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Old Friends Month They say, “You can’t make old friends” but I found out you can rediscover them. We made friends with Beth and Ted in 1989 when I forced Lori to leave friends and family for the sake of career to live in Mechanicburg, PA. Soon after moving in, we became close friends withContinue reading “February 2023”

Second Summer When you are old and in decline, time becomes very finite. I tend to think in terms of how many more summers I have left to wade a stream and hike a mountain. It’s a finite number that seems way too low. Lori and I have found we can get a second summerContinue reading “R1T Tour: January 2023”

Timing Well three weeks after son Chris got engaged to Sophie, Son Jack got engaged to Shelby. My wife, Lori, said, ” I hope they’re talking to each other about this so their weddings don’t overlap. They then both said we are planning to wed next fall. Weird timing! After extensive travel all year itContinue reading “R1T Tour: December 2022”

Unexpected Expansion At 27, I married and was warmly received by my wife’s local, highly connected and kind family. Coming from a small dispersed family it was a happy expansion and a new unexpected experience. Thirty four years later, my wife, daughter and I went to Los Angeles for Thanksgiving to meet my son andContinue reading “R1T Tour: November 2022”

Shakedown I felt cool telling people I was shaking down my R1T with a trip to Minnesota. Even though, deep down, I knew they weren’t impressed or really even cared. And when I say shake down it doesn’t mean to rob or con. It means testing systems, properly equipping and setting up, and learning howContinue reading “R1T Tour: October 2022”

We are what we chose to be – Graham Brown September 2022 If you want and introduction on me go to RidgelineTour.com and you can read who I am and what I am doing. After driving my beloved Honda Ridgeline pick-up for 105,000 miles on many fantastic adventures, I switched to a Rivian RIT electricContinue reading “Choices:R1T Tour”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. The R1TTour.com blog is my creative outlet and a way to share. My R1T is my pick up truck and a symbol of the liberty I have enjoyed for the past five years and plan to enjoy going forward.