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Where am I? asks on-the-road Dan Kibbie.
“Right now I'm in South America, and after waiting for a month, I finally got my Kawasaki from Miami. We spent a week heading down the coast of Peru with Mirian on the back. The road has been great for traveling by bike, it is very twisty and has lots of ups and downs.
“We stopped in Ica, Peru, a town on the edge of an oasis with sand dunes all round it that go on for as far as you can see. They have sand boarding and dune tours in awesome looking vehicles.
“We then landed in Arequipa and spent three nights at a friend’s hostel, where I stayed two times before. It was great to see Mafred.
“Right now we’re at Xiemena's house and had a great party last night with her relatives whom I met on an earlier trip.
“The bike has been preforming well. It handles the windy roads great and have only hit the pegs twice on the pavement. It has fallen over three times while standing still.
“Had one tricky incident traveling across sand on the road going about 70 mph and I thought it was gonna be my first crash, but the bike made it through it —thank God.
“Then we met some super heros on the road to ‘defeat’ Chile.
“They were making a kids’ movie and we will be in it. They used my bike to shoot some scenes. We are headed down the coast and into Argentina through the mountains to Uruguay.
“It’s summer now and I’m not looking forward to winter. See you all in July.”
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“Right now I'm in South America, and after waiting for a month, I finally got my Kawasaki from Miami. We spent a week heading down the coast of Peru with Mirian on the back. The road has been great for traveling by bike, it is very twisty and has lots of ups and downs.
“We stopped in Ica, Peru, a town on the edge of an oasis with sand dunes all round it that go on for as far as you can see. They have sand boarding and dune tours in awesome looking vehicles.
“We then landed in Arequipa and spent three nights at a friend’s hostel, where I stayed two times before. It was great to see Mafred.
“Right now we’re at Xiemena's house and had a great party last night with her relatives whom I met on an earlier trip.
“The bike has been preforming well. It handles the windy roads great and have only hit the pegs twice on the pavement. It has fallen over three times while standing still.
“Had one tricky incident traveling across sand on the road going about 70 mph and I thought it was gonna be my first crash, but the bike made it through it —thank God.
“Then we met some super heros on the road to ‘defeat’ Chile.
“They were making a kids’ movie and we will be in it. They used my bike to shoot some scenes. We are headed down the coast and into Argentina through the mountains to Uruguay.
“It’s summer now and I’m not looking forward to winter. See you all in July.”
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And just back from Argentina, South America, are Lou Wagner and Sandy Mor-tensen and Don and Betsy Sather, who visited former Summiteers John “JD” and Leslie Farr.
Here’s Don’s report:
“John and Leslie gave us a tour of the Parque National Park and their winter home area outside of the town of Junin. One night we joined them for a delicious dinner at their favorite restaurant. It was packed and, of course, many people knew JD.
“I'm sure you remember that John was a founder of the Summit County Rotary Club back in 1975.
“He started Arrow Insurance in Summit County in 1971. His agency had been in Boulder, and interestingly, Breck barrister Jay Bauer worked for John while he was in law school.
“John and Leslie now spend most of the year at their home in Encampment, Wyo., and a few months of each winter in the warmer Argentine climate. Both are known for great fly fishing.
“For many years JD and his dad would fish in Argentina. Although now retired, John occasionally serves as a fishing guide in Argentina, when English and good fish stories are required.”
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Here’s Don’s report:
“John and Leslie gave us a tour of the Parque National Park and their winter home area outside of the town of Junin. One night we joined them for a delicious dinner at their favorite restaurant. It was packed and, of course, many people knew JD.
“I'm sure you remember that John was a founder of the Summit County Rotary Club back in 1975.
“He started Arrow Insurance in Summit County in 1971. His agency had been in Boulder, and interestingly, Breck barrister Jay Bauer worked for John while he was in law school.
“John and Leslie now spend most of the year at their home in Encampment, Wyo., and a few months of each winter in the warmer Argentine climate. Both are known for great fly fishing.
“For many years JD and his dad would fish in Argentina. Although now retired, John occasionally serves as a fishing guide in Argentina, when English and good fish stories are required.”
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Among those attending the Summit County Art Education Committee’s latest speaker series event, this one at Don and Betsy Sather’s “green house” in Frisco, were:
Silverthorne Librarian Janet Good, County Commissioner Karn Stiegelmeier, Sue Paluska, Bonnie Norling-Wakeman, Kim Fancher, Heather Delperuto, Shirley Stone, Buffalo Mountain Gallery owner Sue Feldman, Steve and Jennifer Walker, Helen Barker, Rick Warren, and Bertie Reifsteck.
Also present were recyclable fashionistas Ann Brewster, Kimberly Nicoletti, and that arts activist Sandy Greenhut.
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In more artsy events, this one up in Breckenridge’s Theater Gallery, Kris Lee and Bill Bickerton hosted their Wildfire Heat and Light Art Reception.
They own the Columbine Gallery on Old Main Street Frisco.
Those on the scene were Kirsten Lassen Smith, Dawn and Johnny Wilson, Dennis Carlson, Dixie Griffith, Tai Leach, and Cole Stevens.
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Tyler and Deb Myers are out postering their Frisco Plaza Center with March Madness sales for tenants Christy Sports, Precision Ski & Golf, Radio Shack, Copy Copy, AB Ski Rentals, NAPA, and Maximum Comfort Pool & Spa. And they bought some Summit Daily ads. Thank you.
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Miles F. Porter IV, nicknamed “Spike,” a Coloradan since 1949, is an Army veteran, former Climax miner, graduate of Adams State College, and a resident of Summit County since 1982. He is an award-winning investigative reporter who, with wife Mary E. Staby, owned newspapers in Summit County for nearly 20 years.
Your social info may be emailed
to milesfporteriv@aol.com.
Silverthorne Librarian Janet Good, County Commissioner Karn Stiegelmeier, Sue Paluska, Bonnie Norling-Wakeman, Kim Fancher, Heather Delperuto, Shirley Stone, Buffalo Mountain Gallery owner Sue Feldman, Steve and Jennifer Walker, Helen Barker, Rick Warren, and Bertie Reifsteck.
Also present were recyclable fashionistas Ann Brewster, Kimberly Nicoletti, and that arts activist Sandy Greenhut.
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In more artsy events, this one up in Breckenridge’s Theater Gallery, Kris Lee and Bill Bickerton hosted their Wildfire Heat and Light Art Reception.
They own the Columbine Gallery on Old Main Street Frisco.
Those on the scene were Kirsten Lassen Smith, Dawn and Johnny Wilson, Dennis Carlson, Dixie Griffith, Tai Leach, and Cole Stevens.
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Tyler and Deb Myers are out postering their Frisco Plaza Center with March Madness sales for tenants Christy Sports, Precision Ski & Golf, Radio Shack, Copy Copy, AB Ski Rentals, NAPA, and Maximum Comfort Pool & Spa. And they bought some Summit Daily ads. Thank you.
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Miles F. Porter IV, nicknamed “Spike,” a Coloradan since 1949, is an Army veteran, former Climax miner, graduate of Adams State College, and a resident of Summit County since 1982. He is an award-winning investigative reporter who, with wife Mary E. Staby, owned newspapers in Summit County for nearly 20 years.
Your social info may be emailed
to milesfporteriv@aol.com.
