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Eugene Calendars 2022 are available!

Available in Eugene at Tsunami Bookstore, Market of Choice on 29th Street, Luxe in Oakway Center. Or send $13.00, including shipping, to Walk With Me, 1430 Willamette St., #579, Eugene, OR 97401. Thank you.
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Home in Eugene, Oregon

It looks s always good to be home again. This is my front door in October, I just love fall here.

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Bicycling from Buffalo to Niagara Falls, New York.

The ride was along the Niagara River, flat, through some riverside parks and small neighborhoods. The Canadian Border was still closed, but I did take the Maid of the Mist boat ride to Horseshoe Falls. About 30 miles, and the next day I cycled to a motel near the Buffalo Airport and flew to Seattle in the morning. Had a lovely visit with my daughter and her family before taking the train home to Eugene, Oregon.

  • Mural on a bike shop wall.
  • History along the route.
  • Such lovely homes.
  • Canada in the distance.
  • Amazingly, bike was not damaged.
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Cycling the Erie Canal Trail.

Cycling from Albany, New York to Buffalo! Through Utica, Syracuse. Rochester and many villages. About 375 miles. Fantastic, flat trail along the Erie Canal, mostly good weather, helpful people to deal with my flat tire. Enjoy a few of my photos along the way. Many thanks to the friendly people who helped with my flat tire! Cycling is fun, but it is always the people who make the best experience.

One highlight was spending a night at the beautiful Oneida Community Mansion House. From 1848 to 1880, it was a Christian commune, in their eyes. Yes, they produced the Oneida flatware.

  • Buffalos in Buffalo!
  • Historic homes.
  • A hospital
  • Hospital entry.
  • Brigham Young marker
  • A spiritual yeast in the 1800’s
  • Front of the Oneida Mansion
  • Home across from the Mansion
  • Entry to the Mansion
  • Guest rooms and apartments in the Mansion.
  • Apartment in the Mansion
  • Front door do the Mansion.
  • Mansion Rules
  • View from my park bench
  • Marker in Buffalo
  • New friends!
  • Beautiful villages
  • Mural in Buffalo
  • My destination.
  • In Buffalo
  • Mural on a Bike shop.
  • So much history!
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Worcester, Massachusetts

My grandson, Theo, is at his first term and time away from home, at Worcester Polytechnical Institute. It was a great treat to get to see him and he showed me around campus. I cycled 40 miles from Pawtuckett, Rhode Island, to Worcester and stayed in an AirBnB because all the hotels were full for Parent Weekend.

  • The famous Japanese dog, waiting for his owner,
  • I just happened by the statute!
  • My grandson.
  • His dormitory.
  • The campus.
  • Worcester train station.
From Worcester I took a four-hour train ride north to Albany, New York, for $10. From Albany I cycled the Erie Canal Trail to Buffalo. Much of it was the old Towpath once used by mules pulling barges. Other parts of the trail were a paved railroad bed. It was idyllic cycling in fall weather on a flat path. Except the first day it rained for a couple of hours. Fortunately there were several villages and places to stay and eat.
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Traveling again!

October 1, my four month volunteer job at Prince William Forest Park ended and I took the train north to Providence, Rhode Island. Then I bicycled five miles to Pawtucket and spent the night.

Train ride across the Potomac River, through Washington DC.
Reminds me of the Roman aqueducts in Europe.
Black Lives Matter graffiti in a train yard.
Fascinating views of New York City.
The Capital building in Providence is just opposite the train station. It was an easy ride to Pawtucket, where there was this attractive statute.
The seven-hour train trip from Woodbridge, Virginia, to Providence, Rhode Island, was very pleasant and interesting.

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Visitors!

My son Damon and his Ecuadorian wife Susana, came from Quito, Ecuador for a week. We visited Washington DC, the monuments, Washington Cathedral, the Smithsonian Art Gallery and enjoyed hiking and birding in Prince William Forest Park.

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Cycling the Virginia Capital Trail

The Virginia Capital Trail, 52 miles from Yorktown to Richmond. I spent a night about halfway, at the Edgewood Plantation.

I started n Jamestown, cycled through Willamsburg and spent the night at the Edgewood Plantation along the trail. Then cycled into Richmond the next day and took the train to Quantico and cycled back into Prince William Forest Park. Great trip!
Along the trail, I stopped for a self-guided tour of the grounds of Sherwood Forest, a plantation purchased by President John Tyler in 1845 and still owned and lived on by his descendants. The farm was established in 1661 and both sides of the Civil War occupied it at different times. The sundial with the frog predates the Civil War, 1862. Also, that is an Osage Orange.
Enjoying Prince William Forest Park.
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Adding color to my days.

Doodling at my forest home, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia.
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Williamsburg, Virginia.

Spent the day exploring their living history museum. These are the original buildings, many built around 1745, pre-revolutionary war.