MontanaRon » bicycling http://montanaron.com/wordpress Just another ordinary English teacher eclectic expat blog about nothing in particular. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:45:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bicycle Ride to Jang-deung Beach, Yeosu Peninsula http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/04/06/bicycle-ride-to-jang-deung-beach-yeosu-peninsula-2848 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/04/06/bicycle-ride-to-jang-deung-beach-yeosu-peninsula-2848#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:30:51 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2848 Spring seems to be fully here, with the cherry blossoms beginning to bloom, and azaleas, camellias and other flowers brightening the landscape. As a matter of fact, there’s an annual azalea festival at Yeongchuisan (san = mountain) this coming weekend that I’m going to visit.

So, despite 3 inches of rain last Friday, I decided [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2010/06/01/final-exams-1762/feed 2 Out and About in Yeosu http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2010/05/15/out-and-about-in-yeosu-1736 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2010/05/15/out-and-about-in-yeosu-1736#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 09:25:56 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=1736 I haven’t been out and about lately on my bicycle on Saturdays because I’ve been doing some long runs in the morning, (well, long runs for me, anyway–see my post of last Saturday), so sacrificing my legs for the morning run kind of cancels out any trips over the ubiquitous steep hills of Yeosu later [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2010/05/15/out-and-about-in-yeosu-1736/feed 0 Bike Shop and Baseball Season http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2010/04/03/bike-shop-and-baseball-season-1669 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2010/04/03/bike-shop-and-baseball-season-1669#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:11:50 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=1669 My former colleague, Stewart, who sold me my “new” used (fantastic, wonderful, superb) bike told me about a good bike shop, MTB Plaza, here in Yeosu, and where to find it. A few weekends ago, I took the bus to buy groceries at Lotte Mart and decided to get off the bus short of the [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2010/04/03/bike-shop-and-baseball-season-1669/feed 0 Summer http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/03/12/summer-173 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/03/12/summer-173#comments Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:59:28 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=173 It sure seemed like it today, anyway, though I’m sure the high temperature was probably only a tad over 70. So, I thought I’d get out and let the bicycle take me for a ride, and I was sweating quite a bit and may have gotten a small sunburn. Love it! I wasn’t sure where [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/03/12/summer-173/feed 0 Bike Ride to Boufekrane http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/03/04/bike-ride-to-boufekrane-171 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/03/04/bike-ride-to-boufekrane-171#comments Sat, 04 Mar 2006 21:48:52 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=171 Since tomorrow’s forecast calls for a bit of rain, I thought I’d take a bike ride today. I didn’t really have a particular destination in mind, so I meandered out to Boufekrane, famed throughout Morocco for its quality beef. I’ve been through the small village a number of times as an automobile passenger, but I’ve [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/03/04/bike-ride-to-boufekrane-171/feed 0 Bike Ride, High Speed Chase and Explosion http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/bike-ride-high-speed-chase-and-explosion-164 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/bike-ride-high-speed-chase-and-explosion-164#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:50:30 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=164 There, now that I’ve got your attention . . .

Sorry, I haven’t posted in a while. Busy? Lazy? A combination of both, I suppose.

I took a nice bike ride last Sunday into the countryside, pedaling about 6 or 7 miles outside of town. It was a gorgeous day, warm (hot, going uphill), [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/02/18/bike-ride-high-speed-chase-and-explosion-164/feed 0 Fes, Bike Ride and Cartoons http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/02/06/fes-bike-ride-and-cartoons-162 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/02/06/fes-bike-ride-and-cartoons-162#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2006 10:37:33 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=162 Yes, I did go to Fes last Thursday to do the workshop with the Peace Corps volunteers. There were 10 participants, all sharp and eager, as most PC volunteers are. I do enjoy working with them whenever I can. It was my first journey in a Moroccan taxi, and it reminded me quite a bit [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/02/06/fes-bike-ride-and-cartoons-162/feed 1 Printer Ink, Fes and Vacation (of sorts) http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/01/20/printer-ink-fes-and-vacation-of-sorts-158 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/01/20/printer-ink-fes-and-vacation-of-sorts-158#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:39:59 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=158 It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but not because of laziness or hard work–there’s just been nothing to post about. I took a long bicycle ride out to Marjane Supermarket today, the Wal-mart of Morocco. It was a gorgeous afternoon, a bright sun in deep blue skies and temperature near 60. It felt a [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/01/20/printer-ink-fes-and-vacation-of-sorts-158/feed 0 Sheep and Fish http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/01/05/sheep-and-fish-152 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2006/01/05/sheep-and-fish-152#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:06:46 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=152 So, the New Year begins. My sort-of prediction that it might be a noisy and somewhat dangerous New Year’s Eve celebration turned out to be wrong. It was rather quiet–I didn’t hear any fireworks or sirens in the wee hours of the morning, though I conked out well before midnight. Hopefully, then, parties were confined [...] Related posts:
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