studios last year.]
Hope the holidays went well for everyone.
I’m still down in California (in El Dorado Hills–east of Sacramento, just West of Placerville). I’ve had a great time re-connecting with my family. It’s (sadly) so rare that we’re all in the same place at the same time.
But now everyone has gone home and Juli, the girls and I are on our way back to Portland tonight.
I’m eager to get back to work and what better way to kick off 2007 than being a guest on the KBOO Bike Show?!
Hosts Ayleen Crotty and Tori Bortman have invited me on tomorrow morning to talk about BikePortland, blogging and the bike community (my three favorite subjects!).
Ayleen and the KBOO crew do an amazing job and I’m sure it will be an entertaining show.
There are three ways you can listen in:
- Live on the radio: 90.7FM Portland, 91.9FM Hood River, 100.7FM Willamette Valley
- Live on the Internet at KBOO.fm
- Podcast at any time at BikeShow.PortlandTransport.com
Also don’t forget to call in to the show and join the conversation.
Thanks for reading.
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Hey Jonathan,
We’re really excited to have you on the show! After being on the air for over five years, the KBOO Bike Show has recently formed a collective, a pool people who will plan and host the programs. Our goal is to bring in more voices, cover more topics and share the airwave with more smart bikey people. Tomorrow’s show will be our first with Tori Bortman. Find our more about Tori by searching BikePortland.
Archives of some episodes the KBOO Bike Show can be found on our podcast site. In Spring, we will unveil the complete collection of live programs from all five years.
See you tomorrow!
Ayleen
My first memorable biking experience was on the American River trail from Folsom to Goethe Park. My family was totally sedentary, but we had family friends who were really into biking, and I remember them taking us on this HUGE (to me at the time) bike ride of 9 miles each way. My mind was totally blown that I, as a skinny, non-athletic kid, could actually bike so far. I didn’t bike for transportation for another 15 years after that, but I think it was always in the back of my mind that if I could do 20 miles at age 11, surely I could do more as an adult, right?
p.s. “in Sacramento, just west of Placerville?” Is that a joke?
I was in Placerville (actually, El Dorado) for the whole break — if I’d known you were around it would have been fun to meet up for a cup of coffee.
Hee hee! I also got a kick out of describing California’s capitol as “west of Placerville”. That’s like saying I was born in a place called “San Francisco”, found a mere 50 miles south of Cotati.
Drive safely, Jonathan and family! Come home soon and draw my name from that raffle hat!
What *time* tomorrow morning?
I’m pretty sure the show is from 9am to 10am the first wendesday of every month
Yep, 9AM tomorrow…but you can also listen to the podcast anytime.
As for my location…I was in El Dorado Hills, a growing community about 11 miles West of
SacramentoPlacerville (oops) and about a 35 minute drive from downtown Sacramento.(writing this from the airport in Sac.)
Jonathan, I’m sure you mean 11 miles *East* of Sacramanto. West would put you in Davis – which is a very nice place to bike around.
I lived in Sacramanto for 15 years – I can’t believe it took me that long before I figured out that Portland was the place to be!
Portland *is* a far better place for actually getting around by bike–but as a former and near-native Sacramentan (Citrus Heights, yo), I’ve gotta say Sac is a great place to be a car-topper. The American River trail is mostly much nicer than the Springwater, and lots of epic foothill and mountain rides are close enough that you can get them in before you start your swing shift at work. That is, if you can tolerate the ever-increasing smog and cost of living, oppressive heat, and even some threat from naturally occurring asbestos in El Dorado Hills.