tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post3968643417428422040..comments2023-12-28T21:22:10.935-07:00Comments on Jill Outside: Always learningJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-2442370627637903972007-09-22T23:47:00.000-06:002007-09-22T23:47:00.000-06:00My only memories of Sitka (from 1985) are being re...My only memories of Sitka (from 1985) are being really, really moist. That, and that it was incredibly beautiful.Craig B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17291004022577238362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-35410486990562625652007-09-12T15:08:00.000-06:002007-09-12T15:08:00.000-06:00I totally agree with you on the epilogue. I felt s...I totally agree with you on the epilogue. I <A HREF="http://alaskan-girl.blogspot.com/2007/07/book-7-harry-potter-deathly-hallows.html" REL="nofollow">felt</A> sadly let down afterwards, and wished I hadn't read that last bit...it took me a while to get over my distaste. If I ever re-read the book, I'm definitely skipping the ending.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12866053304972928398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-87837611120777207842007-09-10T17:30:00.000-06:002007-09-10T17:30:00.000-06:00Jill,There is an effort to try and make Sitka Alas...Jill,<BR/><BR/>There is an effort to try and make Sitka Alaska's first Bicycle Friendly Community. We even have a trainer coming to town from the League of American Bicyclists later this week. <BR/><BR/>For information about Sitka's efforts, please go to http://www.sitkaaoc.org. We'd really appreciate it if you registered an account for our online forum and then posted information about where you ran into problems with motorists not being bicycle friendly (descriptions of vehicles and drivers also helps). I commute to work by bike and I've never had anything thrown at me in Sitka (I have in Anchorage and Portland), so we need any feedback we can get. Also, this will help us know where we need to beef up our share-the-road education component.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Charles Bingham<BR/>Sitka, AlaskaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-75554018529739460732007-09-10T12:12:00.000-06:002007-09-10T12:12:00.000-06:00Dorothea ...I enjoyed the book. I can't really cou...Dorothea ...<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed the book. I can't really count myself among the Harry Potter Superfans, but all of the books have been entertaining and make for an engrossing read when you really want to escape your surroundings, which I did. It has been long enough since I read the other books that I think some of the plot points were lost on me. Rowling probably did a great job of letting the book stand by itself, but I was still confused by some of the referrences to past events. <BR/><BR/>I also wasn't a fan of the epilogue. I understand these are children's books, but that last chapter wrapped everything up in too nice of a package. If you're going to write seven books about a revolution, at least dedicate an epilogue to showing how that revolution changed the world ... don't just show that a handful of participants lived happily ever after. <BR/><BR/>Still ... fun book. Really imaginative fiction. Reading HP always prompts me to start reading more novels.Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-40732014908489853762007-09-09T20:03:00.000-06:002007-09-09T20:03:00.000-06:00A few years back I was in Patagonia, Chile, and ex...A few years back I was in Patagonia, Chile, and experienced some of the same cold, wet, camping/cycling you experienced. I promised myself I'd be better prepared next time, especially with regard to keeping dry. Being wet, or having your belongings wet does sap a lot of energy out of you, and makes everything weight a lot more. On a long ride, you need the energy. Your bivy sounds like something I should have tried, but the tent is always nice if you happen to be in mosquito infested areas. I think the next time in very wet climates, I might try using an overtarp stung up high over my tent, just to keep the tent itself as dry as possible. Thanks for sharing even the worst parts of your trip. It's nice to read for other cycling tourers like myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-69302114780919119832007-09-09T14:37:00.000-06:002007-09-09T14:37:00.000-06:00Except for the rain, you just described my UP of M...Except for the rain, you just described my UP of Michigan tour in June! It was bloody cold and the only way I could keep warm was likewise.....moving or sleeping bag ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991652373354118024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-45056633236291893392007-09-09T13:24:00.000-06:002007-09-09T13:24:00.000-06:00What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.Except jerk...What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.<BR/>Except jerks who throw things at bikers - what the hell is wrong with those people?<BR/>So did you like HP7?Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12866053304972928398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-68006204160604538502007-09-09T11:39:00.000-06:002007-09-09T11:39:00.000-06:00I totally understand you: you had big reasons to b...I totally understand you: you had big reasons to be demoralized. But, at the end, you lived a good experienced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-4035645275689081982007-09-09T06:40:00.000-06:002007-09-09T06:40:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02247633334947676182noreply@blogger.com