Tag: financial
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Hitting New Milestones in Training – Please Help with RAAM2CC Fundraiser
This past week in Southern California brought near perfect weather to increase my base miles with 225 miles as my target. Got off to a good start with a few evening mountain bike rides early in the week followed by a very much planned ‘off’ day for Wednesday as my work schedule was totally slammed. …
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What Is The Best Date to Announce I Am Now The Chief Bicycle Officer?
I suppose that day is coming soon. I certainly don’t plan to make the announcement on April 1st, no sense in being classified as yet another April Fools’ joke. Clearly the Ride Across America 2 Cure Cancer, 3,000-mile epic bicycle ride from San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, FL is no joke. The RAAM2CC effort…
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What Would You Do If You Won The Lottery?
I write this on a Saturday afternoon with 2 big One Dollar lottery tickets in the kitchen drawer. These for the California Super Lotto now sitting at a whopping $13,000,000. Yes that is thirteen million. Before Federal taxes. Technically the lump sum payout before taxes is probably around 5.9 million. So net after tax is…
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What Does it Take to Ride Across America?
Speaking about riding a bicycle as I will be doing in 2026 as a fundraiser for the City of Hope, cancer awareness, treatment, research, and education/support for those family members and friends impacted by this deadly disease. See more on my Why page as well as the Four Horsemen post. This won’t be an easy…
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Flying Commercial not Always Convenient as Options can be Limited
Well that’s my observation for some, not all US destinations. It seems the US Navy has a penchant for placing boomer sub bases off the beaten path. Yes, that is by plan and a very good idea for national security! However when to comes to flying commercial transportation from KSNA (Santa Ana, CA) to KJAX…
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RAAM2CC Basic Budget
What is this ride going to cost, at least in the way of financing. I will address Energy / Food and Sport Drinks in another post. Staggering number of calories. Tour: $18,000 = 20,000 with tip all paid by me. This is the ride I have wanted to do for years. I have selected the…
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