Today, I rode my bike through a Tree. Yeah, it’s hard to believe you can ride a bike through a living tree. What is truly amazing is I drove our pick-up through this same tree, a few months ago. Driving through the California Redwoods is just something you can’t explain; you have to do it [...]
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Riding THROUGH Trees
April 24th, 2010 
Chuck Charles 
Posted in California, Cycling, Hobbies, States Visited 
Tags: California Redwoods, Klamath CA, Tour Through Tree 
No Comments »Cycling Death Valley National Park to Badwater
April 4th, 2010 Chuck Charles Yesterday I rode into Death Valley. It was one of my hardest rides. It was mostly down hill but the wind was terrible. I can’t ever remember pedaling so I could go down hill! That is how strong the wind was. It was also 84 degrees but cloud cover helped me from over heating. At [...]
Posted in California, Cycling, National Parks Tags: Badwater, Cycling, Death Valley National Park No Comments »Poker Run
June 27th, 2009 Cheryl Charles Today Chuck, Shadow, and I went on a Bicycle Poker Run in Fallon, NV. Shadow and I rode 12 miles before stopping as the temperatures were just too hot for her. The weather here in Fallon has been in the high 90s for the past week, and will continue for the next. Chuck continued and [...]
Bike Ride Yosemite
May 25th, 2009 Chuck Charles Been awhile since I last added to our blog, no excuse except I have been having too much fun. I have a lot to catch up on. The desert was a hard place to leave; it really is beautiful in its own way. The Saguaros are neat. We have been to Sedona, Flagstaff and Sequoia [...]
Tucson Indian Center Bike Ride
April 18th, 2009 Chuck Charles As part of Tucson’s Clean Air Days and Bike Festival 2009 month long festivities, the Tucson Indian Center sponsored a community bike ride Saturday. The ride was along Santa Cruz River. It has been awhile since we did a ride together and it really felt great. We got two t-shirts to celebrate the ride. We [...]
Starting the New Year off right
January 1st, 2009 Chuck Charles Today is the 1st day of the New Year. I decided to start the new year off right with a short 20 mile bike ride. Felt good to back on the bike. I took Cheryl’s advice and only did a short ride. The temperature was a nice 60 degrees. . . . . . . [...]
Badlands to Mitchell, SD
September 24th, 2008 Cheryl Charles Badlands National Park (Interior, SD) to Mitchell, SD We went out to Badlands NP again this morning for me to get in my 9 mile run. Chuck also wanted to bike in the park, so he rode as well. We were going to leave today on our way back east, but after spending so much [...]
1st 2008 Holiday Party
January 2nd, 2008 Chuck Charles We want to thank Dennis and Linda Reiland for putting on such a nice New Years’ Day Party. A great way to open the New Year with all our biking friends from Withlacoochee Riding Club in Inverness, FL. May you-all ride fast or slow, long and safe. More pics of the party HERE.
Dec 6, ’07 Bike Ride
December 7th, 2007 Chuck Charles Yesterday started off a little cool about 52 degrees but sunny, everyone was dressed for the cold. Rode south to Istachatta for breakfast….who was served last??? More photos at MY PHOTOS
25th Anniversary
How do you like our bike jerseys? I bought Cheryl her nice new “Wedding Gown” and my “Tux” for this special occasion – our 25th! We were married on the Queen Mary and just had to come back to celebrate our 25th there. What a great ship. I even took my Beautiful Bride to a [...]