Every other morning at Askole, Amir melts ice and pours it into a rubber roller bar. This rolling bar is a heavy part of a contraption that Amir uses in his job of smoothing over the road to Askole. Riding an abominable tricycle down beside Bralding River, pulling the contraption, Amire smoothes over channels in […]

Eugene Douglass is under the weather, so we are taking it slow. We spend days doing qigong to strengthen our chi, and playing ice hockey on the lake. We’ve already rented abominable tricycles. And we are already getting accustomed to them by riding them around on the ice. They have great stability and wind protection. […]