I forgot this is your old stomping ground, Rich. We probably biked within a few blocks of your home.

Ah, thanks so much for the videos of our old neighborhood. Have to confess to a small attack of nostalgia...

Good judgement giving way to the MAX train.

They DO look great together. My deductive reasoning tells me Bruce--of St. Olaf College fame--is slightly shorter than you.

I only wish I were as unsophisticated a photographer as you are! I think you have a natural talent for seeing things well, and also for recording very well what you see. Thanks, I always enjoy looking.

Abbotsford! I remember staring across the border at your town from east of Sumas last spring, wishing we could bike across. I wonder how long until the border opens up again.

Thanks for the input on Door County. I noticed that it had its own Abbotsford too. I’m really looking forward to visiting it, but we don’t have a real plan or itinerary for what we’ll do there. The map is really just a suggestion or idea, and one we’ll firm up when it gets closer. Hopefully we won’t have trouble finding lodging!

Regarding the photos, I’d say that nearly all of them are edited to one degree or another - certainly at least to crop them. I tend to include a larger field of view on most photos and then crop them down afterwards. The majority of them reflect attempts to improve on exposure issues too, to they to bring out the subject I’m most interested in. I’m just using the photo editor built in with the iPad though, whatever it is. Like with the camera itself, I’m a pretty unsophisticated photographer and photo editor.

Hi, Scott - I continue to enjoy following your travels, and in doing so I continue to be amazed at the quality of your photos. Do you have a step-by-step system and preferred software for cropping, adjusting color and contrast, resizing and whatever else you do to make your photos look so good, or are we seeing photos straight off your Lumix?

I'm looking forward to your route across the eastern US. I see on the RWGPS routes that you may overnight in Abbotsford, WI, and though I've only driven through that one, I live in Abbotsford, BC and have always had a soft spot for the Wisconsin town. Then, for your leg from Green Bay, it appears that your northern turnaround is in Sister Bay, on the Door County peninsula. Just before there, in Little Sister Bay, our family has a cabin, and I know the area well. It appears you may be overnighting in Sister Bay, on a Friday. A good breakfast stop would be at Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant in the heart of town. (However, on a Saturday morning it could get crowded after 8:15 a.m.)

Should there be a hot spell in mid-June, and if the time of day were right for you, I recommend leaving Hwy 42 (if you have time) for a stop at Pebble Beach in Little Sister Bay, a public beach covered with smooth white pebbles at the head of a gorgeous bay. Great place for a quick dip, or just skipping stones if it's flat calm. I copied and then undid part of your route map, and then created an alternate Sister Bay portion to be clear about these options: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36005601

The best to you both in your days of final prep! - Mark

Love seeing the old photos!!

Glad you've taken the time to scan them so you can include a couple once in awhile.

Lovely haircut and photo!

Wow .. that's cool!

We used to have about ten of these old albums, but most of them were replaced when we first downsized to the storage unit. It’s really much better this way. You can back them up of course, which is a good thing. But the best is that they’re easier to access and leaf through or include in journals and such.

We went through the exercise of scanning all our photos some years ago (and by 'we', I mean my wife doing all the work). We then shredded all the originals, which I admit sort of freaked me out a little at the time. But I've since adjusted to having them all online, appropriately backed up in multiple places.

If Gauting isn't on the map, they're no good. :)

I’m optimistic that they’ll work out well, once I train myself. We just got them last night, but I haven’t had. Chance yet to confirm that Gauting (your town?) is on the map.

Hope you have fun with the new Garmins! I'm sure they're top equipment!