Birdman's Blog

Just seeing if this account still works... Here's a picture of Dunguara Castle: It was really windy out by the castle, and as we left...

Last Saturday (6/18/11), I rode the Big Mick, a one-day bike tour that covers most of the Mickelson Trail through the Black Hills of South D...

After taking almost 4 months of vacation and unpaid leave this year, I'm sticking close to home this summer. But things could be worse -...

... and the mortem thing is almost right. About half way across the Atlantic, I realized that I was getting sick. I ended up with one of the...

Monday (May 26, Memorial Day for all you folks back in the USA) was another beautiful day in Austria, but it was time to head home. We loade...

I've wanted to do one of the big European one-day bike tours ('gran fondos' or 'cyclosportives') for a long time, and as...

If you don't want to die in Slovakia, you have to leave sometime, and our time had arrived. Cindi's teaching was over and exams were...