go, but were unable to make the ferry schedule work out…. Another time! Map by Guru Maps Pro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/02625536-871a-4c3d-b314-b57c814ccaa8/D7E85214-A3BA-468D-80D3-1F7F7CAD3D37.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hope and Despair; Biking the Western Upper Peninsula - Make it stand out Heading north on the Bear Skin State Trail south of Minocqua, Wisconsin. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/abe51e12-f357-4e52-80f5-b8da67857aeb/507B0160-3DC0-4563-B056-EFF15662DA8D.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hope and Despair; Biking the Western Upper Peninsula - Make it stand out Jenny Hershey takes a break on Five Mile Point Road in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness. Lake Superior is behind her… Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/dc3232b0-c97c-411c-aa9a-9c71e4c0aa6c/3688CB42-321D-49D6-8E22-E1ACBDBF286C.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hope and Despair; Biking the Western Upper Peninsula - Make it stand out Dick is a wood grader who has lived his entire life in Marenisco, Michigan (population 250). He cheerfully explained the difference between White Pines and Spruces and detailed how Jack Pines form their weird cones. When we asked if he knew of any COVID cases in his town, he thought a minute, and then replied, “Yea, a couple people croaked from it.” Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/fe57950d-3905-44e7-99d0-b8da4e16955f/EE1D4912-AC27-40A5-9335-C0A6DC0D0AAB.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hope and Despair; Biking the Western Upper Peninsula - Make it stand out Near the summit at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow his work on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/525fe6e5-28b6-47af-ba1b-15b9ddc11b89/056E1F1F-4649-4B50-8752-E4560842162A.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hope and Despair; Biking the Western Upper Peninsula - Make it stand out The flowage from “Lake of the Clouds” heads towards Lake Superior at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow his work on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/edbd3f8d-0136-4421-9519-d4ae5d66e759/9AE890CF-8B78-4ABF-89B9-1697C2F021B4.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hope and Despair; Biking the Western Upper Peninsula - Make it stand out Gaylynn, our server at Syl’s in Ontonagon (population 1400) has spent her entire life in this small town, except for a period of service in the Navy. She is happily upbeat about life in the Upper Peninsula, and a proud citizen of Michigan. An energetic and attentive waitress, it was a pleasure to watch her interact with townspeople she knows very well. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/https/wwwcarbonstoriesorg/blog-page-url/new-post-title4212021 monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/eeb0a91f-867e-4254-a11d-19ca8809b679/DB73D43C-2A5C-46DE-B197-15A7A06B4530.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out Reading to my grandson Emery as he nods off. Like most grandparents, I wonder what the world will be like when my grandkids are older. It will be 2089 when Emery is the age I am now. The world seems so precarious now; what will it be like then? Will life be better or worse? Will we even be here? Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/e280256d-3e6b-4ad7-b43a-e93bbbe36097/C1203968-6223-492B-A11C-6FA99D708EFC.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out Cows wander through a date tree orchard in the Imperial Valley near Brawley, California. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/80201cac-18b0-436a-ad36-6e525047be61/108AFC88-F3AA-4F92-9798-E45E2FF22893.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out We rode by a Cattle Manure Power Plant south of Brawley in California’s famed Imperial Valley. The plant is now abandoned, after opening twice over the last 30 years to great fanfare under two different private companies - one of whom claimed they would help local cattle ranchers dispose of manure by turning it into electricity under a contract with Southern Californian Edison, and another who was going to also process King Grass for the biofuel market. Unfortunately, the first project was plagued by a massive rainstorm that made manure retrieval and processing impossible, and the second was closed after an earthquake in 2010 damaged the processing plant. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/16aa0c47-365e-4d1f-85dd-0ca90bc3f99d/D67C1813-265F-4CCB-A762-EE9F2E2AB1F1.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out Lizzie is a takeout restaurant hostess in Canyon City, California, with a complex story about the many people for whom she is responsible. She patiently listened to Jenny express frustration over the lack of regard drivers demonstrated toward us on Gilman Springs Road on the way to the Palm Springs desert. We were unavoidably placed in a very dangerous situation (having been directed there by a bicycle mapping program I don’t think we’ll continue to use). We found ourselves several miles up a canyon when the shoulder disappeared on a narrow two-lane road, with high winds and cars passing feet away at 75 miles an hour showing no intention or interest in our situation or safety. We were forced to walk our bikes over a rumble strip trying to avoid traffic on our left and thorny bushes on the right. Nobody stopped or slowed down. The indifference of drivers to our situation was stupefying. After listening to Jenny’s story, Lizzie said “That’s so sad. What’s going on in people’s heads? We’ve lost our humanity with traffic. It’s as if it’s no longer human beings driving those cars”. Then, she offered to bag up extra chips and guacamole (which turned out to be excellent) for our ride into Palm Springs the next day. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/2d2fee6a-ce99-4fde-b427-c5797ad2ae5a/97F6DB9E-65F3-4990-AC35-738B92DD3F53.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out “!Hay zanahorias. Muchas zanahorias!” Workers near the road express their pleasure over the harvest to Jenny. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/b166c9d5-68b9-4dab-9315-c48dafbd0c69/EAB1448A-B578-46D5-9507-7426C6403F7B.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out Field workers in the Imperial Valley. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/03d98ea6-f89c-40f2-ac7a-b94d68720440/8D713145-8009-4000-B531-DBF9725D7327.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out Manuel, a hard working date farmer from Calexico, CA, tends to a date palm orchard about 20 miles from his home. After telling us what the trees behind him were, he explained to us that dates are harvested once a year in August. Manuel also does agricultural work in the adjoining border town of Mexicali, Mexico, and has traveled back and forth between California and Mexico for years. He worries about the heat and extended drought in his region, and how it will impact crops in both countries. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/72ddfc56-23a0-4e2f-811f-3d8e09eaa74c/C35760F3-FA6F-41D6-AC41-33C7FAADD307.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out We met David on a dirt road near Eloy, Arizona. A road safety and maintenance manager for 35 years, David helped us avoid some dangerous paved roads without shoulders by directing us down some safer dirt roads. He pointed to one area and said teasingly, “Oh don’t go down there—the locals will shoot at you just to mess with you.” He suggested a course for us that he would confidently cycle with his wife. We deeply appreciated his kindness as we made our way to safer terrain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/3a41472f-8520-4c7e-8771-48198d2dcd39/575B8545-3F7D-40C1-9A1D-7819234FBCDA.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out Jenny met Derek in Tucson outside a Walmart store. Recently released from prison, he is currently homeless. Jenny needed someone to watch her bike while she shopped for dinner, and he needed someone to keep an eye on his cellphone as it charged while he shopped. They negotiated an exchange: Jenny watched Derek’s phone while he shopped and Derek watched Jenny’s bike while she did. This unlikely exchange resulted in a long conversation with common ground on many subjects. As Jenny began to leave, she told Derek he was a good man, and to stay strong no matter what others said about him. He had served 2.5 years in jail for possessing narcotics. He believes he has paid his dues, and he dreams of moving home to Atlanta to be close to his daughter and opening up a car detailing shop. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deepfo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/c6a46af5-6069-40b0-befc-104c3c402f0f/F3710F69-3581-4793-9193-7ADD09F50E9A.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out Seen near Fort Hancock, Texas. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/94985b0b-c30b-4983-b5e3-332c27ed9a64/93105865-3411-479E-9E0D-2EE5A8D5B4BA.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out Seen on Texas State Highway 20, east of El Paso. Photo by Michael Chase. Following him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1de4a62e-4a55-4f47-ae3d-1ee00a9aac34/21DE5DCB-A393-4350-A15A-6E740DD873F5.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out We met Raul east of El Paso as we were heading home. He was tending the field in front of his ranch, preparing to turn the hay under as green manure. He joked he was doing it for the exercise, since he had no access to water for planting anyway. Turns out much of the Rio Grande valley is in the 7th year of a drought; this one being the most serious one Raul has seen in the 50 years he’s lived in this valley. If farmers don’t have wells (the use of which, ironically lowers the water table), they have to rely on a water allotment from the local canal system. The canals are fed by Rio Grande river water, whose headwaters are the Weminuche Wilderness in southwestern Colorado, some 575 miles away. The wilderness is three quarters the size of Rhode Island, and has fed the Rio Grande for centuries. Now, between the competing problems of a reduced snowpack in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and increased use of water upstream as New Mexico also grapples with drought, Raul’s usual allotment of 3 acre feet has been reduced to a few inches. Since Raul doesn’t have a well, he basically can’t grow anything now. He even said it would be risky to grow a vegetable garden because, “you never know if you’ll have the water”. Raul also told us that it used to be a lot colder, with some snow on the ground and more wind than now. We were enjoying the weather, but it was a placid day with full sunshine and about 65 degrees Fahrenheit. I asked Raul if he thought rain would come. He replied, “I hope so”. And I replied, “ I read a lot of climate science, and I think that although you might get occasional relief, what you’re going through now is likely to be the trend for a long time”. And I added, “I hope I’m wrong”. Raul gestured with open palms as if to say, what will come, will come. The Rio Grande is about a mile behind Raul’s ranch and the mountains in the distance are the Chihuahua Mountains of Mexico. Raul used to visit Mexico a lot but now the area behind his ranch is controlled by the cartel, so it’s no longer fun to go there. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow his work on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/a0864730-d491-4cd1-9308-e8f4753872c4/9A50F713-2D5B-44CD-8615-2C0693BB8466.jpeg All Blog Posts - Deep Adaptation; Biking from Los Angeles to Tucson - Make it stand out We met Erik at Catalina State Park just outside of Tucson. A park ranger, he is also a licensed falconer, and was leading a seminar with Virgil, a Harris Hawk. Erik became falconer to Virgil a couple of years ago and is devoted to him. Yet, Erik seemed quite realistic about the limitations of the relationship. When Jenny asked him if he loved the bird, he blushed and said, “Well, it’s not reciprocal because Virgil has no emotion”. Jenny's (sotto voce) response to me was, “Call me crazy, but that bird is attached to Erik. You can see it in his eyes”. In any case, we were enchanted by the extraordinary relationship between this man and a hawk, and found it a great inspiration for how different species can harmonize in such a profound way. Perhaps on the other side of “Deep Adaptation,” we can cultivate more sacred and symbiotic relationships with other species on this fragile world. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/https/wwwcarbonstoriesorg/blog-page-url/new-post-title4212021-3 monthly 0.5 2022-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633120234275-D43F2F9ABZLISG5LAS03/IMG_3265.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Eliot Coleman, organic farming author and founder of the prolific agroecological Four Season Farm in Harborside, Maine, reflects on one of his favorite books, Soils and Men, a 1938 yearbook published by the USDA. The farm produces year-round vegetable crops, even under harsh winter conditions (using unheated and minimally heated greenhouses and polytunnels). Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1632676276875-NT6KFQT4UYF72RKHGUSM/IMG_2619.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island The view just above Deer Isle on Maine’s central coast on the way to Prince Edward Island. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633223291409-7BP60M55F1GS4GNM0RV7/IMG_2665.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island The sun sets behind the sign that identifies the road to Four Season Farm in Harborside, Maine, where Eliot and Barbara live. The farm is currently managed by Eliot’s daughter Clara Coleman. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633267989280-9HMJV4ISZQJG62RVVKL1/IMG_2650.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Several fields at Four Season Farm. The field in the foreground had just been tilled with an ample amount of green manure (crop residue from buckwheat plowed into the soil to enrich it) in preparation for a cover crop of winter rye. The field in the background was sown with peas and oats for the summer and will be planted with winter spinach, and the second greenhouse to the left will be moved over the spinach to optimize growing conditions. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633223098457-60NVF8C2ZNZUDVL57OF4/IMG_2658.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island More vegetable fields at Four Season Farm. The greenhouse to the far left is the backside of the same one as in the previous picture, and it will be moved farther to the left to cover winter spinach. The extraordinarily productive field in the foreground is kale, lettuce and chard (photo taken mid-September). Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633277023469-9UDLCCVUXMZH61V5WMS4/IMG_3298.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Eliot looks over starts for the winter season in one of his greenhouses. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633261729037-E1O6A0PHCZ2CG6W8ON87/IMG_3267.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island After their kids left the nest, Yeung and his wife left their home in Vancouver and came to PEI, where they bought a mid-century motel in Murray Harbor in the southeast of PEI. Yeung kept us safe from mosquitoes with his racquet zapper. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633138103562-AUPY8WD0SU4HFEG112M2/IMG_3272.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Charlottetown is near the blue dot. This is PEI’s largest city, with a metropolitan population of about 80,000 of the island’s 160,000 people. The purple lines on this map form the spine and the spurs of the Confederation Trail. The points at the ends of the wings are North Point in the northwest and East Point in the east. There are wind farms near both points, the largest in North Point. Currently, renewables supply about 25% of the Province’s power; they will supply 100% by 2040. PEI has no natural gas lines, and most cooking and heating is already electric. Summerside, a town in central PEI of about 15,000, uses wind farms, solar arrays, smart grids, industrial-scale lithium-ion batteries and the highest per capita concentration of electric car chargers in the country, and expects to derive the majority of its electricity from renewable sources by 2022. A fascinating story is how the town is dealing with the problem of intermittency: there are a suite of specialized appliances in homes throughout the city that can store energy as heat rather than electricity. This can be read about in more depth here. Photo from GuruMaps Pro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633127738085-737557BIBYOXRIRCTXD8/IMG_3002.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Taken on the north shore of PEI not far from Cabot Provincial Park, this picture demonstrates how erosion works on the shoreline. Waves wear away the sandstone cliffs until they collapse from underneath. Because of sea-level rise and increased storm surges, PEI has been losing an average of about two feet a year of its shoreline. Scientists expect the rate of erosion to worsen in the future. Other impacts of climate change on PEI include steadily rising average temperatures, milder winters with less snow, increasing swings between excessive drought and precipitation events, and greater exposure to extreme weather events such as hurricanes, storm surges and destructive winds. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633362003194-BZYUEHZ7Y2JYUTF4F3I9/IMG_3056.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Oyster cages can be seen in the distance at a sustainable oyster farm. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633261764765-9M120C69RCK6LLHCPCCT/IMG_3274.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island While we were reading an historical placard out loud at the old fishing harbor of Tignish Shore, Hector approached us and pointed himself out in a 1953 schoolhouse photo (upper right). A retired lobsterman, Hector bought his lobster fishing license for CAD 25 cents; now they cost CAD 1.5 million. Hector has survived many storms over the years. Because the beach kept receding, the provincial government moved his boyhood home (where he still lives) from the beach to the inland side of the street. Hector has watched the shoreline at Tignish Shore recede at least two hundred feet during his lifetime. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633348050322-4GTCTHQO2SGA7YFB6K3F/IMG_3302.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island We met Frances, an oyster fisherman, at Yeung’s motel on the first day of the oyster season at Murray Harbour. Fishing the older conventional way by using 12-foot-long tongs (they used to be regulated for 10 feet, but the water is deeper now because of sea level rise), he rakes wild oysters off the sandy bottom in the numerous estuaries around the island. Frances (and his partner Pete) brought back 26 crates of oysters their first day out. They will earn CAD 50 cents per oyster for the bigger ones (which would cost USD 3-4). Both Frances and Pete were pleased with their catch, and they celebrated by gifting us a dozen of their largest oysters and another dozen quahogs. Needless to say, we were delighted! Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633443324478-FZYUKDZCBDTZIAXD97R9/IMG_3263.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island From left to right are Ross Dwyer, Erin Taylor and Stephanie Arnold. All three of them spent several hours chatting with us about PEI’s sustainability plans, particularly in the agricultural sector. PEI appears to be situated well for success, and key players in all industries are feeling pressure and excitement about improving their processes to become more sustainable. Ross Dwyer is the ClimateSense Project Coordinator and Project Manager at the Climate Lab at UPEI. Ross is a passionate representative, and was very welcoming to Jenny and me. Erin Taylor is the Manager of the Climate Change Secretariat at PEI’s Department of Environment. She is an intrepid connector and environmental advocate. Stephanie Arnold is a prolific author and PhD Candidate (UPEI). Her technical specialty is helping potato farmers adapt to societal pressures to become more sustainable and adapt to rapidly changing growing conditions. Read about the Provincial Prince Edward Island Climate Plan here. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633357348185-S5BNO446N1GYP7PCKIJU/IMG_3309.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Stephanie Arnold from the UPEI Climate Lab shares her feelings about the unfair blame directed at many well-meaning potato farmers by uninformed environmentalists. We were lucky enough to hear Stephanie speak publicly (along with Adam MacClean) at a panel event on agriculture and climate change in New Glasgow. When asked what single-most important action she thought could be undertaken to get at the root causes of climate change, Stephanie answered Canadians could review and recommit to the country’s original Treaty Agreements with indigenous nations. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633444266897-06B702890OP59H3MAQ42/IMG_3315.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Adam MacLean describes himself as a shepherd-entrepreneur-scientist and very recently, a public servant, working with the PEI Department of Agriculture and Land as their Organic & Perennial Crop Development Officer. He practices regenerative agriculture by managing pastured livestock to produce nutritious meats in a way that respects the animal and heals the land. Together with his flock, in partnership with Island landowners, they are building soil, sequestering carbon and feeding the community. We were lucky enough to hear him speak in New Glasgow, where he agreed passionately with Stephanie Arnold that our biggest challenge is reckoning with our most fundamental values. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633435596965-CDCF58WNZQXDY8QFJF3R/IMG_3069.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island We saw this Bald Eagle (Canadians call them Sea Eagles) lift off a tree near North Point in PEI. For us urbanites, there are few things more exciting. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633224463035-ZQWESN531YI67YCQ4N8C/IMG_3297.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Brian MacKay, an organic farmer at Crystal Green Farms in Bedeque, PEI, raises organic vegetables and livestock, as well as operates a small flour mill where they mill their own grains and prepare baking mixes. Their milled products can also be found on the shelves of many local retailers. Once Brian learned that Jenny was a vegetarian for environmental reasons, he patiently asked us what we thought “Beyond Beef” was made from? Did we think that the peas, corn and soy in the product was grown without fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides? Did we think it was grown with crops that haven’t been sprayed with glyphosate? Did we think the crops used weren’t genetically modified, tying them in with Monsanto and other seed monopolies? (We checked the Beyond Meat website and supposedly they do not use GMO crops). Even so, might it be that eating beef, pork, chicken, lamb or sheep grazing in a field of perennial grasses creating healthy soil while sequestering carbon, was a better option environmentally? As Brian spoke, his grandson, Xaviar, hung onto every word, as did we. What do you think? Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633467048303-DNHF5QUSAG1UMG1KDOWC/IMG_3329.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Kathy MacCay from Crystal Green Farms in the 140 year-old farmhouse in which she was raised, and in which she raised her children. She has lived in this house for most of her life. Kathy runs a tight ship working with husband Brian and caring part-time for her 14 grandchildren. Somehow, she also managed to cook us delicious homemade waffles (from a pancake flour mix milled in their barn for market distribution). Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633374984089-VYFZ6XGTTXQEDIABBRJY/IMG_3312.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Mark Bernard makes a point about commercial versus organic feedstock. Mark is from Freetown, PEI, and along with his wife Sally converted his traditional family farm in 2002 into a Certified Organic production (primarily as a financial consideration). As their soil management practices improved and they witnessed land and nature respond positively to their organic practices, they started taking organic more seriously. They’ve never looked back. Sally co-manages the expanding Organic Grainery, and together they operate Barnyard Organics. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633438969920-ONUHOWLF9WHS4IR3AMEM/IMG_3314.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Sally, the youngest of nine from a cattle-ranching family, immediately impressed us with her wit and joy. She met Mark at the Agriculture University in Truro and told us she was immediately smitten. Together they work the land and raise four beautiful children. Sally has a special place in her heart for their three pigs (Dolly, Shania and Reba) and two dairy cows. They no longer raise chickens for market, but they keep quite a few hens for selling pasture raised eggs. Sally dislikes the local Sea Eagles, who will swoop down undetected, lift chickens in their claws and take them away to eat. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633375798294-07KM0YMFCPBZBXGMZXTV/IMG_3216.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Brian MacCay explains how the multiple grinding and sifting options work on his new flour mill from Austria. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633383699697-9IW1FSL062AZ15MBU6A9/IMG_3247.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Mark and Sally standing next to their new “no-till” seeder. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram @mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633462392927-KYREDHWY1U9Q4BLAD89P/IMG_3325.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island Michael Rossy is a well-known, organic farmer from near Montreal (Runaway Creek Farm in Arundel), who retired as a “hobby” farmer on a lovely farmstead and B&B called Heart and Soul, about 30 kilometers south of North Point in Highway 12. An innovator all his life, Michael currently pushes the envelope by growing and selling - among other unusual things - Asian Pears, Asian Pear Melons and Gojiberries. He enjoys showing locals that anything is possible with great soil, and tender loving care. Drawing by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1633469000419-JAJD9WVPFCPJEKHAQFX9/CAA95FFA-893D-4348-A915-DD48E92E145D.jpeg All Blog Posts - Food Systems and Climate Change; Biking Prince Edward Island - Make it stand out These buildings were on the pier at a small fishing village named Darnley near Rustico. The photo is a favorite of Jenny’s. Photo by Jenny Hershey. Follow her on Instagram @deeofo. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/https/wwwcarbonstoriesorg/blog-page-url/new-post-title4212021-2 monthly 0.5 2021-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626928058578-DE29AAAZ88I1O4A9QDFV/IMG_2389.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes On a hot summer day in July, Molly, a farm manager with Verdant Hollow Farms in Buchanan, Michigan checks in on her happy and well-fed goats (animal welfare approved)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626904610730-2COV0AWKMZ5I8ZU7J3AF/IMG_2387.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes We began in Muskegon on the Michigan shore, rode to the Upper Peninsula, over to Marquette, and down to Manitowoc, WI, where we took a ferry to Ludington, MI and back to Muskegon. After that we visited Verdant Hollow Farm near Buchanan, MI. This map shows opencyclemap.org and United States Bike Route System (USBRS) routes in blue. We follow some of those, and some routes developed by the Adventure Cycling Association. Occasionally we just followed our noses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626208703715-VHF6SWLOLK0US5DANRUP/IMG_2197.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Forrest, the 17th of 19 children, remembers a hard-scrabble childhood in the Upper Peninsula. He now runs a successful roadside flower and vegetable business with his wife. Forrest’s family finally got electricity and running water when he was 6 years old. He joked that he now has more technology around his neck in his iPhone than you can find in a spaceship! He remembers when and how the first pipeline was built across the Mackinaw Straights, and he thinks the proposed new one will be far safer. For that reason he supports it, even though he knows climate change is an existential threat and is a strong supporter of decarbonized future. In fact, he described at some length how different the snow is now in the UP compared to his childhood. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626912192791-ATHDH82AYRM1536DK0XZ/IMG_2337.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes The SS Badger is the last coal-fired passenger vessel operating on the Great Lakes, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 20, 2016. The ship came under fire from the EPA and environmental groups in late 2008 because of its daily practice of dumping untreated coal ash from its boilers directly into the waters of Lake Michigan. Burning 50 tons of coal a day produces 3.63 tons of ash. The SS Badger had earlier been the subject of EPA Clean Air action but was granted an exemption under the law due to its historical significance as a coal-fired, steam-powered vessel. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1627048205904-OZQGL8PGU8L7PBNCYJX9/IMG_2326.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626206633848-J404W84YAEQTXAZJTZ4G/IMG_2170.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising, MI, where the 200-foot Pictured Rocks cliff face plummeted into Lake Superior earlier this summer. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626913098128-R4Y8P5O2AT2XTWMEP7QG/IMG_2259.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Mike is the owner of the Colonial Motel in Manistique, MI. He leans conservative, and served a few years as a city councilman in a small Indiana town near Chicago, where he became frustrated by local corruption and nepotism. Mike was highly affected by the mortgage collapse of 2007, and spent years scrambling to get whole again. After 4 years of running (and considerably improving) the motel, Mike is now content living with his two dachshunds and his Elvis memorabilia. He told us he has intentionally simplified his circle of influence to those he can impact directly. Something about his story made me question why I get so angry at climate deniers, since they are so clearly out of my circle of influence…. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1627003554558-3K6I227ACAGDVIOQHKGW/IMG_2393.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes As beautiful as they are, these algae blooms on marshland on the Lake Michigan shoreline near Little River, WI are killing most of the life underneath them by depriving the water of oxygen. Photo by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626965878875-PF71USA18951CSDB5SER/IMG_2390.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes We saw these signs all over lawns on Torch Lake between Traverse City and Charlevoix, MI. Clearly, homeowners on the lake are realizing that fertilizers of any type (organic or conventional) result in phosphorus and nitrogen runoff, which feeds toxic algae and, with the help of warmer temperatures, results in uncontrollable blooms on the lake. It’s gratifying to see homeowners come together in an attempt to make smart choices. Photo by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1627004124617-YU8K1636QY945DJQS5VH/IMG_2056.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes The work of The Nature Conservancy, the Northern Great Lakes Forest Project, protects 271,338 acres stretching across eight counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Their work is evidence that not all land use and conservation easement projects are the same, and paying attention to the details reveals a lot. By adopting an innovative "working lands" approach to conservation, this project not only provides the people of Michigan with the permanent protection of some of the state’s most treasured landscapes, but also helps protect thousands of timber and tourism jobs that working families in the area rely on for their livelihoods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1627003218705-VF15W63DVM31YAZK0M7Y/IMG_2193.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes There are also 158 miles of private lakeshore property in smaller land trusts on the lower Lake Michigan shoreline with 110 miles of hiking trails on Little Traverse Bay above Traverse City on the Lake Michigan Coast of Michigan. Much of that land is set aside as conservation easements through the Little Traverse Conservancy, in land trusts on property with large secluded homes. (Yes, tax breaks for wealthy landowners.) However, much of Lake Michigan beachfront is privately owned and not publicly accessible. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626923923937-HY7TBWNOBA5PPX6J033L/IMG_2388.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Kevin lives in his meticulously customized and highly efficient Mercedes van with his two bikes. He supports himself by selling stickers but his passion is his YouTube channel nomad bike rider. (He interviewed us; check it out!) We had stopped for a momentary rest near Marquette when Kevin approached us and said he had just seen a bald headed eagle fly over us into a nearby tree. Together we found the eagle. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626926909380-C1KMEV9CH5ZLU3YFQFFJ/IMG_2218.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes The eagle resting in a tree on the Lake Superior shoreline. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626195948778-3J9KTGDHFNFJDJF6K8Q5/IMG_2195.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes We saw many similar signs as we crossed the Mackinaw Straights (by ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinaw Island and then to St. Ignace) and ventured into the UP. Turns out that Pipeline #5 is a proposed replacement pipeline for a current one that already traverses the straights. Built in the 1950’s the current pipeline is a steel tube on the bottom of the lake secured by concrete slabs. Enbridge (the same company that built sections of the currently abandoned Keystone Pipeline, as well as the pipeline that caused the largest on-land oil spill in US history in Kalamazoo, MI in 2010) says the new tunnel will be far safer than the current one with its aging steel and inadequate infrastructure. Opponents say otherwise. Later in the trip we saw a similar sign for Pipeline 3, another Enbridge Pipeline “replacement” project that cuts through northern Minnesota. Here’s an interesting You Tube presentation on Line 3. Photos by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626911874850-SEIASHGAO3PQDZ9ZKT59/IMG_2250.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes With all the media attention given to Richard Branson’s and Jeff Bezo’s recent journeys to the outer edge of our atmosphere, it was interesting to see these signs in a community that doesn’t want to spoil the Granot Loma’s pristine Lake Superior coast with a commercial rocket launch site. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626911908252-V738EASOOSBEDY82A0JW/IMG_2269.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Many locals oppose the construction of the proposed Back Forty Mine on the Menominee River, and believe they are saving lives because the mine will contaminate air, water and soil, and endanger wildlife, property values, sacred lands, local tourism and permanent residents. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626912028232-F0A199GQH38H90BZ9JIL/IMG_2294.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes We noticed this sign near Peshtigo, WI, and realized we had wandered into a local struggle between Wisconsin residents and Johnson Controls-Tyco, a PFAS-infused firefighting foam manufacturer. For years there was no Clean Air or Water Acts watching out for the environment, and people weren’t thinking about potential air quality impacts or soil, surface and groundwater contamination. Then, in 2017 the Wisconsin DNR announced PFAS contamination in the Marinette/Peshtigo area as the highest known in the state. That’s when local residents learned that many private wells were situated in the center of the contamination plume. Shortly after that they formed a small group, concerned friends and neighbors, which later morphed into SOH2O, Save Our Water. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626925724635-KQD7G8XM069FLE0RD6YP/IMG_2377.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes The entrance to Verdant Hollow Farm in Buchanan, MI. This farm has the highest rating for animal welfare approved and is gradually changing over fields once farmed by others as conventional corn and soy to perennial feed crops for grass-fed animal stock and soil-based carbon sequestration. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626921875710-D59J1S6DZHDG9YLKNQH6/IMG_2347.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes An 11 acre field planted in a diverse perennial cover crop at Verdant Hollow Farm. On the upper left is an open chicken coop, below is a llama and baby goats. The cover crop is very healthy and the animals appear content. This field is divided into 8 paddocks and animals are regularly moved to fresh fields to allow the previously used field to regenerate, which draws down soil-based carbon. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626925651941-7KS7QGJ32HVP8YWI7AGO/IMG_2349.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Happily grazing goats at Verdant Hollow Farm. Photo by Michael Chase. Follow him on Instagram at mjohnsonchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626926122091-FGD1ISUUI2S6W8L1EWUK/IMG_2369.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Heather, the Garden Manager at Verdant Hollow Farms stands in front of a very productive hoop house with Brett. When we met her, Heather was filling this wagon with flowers to deliver to local community supported agriculture (CSA ) customers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1627077072963-VJSXW3SJG4UNC7QJ4WS0/IMG_2392.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Hailey, a farmhand at Verdant Hollow Farms, specializes in livestock management and agroecology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626925697591-HN71S82DYI2V41OHVGSB/IMG_2359.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Following the work of Jerome Osentowski, Brett constructed a “climate battery” greenhouse to create an indoor forest garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626973000752-KDFNW8BOJYHWTVAHE7XQ/IMG_2391.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Dylan, who works on the Shepler’s Mackinaw Ferry, listens to us bemoan the fact that bicycles are not allowed on the “Big Mac” bridge over the Mackinaw Straits on I-75. Dylan drives the 5 mile span every day to get to his job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1626213174836-88S5ZUOUQX0Q0HZ2A4RQ/IMG_2198.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Carbon Collage; Biking the Great Lakes Elvis, the manager of the Normandy Motel in St. Ignace on the north side of “Big Mac,” lost his wife right before COVID. He takes great pride in running the motel, computer free. He spends his day doing motel laundry in the garage and hanging out in his worn out easy chair watching NASCAR. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/https/wwwcarbonstoriesorg/blog-page-url/new-post-title4212021-1 monthly 0.5 2021-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621736559184-XAR1KZQSP5UFS8DGPTF7/IMG_1645.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Gabe Brown shows us a map of his farm. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621608959780-Y0CFX14CJVU49XXNG6VS/IMG_1636.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Horses in a field near Lake Oahu (the Missouri River) north of Mobridge, SD. Photo by Michael Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621644850938-EAZAO9MUJFLYKXS94H7S/IMG_1608.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas The Missouri River from Standing Rock Reservation. We cycled the entire length of the Reservation on Highway 1806 and were deeply impressed with the beauty of the environment. At one point near Fort Yates, a woman waved Jenny over to point out the Sitting Bull Sacred Horses on a hill. An omen of good luck for those who see them, these wild horses are regarded as descendants of Sitting Bull’s horses. Photo by Michael Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1622074780316-H24LDKD4RPK7MBT817GB/IMG_1727.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Wind erosion on a conventionally tilled field in South Dakota. Photo by Michael Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621634201316-1JQE8WKX5KB84ODQNVKQ/IMG_1596.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas An inflow into Lake Oahe just south of the Cannonball River in South Dakota, where the Standing Rock protests of 2016 took place. Water Protectors have tried to protect groundwater sources from the probability of pollution, which in turn protects soil that nurtures healthy plants that feed bees and other pollinating insects. Although they were successful in getting the Obama administration to cancel the DAPL pipeline, Trump immediately approved it. Oil now flows under Lake Oahe and the pristine nature of this region is still under threat, yet, there is hope among Standing Rock residents that the Biden Administration will reverse Trump’s action and halt the flow of oil. Photo by Michael Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621637331552-T5S29TN7YOFGU0IRGKI6/IMG_1652.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas We met Mylene, the town historian of Enderlin, North Dakota, about 70 miles west of Fargo, the day before we got to Gackle. She greeted us in her bright green pant suit and shared with us the history of why this town was more diverse (in its European ancestry) than most other North Dakota towns. This says something about diversity in North Dakota, since the 2010 census indicates Enderlin is 98.6% White, 2.4% Hispanic, 0.2% African American, 0.8% Native American, 0.1% Asian, and 0.2% from two or more races. When asked, she said the population was exactly 884 - unless someone she didn’t know about had died the night before. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621728060549-P1IHXDFYPCAE9I4B4ZMG/IMG_1668.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Miller Honey Farm created a winter home for their bees in a climate-controlled warehouse lit with infrared lighting that helps keep the bees dormant. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621724846859-I6E46L61XJIUOBG8Q4KZ/IMG_1427.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Extra beehive pallets line the wall in the Miller Honey winter storage facility in Gackle, ND. Photo by Michael Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621645097988-DMDGYD3GOMNVCTFK6MXF/IMG_1432.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Barrels for transporting honey line a wall at the Miller Honey plant in Gackle, ND. Photo by Michael Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1622075681306-PYFZS9UICTB8HEC8FTJV/IMG_1481.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Miller Honey bees placed in a field near Napoleon, ND. Photo by Michael Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1622075385522-L3C3PJ1H72NDUF0V4BDB/IMG_1417.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas John Miller and Jenny Hershey in the Miller Honey winter bee storage facility in Gecko, ND. The light is infrared and won’t disturb resting bees. Photo by Michael Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1622056929056-IKCA04GPQ9NCESF42LXY/IMG_1671.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas We saw this placard outside of Pierre, SD, at the Oahe Downstream State Recreation Area. Photo by Michael Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621636047473-KNZW8QRYC4Q9WJ2J2CHY/IMG_1650.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas The entrance to Gabe Brown’s Ranch, about 11 miles northeast of downtown Bismarck. Photo by Jenny Hershey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1622074757850-PO6FU1ID7MMDWV49D0QQ/IMG_1498.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Gabe Brown’s farm looking west. Notice the perennial grassland and the size of the herd. Photo by Michael Chase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621737535061-Z2JIABTV49L61AWHTCXI/IMG_1649.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Perennial rangeland on Gabe Brown’s farm. Gabe is very thoughtful about where and how long he pastures his cattle so he can optimize the nutrient density and carbon content of his soil. Photo by Jenny Hershey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1622076872912-FE397BB17WMRVR6W17J5/IMG_1648.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Chickens grazing in a section of field on Gabe’s land. When all the chickens are laying there is no need for fencing; the eggmobiles (where the chickens go to lay their eggs) are simply moved to another part of the field. The chickens don’t need to be fed, eggs are collected and sold, and the soil is naturally fertilized. Photo by Jenny Hershey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621910010595-LZBDT8CFTCDX9WT6QVIQ/IMG_1716.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Gabe Brown relaxes on his no-till planter after explaining how it plants seed with minimal disruption to soil. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1621736390687-8UOS7FVI6HYG31KC2SNY/IMG_1669.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Walter, a retired railroad engineer, is the Enderlin, ND, Friendly Tavern’’s Wheel of Fortune champion. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1622136190667-AHTBYLZ2OIQVKHPHW2CM/IMG_1712.jpeg All Blog Posts - Hauling Bees, Growing Soil; Biking the Dakotas Jenny Hershey took this photo in South Dakota, and she really wanted me to add it to this post because she likes it so much. I do too. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/qspegumqllmvfgbdxnnhtaie4uppsu382021 monthly 0.5 2021-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1617327887524-SLX9P5I7P93H7U6NI4ZU/IMG_1038.jpg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas Calvin is from from Bennettsville SC. A forklift operator for Marley Engineered Products, he was given incentives and a bonus to work through the Covid pandemic. He has two kids and somehow managed to never miss a day of work, although his wife was furloughed. We met him on his way to his mailbox. He teasingly joked he was hoping for a stimulus check. …and then he said he’d been watching for it in his checking account… Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615738813027-W9M84Z24XX2ITSDNRN1S/IMG_0912.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas Marshland near Charleston, SC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615739367833-0ZHDVC5S2L8P1EU40U2F/IMG_0930.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas Our “fully loaded” Trek Crossrip e-bikes parked on a boardwalk near the beach on Sullivan Island in Charleston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615739024422-BOX3H5YOISJFQ8X43O5N/IMG_0950.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas The Francis Marion National Forest on a mellow stretch of road off Route 41 north of Charleston. Formally established in the 1930’s, this forest covers approximately 259,000 acres. In 1989, the forest was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Hugo; only the young growth survived the storm and its aftermath. Today, most trees in the forest do not predate this hurricane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615738977688-PBD55NDVV5EBIAFUWX0T/IMG_0941.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas A Great Egret flying over coastal marshland on the Isle of Palm Connector near Mount Pleasant, SC, southwest of the Francis Marion National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615738936038-MBW4TL2TTPASW14PVPMY/IMG_0921.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas Charleston is a spectacularly attractive town, and it seemed to be gently waking from a Covid induced slumber when we passed through. There were lots of tourists wandering the streets, horse drawn carriages carrying passengers, and numerous guides talking to small groups of masked up people. We ate outside at a well known local fish restaurant, Eli Hyman’s, run by a 4th generation Jewish businessman who told us that just a few blocks away we’d find the oldest continuously used temple in the United States, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615903577580-37NX96YF5Q79Q4I13F8D/IMG_0947.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas Temple Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston, SC. Founded in 1750, this temple is the cradle of reformed Judaism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615738694819-HDUW78VVUG43HAU65V3T/IMG_0975.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas A typical road in South Carolina. While North Carolina has skinny or nonexistent shoulders, South Carolina has a terrible practice of adding rumble strips to their very narrow or nonexistent shoulders (at extra cost to taxpayers)! This might be helpful to the occasional driver, but it also forces cyclists onto very busy roads. I’d wager that for every sleepy or drunk driver whose life is saved, several cyclists are killed. This is so dangerous that the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA) runs an entire advocacy program focused solely on redesigning and/or eradicating rumble strips. You can read about it here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615738646055-E9L2DXZYCDYLM8IKD7TY/IMG_1031.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas Mr Patel has owned the Colonial Inn in Andrews, SC, since he immigrated from India 41 years ago. He survived Hurricane Hugo in 1989, which devastated his town and blew off his motel sign. Mercifully, his motel was spared but his parking lot was filled with debris, including a few roofs from neighboring homes. Temporary power was restored after 4 days, and the motel prospered as it filled up with utility workers from all over the state. Currently Mr. Patel benefits when the nearby paper mill at Georgetown shuts down annually for maintenance because he houses all the workers. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615823593075-XM3JZZHC465UUEZ59I7G/IMG_1043.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615732101168-P66BCKJHXDFN44TOMTWY/IMG_1032.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas After explaining the value of winter wheat as a harvestable cover crop, the 6th generation farmer Keith Williamson tells us about the Pee Dee Land Trust (PDLT) which has partnered with private landowners throughout the Pee Dee River watershed (second in size on the eastern seaboard to the Delaware River watershed) to permanently protect over 32,000 acres of land. Over 80% of conservation easements held by PDLT are working farms and forests clustered mainly along waterways. Did you know there are approximately 5 times more farmers over 65 years of age than there are farmers under 35? Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1616008359248-NJ438RU7XIUFQARC3JDN/IMG_0996.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas At one time most of the southeast was covered in Longleaf Pine forest. Naturally fire resistant, these superb trees would grow quite tall and create savanna-like conditions underneath, which would be routinely burned off, either by natural causes or intentionally by indigenous people. Now burning is almost always intentional. This relatively young forest was recently burned off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1616008474092-GB1JT6ZVB7G5LO8OBYTC/IMG_0963.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas An intentional burn off seen at a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1616009926554-XRB8C6K22RQ2AOKHMR4A/IMG_1010.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas Flood damage on a road near McColl, SC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1616013293473-EDQEDKFH1K3F93S3XJFS/IMG_0976.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas A field of turnip, another popular cover crop in regenerative agriculture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1615775365850-TH8JWKVR145LWL4FQDJL/IMG_1039.jpeg All Blog Posts - A Journey into Land Use; Biking the Carolinas Lucky, a 74 year old ex jockey from Virginia, runs a 16 acre horse boarding farm in North Carolina. He believes everyone can find a job doing something even if they don't like it, and he doesn’t like the Covid stimulus package. He earned his way up “galloping” horses (Secretariat was his most famous) when he was young. He got paid $3.00 a run. He laughed as we biked away, just after we encouraged him to get a Covid vaccine. We gathered he wasn't interested. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/7aes56o3ohhmir84ojx60oo9sexava1212021 monthly 0.5 2021-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611717608369-64E6DUOMYCLVWRHDWE7P/IMG_0729.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 Dwight is 11 years old, and quite a drummer. We met him at the Pleasant Chapel M.B. Church just north of Memphis, TN. He was really proud to be part of the church gospel band. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612064202887-WJKKUNP8WTB5BK6PB5TN/IMG_0559.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 An armadillo seen in the St Francis National Forest near West Helena, AR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612061299057-FJ7BSBYDH90YWY9VAA7F/IMG_0726.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 The Pearl River forms the far eastern border of Louisiana and the southwestern border of Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612230374947-HZMTM8AXM7J2104JP4KT/IMG_0431.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 Seen near Perryville, MO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611633446478-LFHFPN1VL71L0TTR219M/IMG_0715.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 A sign in Natchez, Mississippi. Apparently vote selling has happened there in the past, and the local Democratic Party wanted to make sure that was not a problem in the recent election, as per the following quote from an October, 2020 article in apnews.com by Tim Sullivan: By at least one measure, it’s harder to vote in Mississippi than any other state. And despite Mississippi having the largest percentage of Black people of any state in the nation, a Jim Crow-era election law has ensured that a Black person hasn’t been elected to statewide office in 130 years. After years of being shut out of state races, Democrats hope mobilizing Black voters and recruiting Black candidates can eventually give them a path back to relevance in one of the reddest of red states. But sometimes, it can seem that voting rights in Mississippi are like its small towns and dirt roads, which can appear frozen in the past. When an African-American from Mississippi is finally elected to Congress (as almost happened last November) it won’t be for the first time. That happened in the late 19th century when Hiram Revel was the first African-American ever elected to the US Senate. You can read about that here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612293745196-DMC5UFKIG3DQRE0E3WCH/IMG_0811.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 A shot of our rig in Friar’s Point, Mississippi. We haul our food in a car because we chose to minimize our exposure to Covid by not eating in restaurants. Our conversations with locals usually take place outside when we are riding our bikes. We drive an average of 100 miles a day and bike an average of 50. We call this method of travel carbiking. It’s almost as satisfying as touring exclusively on our bikes, although we can’t wait for Covid to be neutralized enough to leave the car behind… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612274149746-AAJFHTS3ECTKFM5QS7J9/IMG_0635.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 A decaying mansion returns to the earth in Mayersville, Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612232259875-XGJPNMXVXEAQ89ROD9W3/IMG_0608.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 The welcoming sign on the way into Gunnison, Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612232297159-ZB8K8BBPVLLGXV3R1Q3R/IMG_0610.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 Just past the welcoming sign in Gunnison, Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612232325185-3VLFCC1N3TQYSNG15F75/IMG_0590.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 Helena, Arkansas, is home to the longest running daily radio program in the US, King Biscuit Time. This photo was taken on Main Street near the recording studio. Most of the buildings on the four block-long Main Street are shuttered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612231970995-NLCCKUZKSIUIX35Q0W6V/IMG_0592.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 The abandoned Delta Oil Mill outside of Helena, Arkansas. Losing a local industry was particularly harsh for Helena after mechanization beginning in the 1950’s reduced the need for farm workers. The city also lost the Mohawk Rubber Company, a subsidiary of Yokohama Rubber Company, in the 1970s. Unemployment surged shortly after, starting a long economic decline that has lasted for decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612232002297-JCOO1P6EFV3WX9S40A9M/IMG_0603.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 A harvested cotton field near Alligator, Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611633422299-IL430Q66QA5A433LGTYZ/IMG_0685.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 We met Clyde in Mayersville, Mississippi. Although he was on his way to a haircut, he stopped his truck after passing us navigating our bikes down a rugged gravel road, and waited for us to catch up. He told us he was a Vietnam Vet, and when he came home from the war he wanted to be the biggest cotton farmer in the state. He said he now wants to be the smallest. He explained that with the latest machinery two men can farm 2000 acres of cotton, but that level of production is no longer of interest to him. Unfortunately, he was late for his haircut, so we were unable to learn why….. Clyde lives in Issaquena County. He told us he knew every family there. We checked Wikipedia and sure enough, “As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,406, making it the least populous county in the United States east of the Mississippi River”. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611634448690-NT1XJX19MINZWF7NMO40/IMG_0721.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 A John Deere cotton harvester. Photo from Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612273350426-82PZ03VCY0N50XDP9ONE/IMG_0812.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 We met this remarkable woman named Tammy in Friars Point in the delta country of northern Mississippi. The park nearby has a walk named after her father, who was a pastor at a local church. Quite a churchgoer herself, Tammy told us she had learned how to “’pay no mind” to the locals who displayed confederate flags. Her church had taught her to forgive others and let them be. She and both her kids had caught Covid, but fortunately for all the cases were mild. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1612294497589-51IPF8H1NC5C6IUU3PMX/IMG_0684.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Renewal Blues; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 2 An Episcopal Church in Lorman, Mississippi. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/0p28t3f8uw90ax53fc7qiu7mfnkoo212282020 monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1610760709060-6L7HNP8GULBXPLAM9ZG9/IMG_0456.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 Waiting for something new… For the pandemic to end? …Is the economy to improve? …Social justice at last? ….Climate action that will make a real difference? …An election? …An electoral college certification? …An insurrection? …An inauguration? The dialing down of the great American political feud? ….None of the above. … Instead, two of my grandchildren wait for ice cream. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1610753205338-2QGG6AFEYV9DNJDMMWP0/IMG_0242.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 A view from Rib Mountain in Marathon County in central Wisconsin, where Jenny and I made a trip to visit my daughter’s family and my son’s family in Milwaukee before beginning our Mississippi River Trail Trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1610943868042-3M3S5LCS7LQRZ7OHLURW/IMG_0517.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 Jenny watches while I take a photo of the Mississippi River Trail (MRT ) sign about 20 miles north of Memphis. The Mississippi River Trail (MRT) extends from Elk River, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a conglomeration of roads that traverses the Mississippi sometimes on both sides, sometimes only on one. We are very impressed by the beauty and peacefulness of the route, which can be found on opencyclemap.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611021782046-3WRKPHMR5N6FWMYXQ6YW/IMG_0379.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 We began this cycling trip just south of St Louis near a small Missouri town called Ste. Genevieve on the Mississippi River. It was settled in the early 1700’ as part of New France. The post-in-ground style was one of the timber construction methods used for French colonial structures. It was called poteaux-en-terre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1610756674997-X8B2HHHJ4RP3T271MKII/IMG_0455.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 “Lots of people in Missouri believe in freedom so many of them won’t wear masks. I’m mean though. I tell them they can’t stay here unless they wear one.” Dee runs the Triangle Motel in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Originally from India, Dee immigrated to the states from Zimbabwe with her parents, who live with her at the motel. She is a mother to several boys, and knows a lot of people in her adopted town. A warm and friendly person, she works hard and tries to never miss a town funeral. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1610760915771-TNUWD7L6HWHGA4FYBYN6/IMG_2940.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 …As will COVID-19 after a robust vaccination program. And hopefully the sharp divisions between so many well-meaning Americans will eventually disappear as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1610768756117-BYYDSTK1SQM4KC6HUF0J/IMG_0458.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 “Yeah, some parts of Missouri are east of the Mississippi and some parts of Illinois and Kentucky are west of it. People don’t know how much the river has shifted over the years”. Rex has been working hard for years running ferries on the Mississippi and local canals. We talked to him at a ferry crossing at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and expressed our puzzlement at noticing that the original Capital of Illinois, Kakaskia, was on the west side of the Mississippi in land we thought belonged to Missouri. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1610760542887-KD1FXONBCZWXT0OC4WUX/IMG_0457.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 An abandoned barn near Blandville in far western Kentucky, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1610994643539-XZEYNADEJO1HRS7SVBRB/IMG_0546.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611025701538-3C8ZB1RXEXYOBHNXGLND/IMG_0554.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 I worked on this post on our National holiday to celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday. Interestingly, while I was sitting in Jenny's car writing, she was on her bike in Memphis, and through an accident of fate rode past the Lorraine Hotel where King was shot, where she took these pictures. The first shot is the marquee of the hotel, and the second is the balcony of the motel where MLK was shot (now part of the National Civil Rights Museum). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611025970201-5KG6Q93IU9ADRG8STLNM/IMG_0553.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 We met Mike Major in Hickman, Kentucky, while we were eating lunch at a gazebo in a local park (which commemorated construction funding from Mitch McConnell). Mike was a farmer his entire life until his recent retirement. He grew up in Hickman and lives nearby on his farm. Mike is tolerant of McConnel’s stand against Trump in the GOP, and seemed as relieved as we are that Biden will soon replace Trump. It wasn’t lost on us that just across the river in Missouri many citizens are rallying behind a very different senator - Josh Hawley. We learned from Mike that Hickman had a bustling downtown when he was growing up, but the town had fallen on hard times through successive floods on the Mississippi. The most recent floods were in 2011 and 2018. In the 2011 flood, the Army Corps of Engineers blew up a dike in Missouri to provide a spillway for floodwater in order to save what is left of Hicksville. But the flood of 2018 was the final nail in the coffin when all but two of the remaining buildings near the river were abandoned. Below is a picture of one of the remaining occupied buildings and another photo of a workshed in a field in Missouri after the 2011 flood. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611108164760-N3YTYNYTMLG75OGGBMO4/IMG_0486.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 The mostly abandoned downtown in Hickman, Kentucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611075015208-5ASQSMM7P4XSSX2I1XRS/IMG_0484.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 A Mark Twain mural on one of the few occupied buildings in downtown Hickman, Kentucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611075060458-ES0AK67JL6SQNSQMOW8N/IMG_0474.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 Remains of a building in Missouri on the other side of the river from Hickman after the 2011 spillway flood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1611117033792-EMZ481ZP275LFZEPWLR8/IMG_0580.jpeg All Blog Posts - An Inauguration; Biking the Mississippi River Trail, Post 1 Taken just below Union City, Tennessee. I’ve seen Confederate flags displayed underneath American flags with Trump/Pence signs, but never before an American and Confederate flag blended together. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/b0nlfrvb0wqx5tssfv4xz2jcmbf9f87312020 monthly 0.5 2021-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596224728461-TCRY7JEMSMG00PZ86C66/IMG_1918.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England ….”All Aboard”???… Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596554589309-NUANEVMUMB06NH4RKU83/IMG_1921.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England “No exotic “Kung Flu” here. Only fresh lychees and strawberries”! Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596230142631-CMREE392N8HX8OCPDC96/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England Bikes overlooking Lake Lewey in the Adirondacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596560683924-X6AB3VMP2H69NKF1JCC5/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England A view of Lake Champlain near Ausable Marsh, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596228761541-NZOT0ZWWO0EXPMUF1F74/IMG_1920.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England “Please stay back until I get my mask on. I’m 74. …I survived breast cancer. I just need to take your temperature and fill out these forms”. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596559061486-W87YQ2IY1UU99LRZVSK5/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England Near Farmington, Maine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596224302466-RQAS8J67N7VQ1DCF9V1I/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England Seen by the roadside on Isle la Motte, Vermont. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596566123869-A9WVGD600DFJ36C93QNI/IMG_1983.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England “I can’t deal with all these “Trumpies” around me. If New Hampshire doesn’t go blue, they’re gonna have to deal with me and my scissors!” Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596555141970-V1GGDRUVSBXVODUKPTP7/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England Seen in a rustic rural area near Mt Vernon, Maine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596554471200-NIAJNQ0GLQ53YR9FC69E/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England Seen outside Littleton, New Hampshire in the White Mountains. . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1596230929208-PQZ7IGXW3OX6YPLNTH9F/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Summer of Longing; Biking New England Seen by the roadside on Isle la Motte, Vermont. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/wjea5ice3vwmxda3sgrszjjdlatwz82202020 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582432920586-XEVOT6GLV6H9UEQVDOUS/IMG_1038.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 “I work up at United Ag in El Campo. I live at this hotel. Spend Sundays off in Bay City.” Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582825715128-0N0K1L56LGQG92B7OX53/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 Big sky country in Texas between Corpus Christi and San Antonio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582432819539-CFOSWH0I7CLS9M62DTPQ/IMG_1037.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 “We don’t get many bikes down here— just make sure you walk ‘em onto the ferry”! Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582433145362-JK5EJGCZDU5OZN9KOEUO/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 Taken on Texas State Highway 181 between Corpus Christi and San Antonio. Prior to the invention of barbed wire in the 1870’s, fences couldn't reliably contain cattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582251699233-7KTNZXZS92WK6Z8KTDV7/IMG_0936.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 Texans fishing off the causeway between Aransas and Port Aransas, Texas. The birds nearby are Pelicans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582252264830-ZK8Q6SUYZTR1AJV8IJWG/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 One of hundreds of refrigerant tank cars lined up near the Occidental Petroleum, Chemours, and Nashtec Plants at Gregory and Ingleside, Texas, not far from the Gulf Coast on the way inland to Beeville, Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582252894470-B2KACRXGRXI462W0B4BR/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 Tetrafluorethane is regarded as a “sustainable” refrigerant because it has lower carbon emissions than previous versions, and a minimal impact on ozone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582823596597-5O2PL6RWD28R8OES3QYK/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 Interestingly, Jenny and I arrived in San Antonio on the night of the Nevada Democratic caucus, and we had the opportunity to drop into the famed Cowboy Dance Hall to catch a raucous, youthful and well-supported Bernie Sanders rally. Just for the record, we both appreciate Bernie’s concerns about climate change, but worry he is over-focused on what we need to achieve and under-focused on how to do it without causing a destructive backlash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582343743845-MAN26UFN7AL942PST0MS/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 A hydrogen sulfide (H2S) flare near a gas pad. Flaring burns off gas that is deemed uneconomical to collect and sell. It is common to flare natural gas that contains hydrogen sulfide to convert the highly toxic hydrogen sulfide gas into less toxic compounds. Although the practice of flaring is decreasing as pipeline efficacy improves, the following air pollutants may be released from natural gas flares: benzene, formaldehyde, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, including naphthalene), acetaldehyde, acrolein, propylene, toluene, xylenes, ethyl benzene and hexane. Taken from this source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582254989721-W9FF0THCUGW4YVWJ2ASI/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 Just above Gregory we encountered a large wind farm on agricultural fields that spanned to the horizon on both sides of the road for almost 8 miles. Later we learned it is run by E.ON Climate and Renewables North America, one of the worlds largest developers, owners, and operators of renewable energy projects. EON owns and operates over 1,900 MW of wind farms in the United States. The wind on these flat plains are intense (we learned that the hard way), and there are quite a few more wind power companies in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582251449283-I9NDBNK7NMLSXDLX10Q4/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 Cooling Towers on the Dow Chemical Plant in Freeport, Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582734525563-K81SU5ZA9SEY9RR2DNQO/IMG_1108.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 “Me?- I’m Norberto. Me an’ my brothers, Ivan and Freddy cook our meals for the week out here. We take our lunches to the plant.” Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her work on Instagram at deeofo. Norberto and his brothers had traveled from their home near Brownsville to work at a plant near Kenedy, Texas. There’s a lot of available jobs there. We counted 9 oil and gas plants in this town of 3500 people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582750919143-IRMF425EV0BDQ30SYKK3/IMG_1111.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 “I used to be an intelligence analyst for the army in Germany. I moved back here to be close to my military family. I pray everywhere and anywhere because God is always where I’m praying”. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582761080918-S0AKFJ2NGNBGXGKLHHHL/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 Looking south from the causeway between Aransas and Port Aransas, Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582251867642-F9J59S1WG8ZNDU6JN3WP/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 Yet another Pelican poses for us near Corpus Christi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582761545792-LMURMXPKECCBZR8PG4M2/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582761589507-V351XNLIZ2MDJCQT1MJO/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1582761621517-T17ZCE77IXTLPI0VC5J2/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 4 https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/j5gcfkzucq8ht72g19v8e2k6lrkdny2162020 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581958710936-PG0J9OHFHQTPT8WEOWBF/IMG_0879.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 “My wife and I take turns praying at our altar. We are Hindus. But we love this motel. It’s all ours”. This drawing of a proprietor of a mid-century motel in Freeport, Texas was done by Jennifer Hershey. You can follow her work in Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581910315075-0TUEPTR88CXOQJX52ZSY/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 On the way to Freeport, Texas. We learned later the smoke in the background is from a Dow Chemical plant that removes magnesium from sea water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581957518530-PSBALU2E5YBDMP42DDBI/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 Texas is definitely big sky country, and southeastern Texas is as flat as a pancake on a hot griddle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581956624020-PI5UNQL9ATJGCMTH0O6V/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 The Dow Chemical Plant near Freeport is situated just above the Intercoastal Waterway on a vast marsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581956701707-MT55Q149BOOFOZJ4I5TY/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 A close up shot of the Dow Chemical plant in Freeport. Locals say this is one of the largest chemical plants in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581910505643-F0SUFCHEKEJQZJMCTQJL/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 View from the San Luis Pass-Vacek Toll Bridge, which spans San Luis Pass into Brazoria County, Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581957828763-LLWW2ZQH35UUCQZ2GCZ4/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 Temporary oil derricks next to the Corpus Christi shipping channel. The local community was told they would be there for six months, but are still there after almost 3 years. And it’s a big bone of contention in this community. Picture taken from the Port Aransas Ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581965618997-LDVP8Q77SUI50X8AK1XZ/IMG_0881.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 “Well I’ll tell you what—they got the best seafood right on that Seawall”. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581995771322-Q9NJRN1M7M0TO9OJCWBM/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 Jenny and I standing in front of the Hotel Blessing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581956902397-GJHE2ZK57WR31811YDIZ/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 The downstairs interior of the Hotel Blessing in Blessing, Texas, population 861. Blessing was named in the early 1900’s out of the gratitude for local agriculture, railroad and coastal development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581968724636-WG31MXXLON2CAX3M2IMI/IMG_0882.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 “Oh I’ve been doing this for years. If they keep coming....I’ll be here”. Drawing of Helen Feldhousen by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581957990019-KU2OTH014H9S49C98EB0/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 A very mellow Pelican stares us down on the beach at Port Aransas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581911213546-WEBT6JX4Y7J4XXUTPGHF/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 3 Our bikes in fog at the beach on Port Aransas Beach, Texas. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/s5sa2n92k6in27m4lnzzz3hnwkabel292020 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581533956530-C84JVRGWI5PO5AU3UMK5/IMG_0698.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 “Yes Ma’am...it’s alive. They be millions of them in pots out there in them rice fields”. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581294488845-B707IYTM5F8OIOJ0NP1Q/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 A rice field east of Lake Arthur, LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581307008561-IXAMSNOEEA84DDKLDR4V/IMG_0631.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 “I got three good sons in laws. I want my family to be healthy. But I worry that the land to the south of here is going to be under water”. Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581567730854-XJ8ITAQOFZWPFVHB02MW/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 Michael biking through historic Jeanerette, LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581537533680-KHF6IQ6Z1N8ZB9OTXAN9/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 Jenny with her bike on the way to Lake Arthur, LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581540202692-X66EFPRPCUW35MHQJWHR/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 A view of Lake Arthur, LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581295130632-2N0JA3VQARR35BPYW1N2/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 Just south of the Intercoastal Waterway on Highway 24 in southwestern Louisiana. Under these marshes lie a maze of pipelines carrying oil and gas from local deposits and the shale play in northwestern Louisiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581540625093-EH8ELBSLX54Z0W3AYJVK/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 A fishing boat moored near the site of the new LNG global exporting plant at Cameron, LA. The flag on the boat says Trump/Pence 2020 . The entire port area just south of this boat (which used to be public land) is now privately owned by the company building the incoming plant. We weren’t allowed to see it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581544108104-9XDUYUDKPRZB9JQB5J5D/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 Gas flares in the marsh about a mile from the Liousiana Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581544214232-DG1EJI7ELWZJNL7A5SX1/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 Abandoned oil wells in High Island, Texas, about a half mile from the Gulf Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581541428442-LDU3K4R87D1CHML17NP1/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 Jenny’s left arm marks the water line for Hurricane Ike in a bicycle shop we went to in Galveston. This 2008 hurricane holds the record for storm surge in Port Arthur, cresting at 22 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581537782177-K46DWLGSOKAMUKYD2C9B/IMG_0701.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 2 “I moved one time..in 1954...from next door to here.” Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/qc2b66h5mmt5qrlv9h3e8wz6gjlin1262020 monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581039289184-QM5LE6VPO7PLAOMW6IWT/IMG_0547.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 “I come after the grande hurricane...10 yrs ago.....from Guatemala . I fish for mi familia every day from aqui.” Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581019402917-SKWHQA1F17SDI7MMVNTD/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 Jenny Hershey with her gear standing beside our bikes as we board in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581018263311-S51THA113QOYYS82U8WP/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 The Cathedral in Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581027099622-4WYCW1K000HEBY3UD5PK/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 Oil plant just northeast of NOLA on the Mississippi River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581027068641-VRSUJSY9VEV80MUA1QFC/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 Just east of NOLA off the Mississippi River levee. Quite alive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581027185568-MQZMN26D9MHDDZ9581T1/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 A dead fox. Roadkill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581027216262-56P8MT34WD3YXIG0TA6K/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 Near Donaldsville, LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581045727344-YHNH9EA1XDYJ6HBPV4KV/IMG_0551.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 “I was 13....they took us out by boat. I slept on a bridge for a week with my Grandma. “ Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581027123417-AXPF0TGD5TCSJ7JMS61C/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 A petrochemical plant just outside the bayou town of Donaldsville, LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581028080850-RF03FW6N1T68NKE2VL1X/IMG_0542.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 “Yes Ma’am...they got all kinds of plants here. Chemicals and oil and I don’t even know what they got. “ Drawing by Jennifer Hershey. Follow her on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581027151511-QNFBG82VLWDKVZ9GD83E/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 Bayou Country about 150 miles southwest of New Orleans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1581027241526-TQOP8J61620ZMJQPSBKH/Adjustments.jpeg All Blog Posts - Louisiana/Texas, Post 1 Tractor in a fallow sugar cane field near Baldwin , LA. Photo by Jennifer Hershey. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/getting-real-about-co2-emissions1192020 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1579541081155-40IRY4X43K3OZJMZYFTS/IMG_0423.jpeg All Blog Posts - Getting Real About Global CO2 Emissions “The fear is real”. Drawing by Jenny Hershey, on Instagram at deeofo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1579466915603-1RSHOQA68DD3CP1L1OS5/Mauna+Loa+Observatory%2C+Hawaii.jpg All Blog Posts - Getting Real About Global CO2 Emissions This is the famous Keeling curve, which demonstrates a 25 percent rise in carbon levels in our atmosphere since 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1579542451881-ZVVOW0UCM99JJKYQUME8/IMG_0425.png All Blog Posts - Getting Real About Global CO2 Emissions Sourced here from NASA. Note that although current parts per million (PPM’s) are currently over 400, CO2 levels have hovered around 280 ppm for the last 800,000 years until the late 1800’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1579466938733-GC0O51CDZM2M17OZME86/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Getting Real About Global CO2 Emissions Sourced from Climate Central, this chart shows the increasing impact CO2 levels are having on global average temperatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1579541338930-96URSGBSY0JW8IPGG7OE/IMG_0424.jpeg All Blog Posts - Getting Real About Global CO2 Emissions “Sure, they’re rebuilding in Ocracoke because of Hurricane Dorian. So what? It’s always been like that here”. Drawing from the Outer Banks, North Carolina, by Jenny Hershey. On Instagram at deeofo. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/72mz5ztbnegm5pmoakum0pnuvuy4d610252019 monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572051247907-3D3CCY1NVWC3533X85P2/IMG_3559.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 One of many views Youghiogheny River along the GAP Trail. Youghiogheny is a Lenape word meaning "a stream flowing in a contrary direction". The Yough provides the gradual ascent to the eastern Continental Divide known as the Great Allegheny Passage. It drains an area on the west side of the Allegheny Mountains northward into Pennsylvania, providing a small watershed in extreme western Maryland into the tributaries of the Mississippi River. And it's sensationally beautiful, although that wasn’t always the case. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572051712384-NEKLDBNH97541JO8F295/IMG_3515.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 A freight train of coal (we counted 102 cars) passes by on a track that follows the Monongahela to the Ohio River. In 1990, coal-fired power plants accounted for about 52% of total electricity generation nationally. By the end of 2018, coal's share of electricity generating capacity decreased to 27% of total electricity generation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572220408651-LRBT9TQ4Q8NUQJ9ATUTX/IMG_3624.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 The GAP Trail is always sensational, and fall colors make it superlative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572227013980-GXJ6JMZL79OCK4HT6CIN/IMG_3604.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 Another of many views Youghiogheny River along the GAP Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572220339045-Z86XGMYDFQ5OSFU5MW6Y/IMG_3607.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 The big savage tunnel is the longest of three on the GAP Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572220366817-TFBBXSZKC9022ZM1CW76/IMG_3639.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 I rode the GAP Trail in 2015, and I don't remember seeing wind turbines before. I assume these have been installed recently. Because they use only a small portion of land and create no pollution and minimal noise, I find them far more attractive than oil wells or fracking pads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572220468018-M3RLP9NI41PXT3PAOG65/IMG_3661.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 The C&O Canal is full of water with algae that contains organisms that can severely lower oxygen levels in natural waters, killing marine life. Blooms can last from a few days to many months, and some are associated with toxins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572220528519-UUFZJHMASJTNW6FK1BM1/IMG_3673.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 The tunnel at Pawpaw Mountain has a trail on one side and the canal on the other. It’s quite a spooky environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572220651567-YS01MPH299OO3GC3XOFM/IMG_3722.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 A lonely tree sits in the Conestoga Valley east of Lansing, PA. This valley is populated by Amish farmers, and is a stunning place to cycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1572220630927-KI4F5K43PIVF19P74SMV/IMG_3721.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 3 York, PA, has a current population of about 40,000, making it slightly larger than my home town of Galesburg, IL. It was obviously a wealthy and bustling town at one time; the 19th and early 20th century downtown architecture is both sensational and stately. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/ylggwdy1nedyp84o5jg73eboixfvdg10162019 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571273269142-DAM0LL1GJRYH2HQ629UE/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 Remains of a home in Brookfield, Ohio, in a populated suburb after a tornado touched down in June of 2019. When we saw it, nearby homes were fine and people were going about their business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571273158707-L2GLQ92B7A4K6KAI72GQ/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 This house is on Main Street in Cambridge City, Indiana. It was intact until July of this year, when it collapsed. A local resident we talked to didn’t know why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571612453165-L75Y1A0MGJPWO4NUEGZL/IMG_3491.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 The Cardinal Operating Company, a plant north of Wheeling where coal is made into coke for steel manufacturing. In the 1990’s there were over 100,000 jobs in the steel industry in this valley; now there are about 10,000 jobs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571442359850-ES0ZB9U0Q0WAK3ADQNUO/IMG_3416.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 Fall colors on the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571273189715-5N8OJM652YMCY305ZI9K/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 This memorial is for 16-year -old Olivia Starrwallace, who ran off the road and into a tree in eastern Indiana while driving near the National High School (which she attended). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571759517976-73FZR9NQSCMG2VFQFX4D/IMG_3494.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 Jenny’s drawing of our bartender Dennis at the Pike 40 Bar and Grill in Morristown , Ohio. You can see more of Jennifer Hershey's work on Instagram at “deeofo”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571442477004-DU8WO1FYDZ7NZQEXCHWI/IMG_3429.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 A tired cyclist rests after lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571770530460-SD3H3Q7O5LJF1HLJV4JB/IMG_3439.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571531980548-CE11UKXTE2AZZ60UBER7/IMG_3451.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571760677691-7YSPSQEIEDA7R06F1769/IMG_3455.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 Some new driving jobs have been created in the Ohio River Valley in the last decade as fracking has expanded. That said, isn’t all traffic (except for electric vehicles powered by renewables) essentially “oil and gas traffic”? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571442438429-866U6AJC0S28PO078DA4/IMG_3441.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 A bridge to another bike path near OSU in Columbus, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571535067992-PFY0AS7FGF3XOL72UGGL/IMG_3404.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 The Olentangy River Trail makes its way through much of Columbus, including this lovely park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571761662856-3GKHOF24CX9YX377TP79/IMG_3500.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571761394028-LXMP22R77EJ700R43XBJ/IMG_3462.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 2 https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/bnjb7eqdmg3zyb10amkr9e0wbgbhbw10102019 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571013371341-MWCTYH08A0BE7RCEXUBZ/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 Soybeans wait for harvesting in Greenfield, Indiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571014224535-UA2DRQ5QB9LSB3UXA1ND/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 Water in the Westgate Bar parking lot on the day I left in late May, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571014444880-RYQ2HJ0R9971TQVOUBVX/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 Flooded salt flats east of Reno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571014495974-VUYWONKK8TMNLDMSE8EA/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 Rain clouds above the salt flats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571144242293-SXAV2MZSNGH85S9R9VMG/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 Jenny by the roadside in PEI. She is wearing a mourners ribbon signifying the period of shiva after the death of her mother Merle Weisman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571144275535-1155UJ3HKOXK0AZO0MHT/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 Michael gesturing toward the Northumberland Straight in Cape Breton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571144365605-MEBD38DHQFJQICYJK8G7/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 Near our campground in Chetticamp, Nova Scotia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571144319460-C989NTCEHMT2B2TJZY39/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 The coast near Chetticamp, Nova Scotia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571101211268-W2VZTWZFRVM1AFZ37E4W/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 My Mom Sue Chase and her great grandson Landon Spire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571106485849-1M6BU7GJE9TYDH0Q3KQF/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571106423646-J12S9Z5ZCKR2PRONI6A0/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571106457517-BXTC3QTYHNHNP8HGZQ85/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571016276882-0AYDK7LASRU1RW95C85A/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 The rainy view outside our motel in Gibson City, IL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1571106121580-661ZB65ML51TTS5ZG0KL/public.jpeg All Blog Posts - Illinois to New York City, Post 1 Fossil fuels are like this as well! We enjoy now, our grandchildren pay later…. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/palo-alto-to-salt-lake-city5262019 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1558917570623-OEK7SSCMNX3NHD5S3O3K/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - The Highway of Life; A Tribute to Kim Chase Sand hills east of Fallon, Nevada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1558906757605-VP9P45T8TWS9PJF62U34/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - The Highway of Life; A Tribute to Kim Chase Storm clouds forming to the east of Middlegate, Nevada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1558907152257-U95LM6HQ8IX64WQL1ERG/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - The Highway of Life; A Tribute to Kim Chase This building across the parking lot does have a name - the guest house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1558917550225-7FVI4T1NN6FSLD8JHOUL/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - The Highway of Life; A Tribute to Kim Chase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1558906267504-OXMRX3QC2FKKT0UJEY16/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - The Highway of Life; A Tribute to Kim Chase Outside and inside the bar at Middlegate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1558906967419-ZCBVA9QOTOODVPG7GVX7/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - The Highway of Life; A Tribute to Kim Chase Close up of the ceiling in the bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1558918873505-5IDZCXG9B87RYKBB2YX2/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - The Highway of Life; A Tribute to Kim Chase Kim Chase, December, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1558918892422-9KUVFC2JU3X1P03T387A/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - The Highway of Life; A Tribute to Kim Chase Kim Chase, December, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1558918919160-S4V42VB5JUVSU13ZT26K/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - The Highway of Life; A Tribute to Kim Chase Kim Chase, December, 2018, drawing by Jennifer Hershey https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/phoenix-to-el-paso3212019 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553204611521-KLYTA1GFOGS4LG54Y2VP/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 Twilight behind a sugaro cactus in Tucson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553205977926-Y3XV6Q7956GD32UJTCQB/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 The Chiricahua Mountains on the way to Lordsburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553207286489-OQY68YOGFUM4N8GW76NY/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 The wind stirs up dust on the way to Lordsburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553206870185-DMTJH6EAHQZFM7HYRI7G/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 One of my intentions, for now, is to avoid an effigy in my honor. I came across this one on "A" Mountain east of Tucson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553207793179-ICFY68IB8H2DGKGCY3AD/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 Seen in western NM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553207829839-N1GFFSY5315D9M5RPJ4C/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 Seen in eastern Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553207857317-TPJKIF9AVUP335G19Z76/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 Seen near Douglas, AZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553211005690-L2JQ4ODUV98T6AC12OR5/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 The border near Nogales, AZ. Photo credited to USA Today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553211464521-A8ZZ0ZIKY5B7ZFWD825Z/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 One of hundreds of checkpoints on a north/south road just south of Interstate 10. They are intended to keep migrants from gaining access to our interstate system. I've passed through several. Each time I've asked the agents if it was busy that day, and each time the answer was no. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553211494127-GS9BPXLUDIYFW6USDSL8/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 Fields of daisies are common here this time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553211431448-S0RPDIUUJ7V9K4GHRCXH/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 A view to the south about 50 miles east of Tucson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1553211506512-89LFC5OOWZZEDYFZCN7U/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, ...no, Tucson, Post 3 A rattlesnake seen on a bike trail near Tucson. As it gets hotter, they get more active. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/phoenix-to-el-paso-post-23142019 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552587454458-APBYRJMF7FX8JB86JAFT/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 The Chiricahua Mountains near Rodeo, NM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552589613563-I8S6O2R4LT3UOJ0QRAH5/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 The main square in Agua Prieta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552591413552-NV3ZWC5ZM3J3SUW61AYF/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 The Mexican side of the border fence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552589163469-9Y8OT82C50ACAM0LV5SD/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 A Periodoncista office in Agua Prieta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552591168849-C3PPUOJM6EJK8391ZVFN/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 The US side of the wall looking west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552591246547-V4JKU23X4C101XQAAX4E/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 This will make intruders cower! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552591548095-L8U1Y2SMVP6BVS7DK3B0/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 A reengineered wash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552590364706-9CNQ663YPYHZA6Z3CEUX/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 Someone's view of US trade policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552587589925-53FMBSY1FEKNI8FJN0I2/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 Just north of Douglas on the way out of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552590512520-XR3CTR2HUHACRV5L47JT/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 I had this view for about 20 miles as I headed northeast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552589453465-68DR3YYCOPLCXAX2XI3X/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 The view from cave Creek Canyon near Portal west of Rodeo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552591770895-5NGMIGCSLPLJEUVWMLUI/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 2 Another view at Cave Creek looking west. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/southeastern-arizona-post-1382019 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552270625892-N12YPKIA0WCCLDUVK8U4/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 The Border Fence in Doulgas, AZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552271508417-81K9SL52HZ35RAACZYLS/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 Dave in his RV offering me a beer after a very windy ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552085747259-V2S0LGJ0FF9O41TOGTZ1/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552272167546-6BYLBJQ9HSWK1LLYP657/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 Bisbee, AZ, is an old copper mining town just west of Douglas. At one time it was the largest community in Arizona. No longer a minIng town, it is now a wonderfully funky tourist town, with early twentieth century architecture and featuring lots of festivals to attract tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552272105592-FS267257FRT4DM1WRGJJ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 I happened upon a parade celebrating "The Return of the Turkey Vultures." I didn't know turkey vultures migrated, but apparently they do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552272459047-G4LW366TXAVF0DD09QZM/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552271587430-ZF6GU79ELHD28APR19M1/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 And who says everyone in Arizona is a Republican? Someone still drives this car around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552273315033-U7U1T9KP47G64WYG1MH1/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 Just outside of Douglas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552273350192-DUQ4MQLM17UFWF1EN7VG/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 On the US side of the border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1552273374941-AYASOUSQGAGYBIY155P5/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Phoenix to El Paso, Post 1 The window guards are intended to protect agents from flying rocks. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/palo-alto-to-tucson-post-31152019 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547605144256-5H05YUT417C1QXRA0H2B/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 The roads of America are scattered with effigies. My guess is they are missed by most motorists, even though they are most likely responsible for their presence. On a bike, they are hard to miss. They are almost always poignant, and sometimes strikingly beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547612011381-9JS1OPM7EN240252N5NQ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 A stockyard north of Brawley. Kind of makes one wonder what our feedstock endures to becomes a hamburger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547612578833-JDRCD15B7FEWHOPDQNK1/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 I remembered the proprietor - an industrious South Asian. I instantly felt safe and secure. I love mid-century motels, and they are in abundance in small towns in the southwest the same way that mid-century drug stores can still be found thoughout NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547614245221-MN2BX01M8XNRSCV7ORQ2/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547615457871-XSER812GR5PF9A4VHY18/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 I cycled the section of the Southern Tier route I am doing now between Brawley and Phoenix a few years ago. The sand dunes above loom large in my memory. The little town of Glamis, which sits right in the middle of the dunes, looks like a set in Bladerunner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547928591833-0SX852HP8QKN50HHNBF9/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547929849306-H7C1290H8L6ENO7DC4N9/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547929897349-A9Y7YAGHAFBN7PA2CK0S/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547929971904-ZXBYYGLMSRCBDD80MKWL/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547930001451-3EB4HPPE0NYOGQQ2VT3I/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547930038355-3XM72BV37XX0FFOKPB07/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547930066668-1CJEVKR2ZHBLLABFK7MT/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547929399344-X0BM4SQWFCG2OIVBLX16/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 I was kept from a wet and chilly evening by the good people of Tamarisk Park in Paso Robles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547931775301-7SEGULQHSX1B7ZE49G3F/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 Just west of Wickenburg, AZ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547929918319-Y1L1POYCRLSY061Y153Y/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547929937450-KWGSH7L6D03TBZOLTZ9K/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 My rig, before my fourth flat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547930095152-BM2YLUQ7PFUH0YGYV552/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, ...no, Phoenix, Post 3 https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/palo-alto-to-tucson-part-21102019 monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547178911424-J2SOZSW2BQCNFMOV5RAM/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 The church still remains at Paramount Ranch; it and the railroad station also survived while the main set was destroyed in the Woolsey Fire. We've all watched countless westerns filmed at this constructed town setting since the early 1900's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547179466714-VI7CQKFGS129FJ0SEAKZ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 The Los Angeles River Cycleway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547179132358-GGA3V0PPQWBX06ZMQP17/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 A saloon and hotel? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547179189342-IBGPVTJUQWDJI9S45U9F/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 A storage room? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547179572658-R1HQ0FYFN5ORO12ZCMNS/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 A large burnt out camper van sits by a highway near Delta, Ca. The Woolsey and the Delta fires took place in September and November, 2018, respectively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547179219150-RDA4OWLTN4QMIPZNXFUD/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 A water pump? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547179372775-X923SPX0A2ZJJZGTS5EG/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 More debris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547182059134-JT0TQJ8SHZC6W11ZLBFD/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 There's something beautiful about a fire area in recovery. Only 3 months after the fire, a hillside in the Santa Monica Mountains near Paramount Ranch makes a comeback. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547349713187-7SLMZ59WO3G0VW70XOWB/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 The northern and eastern shore of the Salton Sea is remarkably empty. The first 20 miles of the coast from the north shore are protected by at least three county parks. I was surprised and delighted to see this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547349729717-DOBZF5KF7A3HLAJF93L8/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 Looking east away from the Salton Sea toward Joshua Tree National Park. Someone told me that Joshua Tree poachers were in the Park because of limited staff during the government shutdown. If that's true, it's heartbreaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1547265949332-KIUO6WY38SVYHKGQ4U5I/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 2 The pass from Banning to Palm Springs is quite windy and there are hundreds of wind turbines along the way. They can be attractive, and far less noisy than traditional oil wells. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/palo-alto-to-tucson-post-1152019 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546747699727-EJAEQVA4O9P5X60QNNY8/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 Fog on the Guadalupe River Trail, which extends from San Francisco Bay to downtown San Jose, near the Amtrak Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546835968123-X9I0AQV063L24U8K03YG/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 Irrigation on a basil field just north of Lompoc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546836401891-H1P75VB2GU15NSJRTVNX/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 A stretch of cycling path along CA Highway 101. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546836162487-T3F20BGNUL5XK7SC7F4C/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 The California coast just south of Santa Barbara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546925066841-NUWKIVQO77JKVEPVAZ9D/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 A drawing of my Dad, Kim Chase, by Jennifer Hershey. You can find her work on Instagram under "Deeofo.". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546750671458-HKL3ON5C2D4K5TWWQWUQ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 A good moment on the bike on my Dad's 100th birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546751470240-6IW3N2TWD7GMBE2956E2/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 When the tide recedes, the birds dig for food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546750742845-O039JIGT0ICB6SJ8YB91/IMG_0481.JPG All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 A Great Blue Heron takes flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546751406054-L5ZEYJRHNZML8IFP0AY8/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 A snowy egret. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546828381273-SHRGB18H5IAOZP3X7UEJ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 Sunrise on the Bay Area Trail, a bike trail that will eventually follow the perimeter of the entire north and south bays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1546837873815-Q95UB8FW8QWJR9WZCM98/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Palo Alto to Tucson, Post 1 A climate stressed place - I took this shot in last month near Redding, CA. It's from the Delta Fire, which took place several weeks after the CARR Fire was contained. Locals refer to it as "the forgotten fire". https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/b8s7yvjxv6pj461k8mfxuk77ziagrs10142018 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1544552619778-IEGB2RJEFP9L96OQ1UWS/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Love in the Time of Climate Change Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan, New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1544553010358-81DY11CNV94B5J7OGWML/IMAGE.JPG All Blog Posts - Love in the Time of Climate Change State Forest land about a mile north of Sisters, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1543597752991-M279QF9SX4QV2QLJ70B8/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Love in the Time of Climate Change From my bike south of the Columbia River in Portland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1543610766183-NFDA5T267573N1FASPG8/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Love in the Time of Climate Change The view from the train in central Oregon on the way to California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1543610846974-C1QZ60HC7U6PH7G1N2T7/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Love in the Time of Climate Change Marshland in San Francisco Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1544557360710-1GWP8HGYUHB33GG7T6NU/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Love in the Time of Climate Change Central Minnesota, summer, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1544555087760-OPAMFXAJKWJA45Q3IYSR/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Love in the Time of Climate Change A rapidly melting glacier in Wengall/St Elias National Park in Alaska. Picture taken in 2007. The foreground is now a lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1544553088198-MKC5L3A6KSDGLXDAC870/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Love in the Time of Climate Change A burned hillside in California after the Carr Fire. Photo uncredited* https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/glacier-to-seattle-post-7752018 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530820931385-SPHALM933TZLA70UIQW2/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 7 Mt. Hood looms in the distance off the Saint John's bridge across the Willamette River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530822847780-EG0IZIIDRFXQILKJ1EU9/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 7 The view to the north from the Mt. St Helen's visitor station about 75 miles north of Portland.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530825267390-KE5EREMOIJ7XFTQ2AX33/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 7 I stayed at a KOA campground (showers!) near the Mt. Saint Helen's visitor station about 40 miles south of Centralia, WA.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530830871450-SEI1LHZDO14JAZW5OKF3/IMG_6140.JPG All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 7 Although they have fluctuated over time, CO2 levels remained under 300 parts per million (PPM) for the past 800,000 years until about 1900. Since then they have soared by about 60%. This rapidity of change is unprecedented in the history of the earth. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/glacier-to-seattle-post-66302018 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530406489147-H1L651775AQRF3HYIBIK/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530407086426-J56INL0XDHU1HCB2ZLY9/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530407203732-RRLX9OTHSE4UQHMMO3H7/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530407104133-YGXGUAW72S1AWI2LVZPY/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 6 The Kootenai River about 5 miles north of Libby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530409217883-6S5GUJHWD7ZMOFVG7NH9/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530409321427-2CN5ROU26KCTWR6RDVD7/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530409568884-1L0PTGIAYT03RZPHYYJM/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530406461081-B7WEFMGHQHEEM5LHEUV0/IMG_6095.JPG All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 6 From the New Yorker, late June, 2018.   https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/glacier-to-seattle-post-56272018 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530138179311-WPF6N1KCLP5AF1RR2TWX/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 Jackson Glacier can be viewed from the "Road to the Sun", or "Going-to-the-Sun Road", or simply "The Sun Road" depending on who you talk to. This road was started in 1921 and finished in 1932. It is the only road that crosses Glacier National Park. Jackson Glacier was once part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the park, including the Blackfoot and Harrison Glaciers. The glacier was most recently measured in 2005 at 250 acres. Between 1966 and 2005, Jackson Glacier lost almost a third of its acreage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530139304794-8U2K6814YA807HKKIMIM/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 Beargrass is one of the first plants to appear after a forest fire. This area last burned in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530139638927-9ZR09OD1H8C6AYLGVNZO/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 On the Sun Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530139961836-IYIB7JCNE33U8PV6D4GK/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 On the Sun Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530140179147-FU5QW4E1UK9C69STNYBJ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 On the Sun Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530137852018-B3YFPIBVOJWPIQ72R2N1/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 The view behind my motel in Eureka, MT.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530140889873-SHU8M4BUR80IGDE9EJR5/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 At Logan Pass on the Continental Divide, elevation 6646 ft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530141131279-DT1VDKWTXFR9EBK420LM/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 Coming down from Logan Pass on The Sun Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530140820109-1L8PVR3YOW5E0A7UWWOA/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 It's hard to distinguish a glacier from a snowpack at first glance, but glaciers are made of ice. This is snow butting up against a rock face. Most likely, this will be gone in a few weeks. Glaciers in this park, on the other hand, are at least 7000 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530142840083-J0VC0Q5FRMLO4C22RN8R/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 Coming down from Logan Pass on The Sun Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530143642924-AIM2T41OC76PR77FWPRZ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 The land to the west of Glacier National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1530143598889-WW7G6PZ2FCH9IGBOKFI0/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 5 https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/glacier-to-seattle-post-46232018 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529783932944-0PP647216YGL5V3WT8E4/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 Minnesota sunset from the window of the train.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529783822281-FKH3XJTOZC9G57MCJFD9/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 The waterline encroaches on a parking lot on the St. Croix River East of Minneapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529783874690-YW6RHHTZENWHM8F4CRRZ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 I watched this young man lift his bike up over the waterline in another section of the same parking lot, but wasn't able to get a photo until after he had waded through the water and made it up the steps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529784754684-555BB30GM5Z2ZO8YEN8W/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 Minneapolis vies with Portland for the most bike friendly city in the US; I was able to travel through much of it on bike paths. They are plentiful and well kept. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529792140433-T13OBNX9KCSA7AJK5YBQ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 The sightseeing car is a pleasant feature of the Amtrak Empire Builder.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529784857770-MTXIA3U8GMSUDJ237LF3/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 Train Depot in Minot, North Dakota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529784895903-PXHOTR6WMR3THH0M248I/IMAGE.JPG All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 View from the train at Williston, North Dakota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529887786292-K51K6JPD52F2UZ4DTVP1/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529887850484-6AMDHWXSEYYNHGK05U48/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529895497656-G1ZFBPQ9B0BU530Z90A3/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529895559361-ENHK91L5SNNJG6X4CDVW/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529895682031-HUDUOEDC0T6TJXDL2TQY/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 4 My digs in the Johnson RV Park in St Mary's. 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This is how extreme rain can ruin a road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529453547482-HGRZ50JC01PHBTIQUBKP/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529453664590-BI2L1AR3QYIF21FT829H/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 2 Climate change and extreme weather aside, why are exes so complicated? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529453634292-SMOYRHYYSUSAC7DDWGXU/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529455303249-UU6D3S8CALFZVD93W9CS/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529455336284-HFC4FZUWKGL5ZC3P3IU1/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529455371125-K66KP1U7AUJ77J5TICK2/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529455425766-CPLT4TPCLQ9BNA2GATP7/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529458324044-6ZG2GF4CN5Z89E3I2V9M/IMAGE.JPG All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 2 The swollen Chippewa River.   https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/7hcner0txzc1yfx2z8ng3hjsl1auuz6182018 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529360584518-04OR92PKUGSW9PD9H7NN/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 1 Showing off my latest setup. Each trip, I'm a bit more compact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529360655892-ZXV8U3COHZCXOCU858MZ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 1 A midwestern Box Turtle lounges on a bike path near Rib Mountain, Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529364445436-84WMU83ZPEJEYXZEQ8BQ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529365585386-VT0ZOJ86EZ3MBJVY943B/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 1 The swollen Wisconsin River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529366593765-LVULRHGZUPRJ6XUU5VXO/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 1 The road to Colby, WI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529366640844-64L3SOW35AOBN3P2VEA1/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Glacier to Seattle, Post 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1529366752108-JA52JA7LA543VMR8IYC8/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - 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There are three political groups here, two are mainstream. One wants statehood, the other is fine with the status quo of being an American Territory. The third more marginalized group wants independence. This sign is representative of the third. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1516144101160-HUO4FTNWQU0NC45UZVF6/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Puerto Rico Se Levanta, PR post Maria, Post 2 Typical view on the Océano Atlántico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1516143675929-YBH0ZJKO41BRTU35YVC0/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Puerto Rico Se Levanta, PR post Maria, Post 2 Remains of a house near the beach at Punto Vacea Valega. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1516143718149-ZKO4YSJ4NRCY686X9CGX/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Puerto Rico Se Levanta, PR post Maria, Post 2 Sand covers an asphalt bike path.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1516143480948-UI0S1W2FY315KUE4LJ2B/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Puerto Rico Se Levanta, PR post Maria, Post 2 The coastal area east of the San Juan airport is known for a 12 kilometer designated bike path that follows along the beach and into an adjoining rain forest on asphalt, sand and extended sections of a timber bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1516139792614-6UL4U3Y5R247HVI7QLZ9/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Puerto Rico Se Levanta, PR post Maria, Post 2 The bike path near Loiza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1516152336482-R70HOKOBVTYRNG3EFA9D/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Puerto Rico Se Levanta, PR post Maria, Post 2 Electric utility trucks are everywhere.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1516153195366-P9JAIVUNT6BDQZE7S678/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Puerto Rico Se Levanta, PR post Maria, Post 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1516153783459-D6TCWVZZ5QG70O5HDOHO/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Puerto Rico Se Levanta, PR post Maria, Post 2 These homes are right on the beach and are currently occupied.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1516153770649-JLZ11VRYBDVCUR5MEPAQ/FullSizeRender.jpg All Blog Posts - Puerto Rico Se Levanta, PR post Maria, Post 2 This neighborhood is across the street from the beach, and looked unscathed. I asked a resident if he had been there during the storm. He said no, but added that he was pleased when he came home to find things ok. 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GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Riders gathering early in the morning on Sept 17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282692197-90H0STSMZBXGW5IMU71C/IMG_7760.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Camp in Princeton, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282696250-BJR3IREKKWJU2SP7KAWB/IMG_7771.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Susan Benesch in front of a classic PA home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282696230-YIPQH4K7A0CA82OUL7YL/IMG_7785.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Friends on the trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282698299-Q4U0IGTH5KOC02HMKGSF/IMG_7786.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Amish laundry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282698388-ZSVPQMBAWGUNERF03KCS/IMG_7787.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - 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GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - The celebration continues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282717005-NOO8YK09O7TMTGJG2PM8/IMG_7845.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - The celebration gets warmer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282717396-YRACC6CA85H5YK4SS7DV/IMG_7849.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Bikes in the air! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282719979-HMMKD2LFY9IFPJUE5LKX/IMG_7851.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - And hugs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282719795-X7TUGDFO0EWDAVUP7EFS/IMG_7856.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - A heavy bike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282722383-L8I5D6MSXK5EH9YIJUA7/IMG_7873.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Hugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282722470-UCY3XJ6OHTXT0MK6D5JB/IMG_7874.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - More hugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282725120-51E047N6AISZPNLWNIIN/IMG_7875.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - The Capitol in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282725618-RECBR1VKVRNL80DLLBK8/IMG_7885.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Senator Markey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282727734-CJQT2XPA6Z1UQTDV88EW/IMG_7887.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Waiting for another Senator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282727934-IGNQR60O1OA1SEF9YIRV/IMG_7888.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Senator Whitehouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282729012-P0IX1ABQ18XNHKBGTBIY/IMG_7928.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - Annapolis never said it better https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282731862-EJW6BHXT0FROXBEQWSCJ/IMG_7931.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - North of Annapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1478282730193-W2MHMEDSPK0PT4LUN5FY/IMG_7940.jpg All Blog Posts - GRID Tour Finale, NYC to DC - South of Baltimore https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/the-east-grid-alternatives7312016 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470844894148-5WP64WADJUBAV3LDFL3B/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives My host Kitty posing with my bike before I left the Pittsburgh area on August 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470845457638-VEKTD1CYCZQJY4IXJWEZ/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives The sun rising over a scrap metal yard next to the Allegheny River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470846522486-5ONG6BJI597UV89ALI05/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives The GAP Trail just south of Pittsburgh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470846579496-8FBM80EA56YDS0GJ03AN/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives About five miles south of Pittsburgh the trail becomes well maintained crushed gravel, which leads 160 miles to Cumberland. This proved to be a great surface for cycling - kind on tires and a softer ride than asphalt. If only there were more long bike trials like this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470846799368-E8RUIOWA0UFWS23M2SJ0/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives My campsite near Connellsville in the morning. Fog is common in the Allegheny region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470846954462-7AREL1P4M3V2QRYORB0Q/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives Just at sunset as I was drifting off to sleep, several cyclists set up camp near me. They were teachers from Limerick, Ireland, who were cycling across the US. The next morning I snapped this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470847474019-X1JY5TUNLUPSYH54L24H/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives One of the earlier views of the day about 50 miles in on the GAP Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470848871303-P6OFKYUC7K6C6LMEGFES/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives This view was pointed out by a cycling companion (pictured below) who joined me for about 20 miles in the morning on the way into Ohiopyle (yes, that really is the name of the town), where I enjoyed a terrific breakfast buffet at the Market Cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470848902394-E0RY85G1W3BUIG983EKM/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives My cycling companion for about 20 miles in the morning - a retired mining administrator named Steve, who came from several generations of miners near Uniontown, PA. It was Steve who pointed out to me with pride that the Youghiogheny River (which the GAP Trail follows after it leaves the Monongahela) had been cleaned up after years of pollution brought on by coal mining. This man was remarkable to me - he understood climate change, and accepted that coal need to be on its way out as an industry. His pride and his thoughtful understanding that change was now necessary challenged all my stereotypes about coal miners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849001024-7J0FFAXF9QF54OHB53WP/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives Steve took this picture of me as we crossed the river near Ohiopyle, PA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470848971612-O3CM0GGYOTJVG526HS9G/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives Later in the day I caught up with Orla and Karen and cycled with them again for a while. But Karen got out in front (which was common) and when Orla and I arrived at a town where she had been waiting for us, she had befriended Bill and Nancy, who took us out for some food. So, for the second time in two days, someone I had just met bought me a meal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849037754-4RF0FJYCP72AE94LCS2O/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives The GAP trial in the late afternoon as I approached the Savage Tunnel, a 1/4 mile long tunnel through the last mountain before the Eastern Continental Divide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849178946-8RFKEAY9JND5XFW6W2I6/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives Deep in the tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849064935-LZ27HAY8GUKQWMSMBOMZ/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives The Eastern Divide on the GAP Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849137141-NZFJJX5DSVWJBJMD440N/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives Although I left dinner early to get a head start from my crazy Irish cycling companions, it didn't last long. Here they are approaching the Divide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849283886-1F2F4PLFY5YF72EJL0KF/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives The view on the eastern side of the Divide just out of the tunnel. Cumberland, Maryland is about 10 miles away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849331728-3RPMK4NGGZ8AWKS3CZWU/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives The sun about to set on the way into Cumberland, MD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849372047-2SFKNGL84FY0CC1AVBNN/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives This day we cycled 92 miles, and ended up camping under a pavilion maintained by a local YMCA in Cumberland, MD. Fortunately, Orla was quick thinking enough to stop just as the sun was setting at a local liquor store, so we were able to enjoy some beer before climbing into our tents. Given that we hadn't had much to eat during the day, the beer took the edge of my hunger and I slept well. But I awoke yearning for a big breakfast, so I said my goodbyes to my Irish companions (who wanted to skip breakfast and keep going), and went looking for food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849412445-2S8OOI7INN3Q7FA6I1WG/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives Typical Philadelphia row houses on the west side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1470849438443-G7O3ZH7CXA17MIK7XLZU/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE EAST: GRID Alternatives The NYC West Side Bike Path that runs north and south along the Hudson River. The bridge in the distance is the George Washington. 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Yes, it was day 81 of my trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1468251637792-D8Z911QAWLR6SRFKWL42/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1468251665516-DYFMVSCVC7R2T22M3UOP/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives Thank God for this shelter. It rained heavily all evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1469317731853-O0BWVPFJM1QIFQ6GACBO/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives On a 96 mile day I wandered around Pittsburg, Kansas looking for a good deal for the night and found this city park with showers and bathrooms for $10. Only problem was being subjected to fireworks until midnight. At one point I thought sparks were raining down on my tent, but I did make it through the night unscathed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1469321173238-OUUKUSXI2JWL97H1SIZ0/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives Crossing the Missouri River. Some say this river carries more water and is longer than the Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1469318590132-6DC3GNH2UJ5822JVXR2H/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives I was surprised to see these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1469318617339-921XYFEZIV01SVTMJNNX/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives And then I saw this. You can learn more about this issue here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1469319920095-OPVVL7HQEN0B8JMRI8GH/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives A coal train moving through Missouri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1469320423661-CQQERDLUN6NYUJQLKLND/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives My mom in the living room of her apartment at the Kensington, an assisted living facility in Galesburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1469320794830-DACCME89QJJ4AYXU30ZO/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives Spoon River, muse for the famous "Spoon River Anthology". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1469989917384-B0ZZKWZ765NRKH621OXB/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - THE MIDWEST: GRID Alternatives In eastern Illinois I passed a handful of wind farms in corn fields. 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He was the first of many GRID employees to make a contribution. Its amazing how supportive and enthusiastic GRID team members are! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1461798572351-OQ67QI219VYPW6FALT32/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives My accommodations the first night out, courtesy of Warm Showers, an online hosting organization for cycling enthusiasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1461800024217-0KQR7ZTFZKGNSN1VO12A/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives On the way to Joshua Tree I rode through Anza Borrego State Park. It was every bit as desolate and beautiful as I had imagined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462130668474-9J0X03BS2J4I6IJ7SD7Y/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives If you look closely you will see a hummingbird feeding on the cactus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462154023069-619WICRL8EDVVXRH4MH4/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives I had to post a picture of a Joshua Tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462135202882-15WFC25TEKGCXYS8ER9V/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives One of many encampments of "homeless" people on the Santa Ana River. I wonder if we would have regarded folks living similarly as homeless 100 years ago? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462154975458-4DGQORHAMU84MZOJU0J6/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The amazing Keaton McGuire, GRID Solar Installation Supervisor (SIS) running an install in San Bernardino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462155652233-4ISPVBFCMAA4UUQ0N1XJ/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Daniel from Puerto Rico, a Construction Supervisor for GRID, Inland Empire. Even though Daniel's English was limited he was one of the best teachers (in English) I've ever been around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462156676706-87ICM2S0RPDICLQADTG4/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives My brother Chris and I at dinner together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462155960218-1HBZ5KS7LTCZPQWTPHVM/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Staff at GRID, LA. What an amazing group of people! I spent the day with Jorge Valdez on the far right, pulling permits and doing a site visit in Long Beach. Jorge has the distinct honor of having the most volunteer hours of any GRID volunteer. However, he is now an employee! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462158758579-6ST65QFJV5SV4CGFRSZY/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives My student and artistic colleague Kareem Ferguson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462159100569-50ZCCBRTI4KKKJEGGTMX/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The extraordinary beachfront in Venice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462639483407-0P2EF7B6W2RCFX7GYIPO/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives There is an interesting section of undeveloped coast between Ventura and Santa Barbara that is a regional park. It reminds me of a "light" version of the Lost Coast area south of Eureka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462640896477-0V3N5V4MM60JOTT16IT0/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives A selfie with me and Ian Cummings after a great meal at a local Taqueria in Lompoc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1462641162320-AP02NVTE9LZW2YCRO7R1/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Central Coast ED Justin Hitchcock in front of his home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465318832901-SNS1EBYFX46YZ6CI3IQ5/image-asset.png All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Tom and Jesse from the GRID Fresno (Central Valley) office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463780405641-Y881SUEOYC8ZYC0CFVKF/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The GRID staff that were around during my visit to Fresno. What a warm group of people! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463780513397-03U5OJQBBTQHS0KL0WAS/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives An iconic poster that got me situated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1464055103595-QN0JR1WT2VD8KJYG2XCQ/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Early in the morning on the Feather River after a night of hard rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463778305374-782B5RARTVPKHUL8OHTF/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives In the backyard of my Warm Showers hosts Karen and Peter in Chico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463778388593-1QMIJDSNMW4LFN2O612M/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives One of many rice farms east of Chico in the Sacramento Valley. A great deal of water is diverted to the delta... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463778615146-UP9LXJQZQMQ14GYXHGJ5/IMG_6606.jpg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives My home for 3 nights on the shore of Clear Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463779229292-YNAWLBZO68EDHBR7KPTJ/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The view of the lake outside my tent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463778954276-HCT54TIYJJXCEYE3TP8Z/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Me on a roof on the Clear Lake installation. It was hot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463779062373-TQQVCH3NAPFX8IFVNI7B/IMG_6624.jpg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Hayden, a fellow volunteer on the installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463779385016-EYQ9F7CV83LZ4W4M8R7N/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Maggie Graham helped me find my way to this install. The outreach people at GRID are tireless, enthusiastic and passionate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463778813470-N3089XDFM7YGIAQ41HU7/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Looking south at San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge is just around the corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1463779714769-Z4ZMPR1SS1PN2YZPECMS/IMG_6706.jpg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives My Dad drying off after a swim. The guy is amazing. It was such a pleasure to see him on this trip... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465322824698-MC45W427BGX41PVU0992/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives John, Beth and Devon shortly after arriving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465323114545-1P2LQWI4SNFV9AOCF5S4/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives My Dad and in the background, and his wife Dawn and my granddaughter Devon in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465323280297-WKSLRPSG9A28JGH6QA5V/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Great Grandparents, Grandfather, Great Aunt and Uncle, Dad. Missing is Mom - Beth, who took the picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465321807264-LUHPNECLGUIAC3SCNFXT/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives My old friends Rafael Gonzales and Deena Levy. Although I lived there for 7 years in the late 1980's, I hadn't been back to the East Bay for about 35 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465322198526-ZNIMCNXQGUSNQ6EI4Z87/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives I was treated to a terrific welcome lunch (in my honor) at the GRID Bay Area Headquarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465322321634-EG47JZ83XBAOIOT26N9O/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives One of my favorite photos of the trip so far. Staff gather in Oakland to welcome me on my tour! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465323977368-M62NATPE3BN7E13Y92VV/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The installation team in Daly City. What a great day it was! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465338599004-S5YKT6QU8KKE9IS8F76H/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The amazing American River Trail goes for 30 miles through Sacramento to Soledad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465339955430-KB373YJNHUQBJBXHFA4J/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The view from my campsite on Bear Lake off Route 88 in the Sierra, which goes over Carson Pass, the same pass used by the original Mormons. It was once known as "Emigrant Trail". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465340345541-KN2PPFOSJDBHPZHZSBT9/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Near Carson Pass, the route I took over the Sierra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465341029906-95XT1HJCZBEUUGG3ZU8T/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives A selfie of me at Carson Pass. This was the route used by the original Mormons, and once was called the Emigrant Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465340530456-42LU833QHF386ZJVJAKV/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Hope Valley on the eastern slope of the Sierras heading into Nevada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465341205065-JOEFPFZBH820Z6EB4ETU/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The land west of Fallon has a lot of sagebrush - when i went through the smells were amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465341299743-PLOPIFDN6AIOPQJXINF0/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Highway 50 out of Fallon is the famous "Loneliest Highway in the World", which i don't think is true now - a few days later I was on 21 coming into Utah, and that was far lonelier - maybe one car passed ever hour... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465342004866-ZBM7UYG8KELZR0XVTVCF/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The only restaurant in Middlegate, Nevada, about 50 miles east of Fallen. After that is Cold Spring up the hill about 20 miles, and then another 50 to Austin (pop 69) where there is a cafe that stays open until 5 pm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465343827524-0GUOMLYUSP2EIBP8SFGT/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Out of Austin on the way to Ely. Each day seems to bring a bigger challenge in heat, wind and passes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465343949599-KQR2DL2ULSEWIDSNZQW1/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Austin was not a town I would have liked to bike through had I not been white. As it was, I felt nervous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465344120139-95IPCQ64VFXG2737QLOB/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives On the other hand, I found Ely a warm and welcoming place. I was offered some free dehydrated food to try out by the manager of Sportsworld, Paul Bath, which became essential over the next two days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465344729402-BHLFKBWO0C9VF2VPWTVI/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Just cause... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465344565135-0FLR4FEVN6VZLRSO7ECN/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives More lonely road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1465344668674-U5YQ9Z3R0DM8A7SESJ5J/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466536871389-6PW2HKHOCLKIAI9SOKDH/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Maryjane (in the blue hat) on her way up the narrows at Zion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466533811003-MEHBM3KPDC3D91U3AHWT/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives My friend Maryjane Fahey enjoying the Bryce scenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466534509111-DZ0QJX1FDCM7NT2I5HDD/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The length of Bryce Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466534591925-56Z0N4HLLUL9NHRBTP7D/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives One of my favorites photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466534762204-6YQ2BPJ6LQ9633W9NRDW/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Me enjoying the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535042574-GWCTCQ448OPRLDZMDG9U/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Rain clouds near Panguitch, Utah, as I biked toward Red Canyon State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466538062907-72D1RHTI61BL18NKXT0Q/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Red Rocks State Park on the way to Bryce. I camped near here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535167875-IZWUUV1TC645556XLSCD/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives A canyon on the way to Escalante Grand Staircase on the way to the National Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535092539-OQ4ZDOYN1DLPNV2WAXYO/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535346949-28ZKFW86ANO9X94FEZIX/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives On the way up Boulder Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535237587-GZJCNPWCS16FLD4Z30HY/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives On the way down Boulder Mountain. In the distance center right are the Henry Mountains. They are notable because they were the last range in the US to be mapped (in the 1950's) and they still support wild buffalo herds - the only remaining wild herds in the US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535303632-1WKB965KVN3HPAFNGGIJ/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Tony and Joy on the way from Hanksville to Glen Canyon National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535404417-7OHEFTL4HPPBJ98PG4U0/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives In addition to Tony and Joy, we were joined by Leslie, Marion and Lester, from San Francisco and Germany, respectively. We spent the afternoon in the shade and slept outside with mats on concrete pads. It was such a blessing when the sun went down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535442938-E6UN5P5VFWYP9LL0WXSQ/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535497413-ATMAA4WNT0LLG5757818/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The morning sun as I left Lake Powell for Blanding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535590070-UHA0OEWW9A5W0IB8LTN9/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The notch in the ridge is the road. It went down and then up, up, up at an 8% grade. I walked the bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535671480-ZNAL1VKP24KP66BSS7WX/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466535717707-AWQRZBMNTVBKINZVO8L9/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1466544148558-0EA99DUG7GV5DO3TAVND/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The view near the famous James Ranch, where restorative agriculture is practiced by 3 generations of the James family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467149322233-VNHJF7VGDXPKPEQQ1S7Z/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives My uncle Tom, His partner Kriss Larson, my cousin Chad's wife and their lovely daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467151376683-ZIYUQIHTVVYNHOUQQ2YD/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives A ranch near Pagosa Springs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467151464920-UV4F94GJKEFSFRR7L8QW/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives 8 miles plus 8% grades = tired guy . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467151713132-7NJNU40EBHNZGA9X5AO7/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Beetle kill - another attribute of a warming climate, was particularly evident on the climb to Wolf Creek Summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467151861997-UR4MFZWVTRXJR3OTP1KM/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The ride down summits can make the climb worthwhile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467151954172-7NK2B2M8D41CEO8SOMC4/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives South Park Valley is a unique and starkly beautiful place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467152886913-CGA7XQ6C2D2KDJS0XD8T/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Another view of South Park Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467152067677-XVHGPCUL9Q7HAJPNF7O6/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives Not far from where I camped during an intense wind and thunderstorm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467152832075-G2KRTRYWVZK28MGKR3OZ/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives All things come to an end. After wind and rain, I was treated to this sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1467153152918-4Q7CY10Z9RYMBPD2GQID/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - WEST: GRID Alternatives The view on 105 on the way north into Littleton. I had forgotten how lovely the front range can be. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/a-state-of-indifference3312016 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1459465713822-MJ5HPZ48ERJKVBTLHZ38/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - A State of Indifference - Sea Level Rise and Florida One of many countless neighborhood canals on the west coast of Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1459465810684-82WBZ4MLBDZSU5TICIO1/IMG_5498.jpg All Blog Posts - A State of Indifference - Sea Level Rise and Florida Fort Myers, I don't know if the tide was in or out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1459465965103-OQ2WY5B5GRJTYZEVHWNV/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - A State of Indifference - Sea Level Rise and Florida A bit of beach left to sell on the East Coast. A rare find! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1459530361512-UZJ8EPLI1FRV49ID61Y6/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - A State of Indifference - Sea Level Rise and Florida An extraordinary sky at a campground in the Everglades. https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/forrest-watkins-and-360bybikecom252016 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1454864429927-P7RMP3NIQDCRL2JZR6MV/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Forrest Watkins and 360bybike.org https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/photos-from-paris-during-cop21-december-3-1312142015 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453858640369-DDBMS28B8AK8N5C6IXP4/image-asset.png All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Homage for the victims of the Paris attacks at Place de la Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1450302624462-OOK34123X0V4B24ZGFXT/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Homage # 2 for the victims of the Paris attacks at Place de la Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1450302666760-OBEMJP9KQ71VM5SDUFH3/IMG_4389.jpg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Place de la Republic at night, December, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453943512209-L64HMFVW1DAJRI9ZW6N6/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Tributes at Place de la Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453937090494-FTIEHS55VWP2QAZDD5BO/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 A weapons store in Paris not too far from Gare de Nord. So odd to see after the attacks... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453937230514-F889E6IVT3Q8TZ5LDRI8/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Another view of the weapons store against a Parisian backdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453937249843-1I97GBIWTVLPLNGP49FN/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 People at work at PlacetoB after a long day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453943591153-KWIKF9XQY1EGJG9YP23J/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 A panel discussion at PlacetoB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453943635409-S3T4BVC7I1IQ1IIAA0BY/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Announcement of a "solutions" exhibit at the Gran Palais. This exhibit received well deserved criticism by climate activists for its corporate approach. It was bland, self-promoting and unimaginative - and palliative. No, corporations won't save us from climate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453944005002-JFKJVG93SE4NNI1785P8/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Outside the exhibit activists gathered to support a lightpole climber shouting anti-corporate slogans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453944097880-0ODE29L44PL96KG86PN0/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 While others went to Le Bourget to be delegates or observers at COP21. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453944148525-BP68ZFH5RWZJDY2QM8BZ/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Inside the "Green Zone", a space for public events adjacent to the Delegate Hall, occasional protests would spring up. This was a mock funeral for Ecuadoreans. Ice and pallbearers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453944426625-8JTJSZFXWF9238IB0MA6/IMG_4503.jpg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 On the next day in the Champ de Mars, indigenous people gathered to speak from the heart about the plight of the earth and her creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453944518887-JLEH62Y97SVKS9209DOM/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Another version of activism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453944573348-93IRK5ZU9R2GHRX3UZW8/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 The French have a sense of humor. I found this tucked away on a side street near the Sorbonne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453944649708-EJCAEQ3OHS3XDR7DXNAJ/IMG_4549.jpg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 The famous ice show was a big hit and the fragments of glaciers melted as COP21 wore down. The Artist in Charge of the Installation was Olafur Eliasson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453944925601-9BK8240QUWZ2NZVIH14T/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 The blue hues are characteristics of glaciated ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453944991785-7YKHKZXMAOHXUS7THAG7/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 On Sunday, December 13, as the Delegates finished the final agreement, thousands of people took to the streets all over Paris in celebration and protest. This photo was taken near the Arc de Triomphe on the Avenue de la Grande Armee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453945285449-W5L99PBUAFM2QI1KUJ7S/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 More celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453945367051-YUXM2JYV3RG75U8LZOGE/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 And more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453945436915-AXGR6IF8SXEID10WR9FX/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Red umbrellas as a symbol of continued resistance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1453945529830-SKLLYI5B07ZJYK5S6UJF/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - Photos from COP21, December 3-13, 2016 Santa Clause always comes to climate talks. Where will he go when the ice is gone? https://www.carbonstories.org/allblogposts/the-making-of-public-art1272015-1 monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1450111447977-PMKKLA8JXVZU5Z7QTQM2/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Making of Public Art Photo Credit: Photo by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Spectral Q https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5600603be4b03671c1afcfd0/1449521542771-XA9T1O2CN1WAIEFMTEVN/image-asset.jpeg All Blog Posts - The Making of Public Art Spectral Q, aka John Q, in the lift with colleagues checking out his work. 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