Comments on: Chapter 3: Lauds

By: adriana glez

adriana glez — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:07:14 +0000

Now I want to prepare a trip like yours!!!
You can´t imagine how much I´ve laughed with your story!!!
Every walk with my dog, I ride with you both.
Thanks for the laughs and the inspiration.(and all the advices for the bike trip)
Adriana de México.

By: Howard

Howard — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:59:18 +0000

Hi Damon, I’m listening the #6 at the moment. Having loads of laughs. My wife is getting fed up with me chuckling to my self while listening on my pod.

I agree with your comments on the britsh design of loo, I’ve never liked it. I find that putting some loo roll in the pan before you sit helps stop the splash back.

Do you think you’ll do any more pod casts?

All the best,
Howard

By: Damon

Damon — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:36:38 +0000

Hi Mary – thanks for the comment ! And, thanks for the quick lesson in pronounciation … as you can imagine, on the bike we didn’t have much time to interact with the “locals.”

If I remember correctly, “The Dalles” was just the name of the campsite we stayed at in Washington … so, it wasn’t in reference to the place in Oregon.

Thanks for the recommendations and am glad it made you smile. Take care.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:07:50 +0000

In Search of # 6 entertained me during a week in Spain, where I went to get away from a cold winter in Germany. My home is in Idaho, so I enjoyed the story even more. I just wanted to let you know that in Chapter 3, “The Dalles” is pronounced just like “pals” or “gals” – with a Z sound at the end (not like dolls).

But The Dalles is not north of Mt. Rainier National Park. It is in Oregon, on Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Valley, south and east of Mt. Rainier, and further east from Stevenson, which you also mentioned. But maybe you’ve found a campground we didn’t know about!

Madras, Oregon is pronounced with an emphasis on the firt syllable – MAD-russ – same as “HAD us” or “SAD us” (not mawd-russ).

I’ve recommended your book to a friend who is also an addicted distance bike rider, and he does the Seattle-Portland ride each year.

Thanks for a lot of good laughs!