Macgellan: Lost In Translation: Edinburgh, Scotland

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Lost In Translation: Edinburgh, Scotland

Building Sign

Edinburgh, Scotland

July 2007

My Mom pointed this sign out to me and asked, "What do they normally speak here?"... Little did she know she was destined to find out!

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The Voyage of Macgellan

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    The first Voyage of Macgellan:
    A 658 day circumnavigation of
    the surface of the earth.
      August 2006 - May 2008

Two Winters in Alaska

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    the amazing Alaskan Husky
    sled dogs of SP Kennel.
      Winters 2008-09, 2009-10

Alaskan Summer Travel

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    Steese Highway, Whittier Glacier,
    Kenai Peninsula, The Haul Road,
    Aleutian Islands and more!
      May - August 2010

The Voyage of Macgellan 2.0

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    A second Voyage of Macgellan:
    An 8-month exploration around
    North Atlantic islands and coasts.
      December 2010 - July 2011

Yacht Delivery

  All Posts: Sailing a 48-foot yacht
    from Stamford, CT to Bermuda
    and on to the Virgin Islands!
      October - November 2011

Hemp Farming

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    restore industrial hemp as a
    vital US agroindustrial crop.
      Feb 2015 to Nov 2016

Various

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      May 2006 to Present

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Road Trips!

  US Hwy 2 -- "End-to-End"
    America's stalwart "Hi-Line" from
    Everett, WA to Houlton, ME...
    with a bit of Canada to boot!
      June - July 2009
  The AlCan Highway
    Eight days on the road from
    Seattle to Fairbanks! Complete
    coverage of every grueling mile!
      October 2009
  Dalton Highway -- "Haul Road"
    The infamous "Haul Road" along
    the Alaska Pipeline: Fairbanks to
    Deadhorse and back... Amazing!
      June 2010
  US Hwy 101 -- "Pacific Coast"
    The classic, westernmost old US
    Highway, driving from north to
    south along the Pacific coast.
      August 2011 - to be continued
  US Hwy 50 -- "Coast-to-Coast"
    "The Backbone of America" runs
    3,000 miles from coast to coast,
    on "The Loneliest Road" & more!
      August - September 2011
  The Pony Express! (I & II)
    Fast-hauling horses from South-
    Central Pennsylvania to Fort
    Collins, Colorado... Giddy-up!
      June 2012 & August 2013
  US Hwy 30 -- "Coast-to-Coast"
    The third longest US Route runs
    3,000+ miles from coast to coast,
    on "The Lincoln Highway" & more!
      July - September 2012
  US Hwy 20 -- "Coast-to-Coast"
    "The Longest Road" in America
    runs 3,365 miles coast to coast,
    from Newport, OR, to Boston, MA!
      April - May 2013 (Suspended)
  US Hwy 70 -- "Coast-to-End"
    "The Broadway of America" runs
    2,385 miles from the NC coast
    to deep in the Arizona desert!
      April - June 2014
  US Hwy 191 -- "Border-to-Border"
    An international route running
    2,000 miles between US borders
    with Mexico and Canada!
      June - July 2014
  US Hwy 12 -- "Coast-to-End"
    2,500 miles from the Pacific Coast
    in Aberdeen, WA, to the Motor City
    Detroit, MI, on a classic highway!
      September 2017
  Skyline Drive & Blue Ridge Pkwy
    World famous roads through the
    Appalachian Highlands, just in
    time for fantastic fall colors!
      October 2017
  Natchez Trace
    444 miles through 10,000 years
    of history, the most significant
    early highway of North America!
      October 2017
  US Hwy 93 -- "Begin-to-Border"
    1,500 miles from the desert of
    Arizona to the Canadian border
    and everything in between!
      November 2017
  US Hwy 60 -- "Coast-to-End"
    2,670 miles from the Atlantic
    beaches, through the heartland,
    to the SW corner of Arizona!
      September - October 2019
  US Hwy 95 -- "Border-to-Border"
    1,575 miles from the border of
    Mexico in Yuma, AZ, to the
    Canada border in northern ID!
      October 2019

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