Palm Beach Bike Tours

“100 miles (160km) in one day: There could not be a higher target to achieve. It’s tough, gruelling, technical and requires phenomenal fitness, balance, training, dedication, and concentration of both horse and rider.” — Competitive Long Distance Horse Riding Society Riding a horse 100 miles is the apex of horse endurance achievement? Horsepower Versus Manpower [...]

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Nearly half a century ago, when I was 12 years old, I delivered The Southeast Missourian as a sub. I never knew whether that meant “substitute,” “subordinate” or what, but it paid $2.50 a week plus meager tips to throw papers six days a week in all kinds of weather and collect for them on [...]

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I haven’t run off the road and been swept away by the Mississippi River. I’ve been in Las Vegas speaking at a Voice Report telecom seminar on auditing phone bills. I shared war stories about cell phone bills on Thursday and I’ll be in a BYOB (Bring Your Own Bills) session and a panel discussion [...]

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Nikon D700 Review Summary: Just Buy One. Now. Using the Nikon D700 DSLR for the first time was a life-changing experience on par with the birth of my son. If you love photography, gave up photography when the world went digital and miss shooting with your beloved Nikon 35mm SLR camera, buy the Nikon D700 [...]

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Brother Mark and I woke up to temps in the low 40s Saturday. Even HE wasn’t ready to hit the road until the thermometer thawed out. He had to be in St. Louis for a concert in the evening, so we decided to do a short historical ride, starting in South Cape Girardeau. When I [...]

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