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Somewhere on Indian Valley Road (About 9mi East of San Ardo, CA)

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This blog is full of my notes from various projects and places as I travel around. Many of the topics include motorcycles, mountain biking, traveling, engineering. Generally whatever I'm up to.

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I started my career as a production machinist making fasteners. Eight years later I was a manufacturing engineer specializing in turbine engines. In that time I earned an engineering degree, owned a laser engraving business and spent my free time working on and riding motorcycles. In early 2016 I left my normal engineering career and started traveling. I now make a modest living doing small jobs as a freelancer.

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