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  • Ferndale Water Issues – Updated

    Ferndale Water Issues – Updated

    Jump to Update below I’m coming to the conclusion that most people, maybe even most Ferndale City Council members, don’t really know the full extent of our water issues.  And to be blunt, in my view this is because this City administration is fairly opaque rather than transparent as they so often claim about themselves.…

  • Where’s George?

    Where’s George?

    You find a lot of interesting things when you hit the road early for a bike ride.  Yesterday, as I chugged up the hill leading west out of Ferndale I got a good laugh about money littering the streets of Ferndale.  Then as I stopped, just in case it was a $10 or a $20,…

  • Rufus Trail

    Rufus Trail

    Last weekend I rode Rufus Trail, a trail that was suggested by a coworker as a really nice climbing trail in the Lookout Mountain area.  The trail leads from the parking lot on Lake Louise Road, across from one of the Sudden Valley gates.  It’s a lot that I’ve parked in several time, I just…

  • Our Place

    Our Place

    To say that we are more evolved than someone else, or something else, is a misnomer.  We are not more evolved, we simply evolved differently.  Science, God, God/Science, it doesn’t really matter what your belief system is because it really doesn’t change that we all began our journey “in the beginning” and arrived together “in…

  • 1952 Raleigh Sports

    1952 Raleigh Sports

    Always amazed at what you can run across in Bellingham.  While window shopping Facebook Marketplace a couple of days ago for a more fuel efficient car, I stumbled into my latest bike. It is a 1952 orange red Raleigh Sports with not only working dynohub and lights, but also a semi-rare Sturmey-Archer 4-speed.  The  paint…

  • Thin Blue Line

    Thin Blue Line

    I am talking about that thin blue atmosphere surrounding our earth, not to be confused with the thin blue lines of masking tape showing support for law enforcement officers,.  You all know about our atmosphere, that stuff that makes wonderful sunsets & sunrises while at the same time makes plants grow, allows us to live…