“I’d done a little trip to Laos and Thailand where I had rented bikes and traveled around. Then when I got home to New Zealand, I decided to move back to Oregon, where I’d previously lived. Then it occurred to me, what …
“Giant Loop was born during the Great Recession. My buddy lost all of his work and couldn’t make mortgage payments on the dream house he’d built just before the crash. To save his farm, I offered to use my life savings of …
“Near the Chacamp Bridge at kilometer marker 31, the temperature had warmed up; the sun was shining mid-afternoon when the support truck startled a flock of Ptarmigan sunning themselves by the road. As I trailed by about 160 feet / 50 meters …
