This is a blog about John Gorentz’s bicycle rides and tours. Some of what’s posted here can be thought of as a first draft of material I’m putting on a wiki-style atlas called Black Hawk Slept Here.
Some of the old posts in this blog, prior to June 13, 2007, are backdated according to the date of the ride, not the date of the writeup.
Hey John!
I’ve visited your blog a few times and I thought you might want to know about something that’s happening this week.
I run the website at http://www.bicycletouringpro.com... and this week I am doing an interview with a German cookbook author about cooking while traveling by bike. We’re going to be talking about the different types of stoves and fuels… and a bunch of other cooking related issues.
I thought that you might be interested in hearing the interview… and maybe your site’s readers would be interested in hearing the interview as well? It’s free… and it should be good!
So if this sounds like something your readers might be interested in, please direct them to this page:
http://www.bicycletouringpro.com/audio/cookingwithberndandbarbie/call.htm All the details can be found there.
It’s going to be a good interview, so I hope you’ll check it out!
Thanks for your time… and keep up the good work! Please email me if you have any questions.
Darren Alff
contact@bicycletouringpro.com
http://www.bicycletouringpro.com
What an interesting blog! We were hoping that you could blog a story about an upcoming event which actually has American Indian involvement as well…we noticed your knowledge in this area is tremendous. Please consider blogging the 758 mile 2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek. All information about the event can be found here: http://cycling4children.typepad.com/cycling4childrencom/2008biketrek.html
Thank you for your consideration.
RE: Pierre Moran post you wrote….
“I’m pretty sure now that these are all the same person — and the same as the Perish Moran who was involved in the siege of Fort Wayne during the War of 1812.”
Wasn’t the siege of Fort Wayne really at Fort Wayne in Detroit? It was called Fort Shelby at that time but later referred to as Fort Wayne as it still remains to this day.
Perhaps I’m wrong about that but do check the Wiki for Fort Wayne-Detroit. Thks.
I think you have an excellent blog and love reading your style and content. Good work!
Mr. Slade, thanks for the kind words. I did forget that there was (is) a Fort Wayne in Detroit and appreciate the reminder. But this siege was really at Fort Wayne, Indiana. There is a wikipedia article about it titled “Siege of Fort Wayne.” The article doesn’t mention Pierre Moran’s involvement in it, nor does it mention Aubenaubee’s. And about those two wooden cannon — I read somewhere but don’t remember where — that they blew up when Aubenaubee et al attempted to use them. Ah here it is, in James Clifton’s book, “The Prairie People”, page 208. “While the Potawatomi were waiting for British reinforcements and artillery, Awbenabi fashioned two home-made cannons out of hewn oaken logs, loaded them with powder and iron weights, and fired them off. Both cannons burst on the first shot.”
I need to visit that Fort Wayne in Detroit sometime, though. Whether I’ll do it by bicycle, I don’t know. I’ve long thought of riding my bike on U.S. 12 (Black Hawk’s old road) all the way to downtown Detroit, but have always found something else to do instead.