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273: Motorcycling Adventures with Kerri Miller
02:28 - Kerri’s Superpower: Having an Iron Butt
06:39 - On The Road Entertainment
- FM Radio
- Country Music
- Community/Local Radio
- Roadside Attractions
15:11 - Souvenir Collection & Photography
- Fireweed Ice Cream
- Clubvan
- Lighthouses
- National Parks
25:42 - Working On The Road
27:37 - Rallies, Competitive Scavenger Hunts
30:40 - Tracking, Tooling, Databases
35:36 - Community Interaction; Sampling Local Specialties
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Salem Sue, World’s Largest Holstein
38:40 - Recording Adventures
- Kerri’s Blog: Motozor
- Stationary & Sassy (Jamey’s Podcast)
41:46 - Focus / Music
- Bandcamp
- Steely Dan
- Neil Peart (Rush)
42:22 - Directed Riding vs Wandering/Drifting
Reflections:
Mandy: Taking time to enjoy yourself is SO important.
Jamey: Get started! Create a map, now.
Coraline: Permission to go down rabbit holes: wander aimlessly, and explore.
Aaron: If I’m not having fun, why am I doing this? Resetting expectations to your purpose.
Chelsea: Making “it didn’t always look like this!” stories accessible to folks.
Kerri: It’s a marathon. You can’t do a lot of things in a single step. We have traveled far from where we began.
Greater Than Code Episode 072: Story Time with Kerri Miller
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Transcript:
Coming Soon!
Special Guest: Kerri Miller.