Author: Craig

  • 29 June 2025: Sunday

    Burns Lake, British Columbia Distance: 44 miles (106 miles total) Climb: 877 feet At 9 am, Radha arrived for work. She is the housekeeper and from Ukraine. She lent Dimitri her van so that he could drive Lucy and me 35 miles to Fraser Lake, which would be my starting point for the day. As… Read more

  • 28 June 2025: Saturday

    Vanderhoof, British Columbia Distance: 55 miles (total 62 miles) Climb: 1500 feet Wow! Level Ground Coffee Roasters Colombian Coffee is delicious. And I am a bit of a coffee snob. This is the real deal. I wasn’t always like this. It is an acquired snobbishness. My first cup of coffee was with my Uncle Roy… Read more

  • 27 June 2025: Friday

    Prince George, British Columbia Distance: 7 miles Climb: 700 feet We’re still friends! The ride today is only 6 miles, but I have little choice. There is simply not a hotel room, guest room, bed and breakfast, cot, tent, cabin, teepee, or anything that passes for accommodations between Prince George and Vanderhoof tonight. The westernmost… Read more

  • 26 June 2025: Thursday

    Prince George, British Columbia Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The dark roast coffee machine at Super 8 produces a darn good cup of coffee. You’ve seen these machines that pour hot water through freshly ground beans into a paper cup at the push of a couple of buttons. I’m a convert. I haven’t used my Level Ground… Read more

  • R4P: Canada to Alaska

    An Experiment in Prince George 25 June 2025: Wednesday Prince George, British Columbia After four hours of sleep, I got up at 6 a.m. to make sure I got myself oriented. I had a big day, and sleep could wait. One thing about the Super 8 Hotel in PG—they have great coffee. I set up… Read more

  • R4P: Prince George, BC, Canada

    The Intersection of Heritage, Career, and Humanity 24 June 2025: Tuesday – Indianapolis, Indiana Now I sit at the airport, sipping coffee and unwinding. Anxiety had been welling up in me all morning. For days it has been building, actually. Anxiety produced from the confluence of the 900-mile physical R4P challenge—pedaling from Prince George, B.C.… Read more

  • May Feature: Coffee with Ana Maria at the Center of Memory, Peace, and Reconciliation

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    The Role of Remembrance in Colombian Peace Building Ana Maria Cuesta Leon is a young, intelligent Colombian sociologist and researcher. After graduating with a master’s degree in political and social studies from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City and publishing her thesis on informal modes of communication among indigenous populations in Mexico, she… Read more