Rob Relyea

@rrelyea.bsky.social

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Urbanist. Walker. Family history buff (🇺🇸 🇨🇦 & 🇩🇪). Investment coach. Software builder.

A snow capped Mount Rainier is in the distance. Below that trees. Below that law Washington. Then parts of the i90 bridge, including a metallic arm that is likely part of train infrastructure.
Picture of Thames River with a cement pillbox to protect troops and a tree on the other side. Also both are reflected in water.
Signpost with signs on it: - pointing left: Thames Path public footpath. Source 12 miles. - pointing right: Thames Path public footpath. Thames Barrier 172 miles.
View of eastrail gravel path with fence on right side.
Rob wearing brimmed hat and blue shirt on beach in Goa, India with palm trees in background.
The first time one of Idaho's countless two-ton American-made pickups with a gun rack mounted in its rear window eased past, then pulled off the road in front of us, I was sure the man inside wearing a cowboy hat had decided to personally decrease the traveling California freak population by two, or at the very least blast a few holes through their panniers just for the hell of it. I died a thousand deaths before we came up to the truck, and its burly, tough-looking driver stepped out. "There's a steep climb comin' up," the rancher smiled when we slowed to a stop. "Need a lift?" "Thanks a lot," I smiled back, "but we ought to be able to make it all right." "Well, it's good to meet some tough, adventurous sorts. Have a good ride!" After a few more encounters with the Idaho rednecks, we realized our preconception was totally false. They didn't seem to care where we were from or that Larry's hair was a lot longer than theirs; they were more interested in what we were doing than what we looked like. Wherever we went in Idaho, people pulled us over to offer a ride or food.