THE freeway was dark. Wisps of sea mist obscured the moon. At 2 a.m. there wasn’t another car on Highway 101, the southern extension of the Pacific Coast Highway that traces the edge of the continent from Orange County in California almost to the Oregon border. On the left side of the road as I drove south, miles of tract housing reached into the hills. Somewhere on the right, between the guardrail and the great void of the Pacific, was the entrance to the San Elijo campground.
I’d already missed the turn three times. The lights on my 1977 Volkswagen Westfalia camper van … More
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton took his first grand prix victory since China in April as he emerged on top in a race-long battle with Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber in the German Grand Prix at a dry Nurburgring.
Polesitter Webber’s third place behind Ferrari driver Alonso was Red Bull’s best result of the day, as championship leader Sebastian Vettel   … More
Any cyclist hoping to win the Tour de France sure seems to benefit from having American rider George Hincapie on his team.
With Cadel Evans’ victory in this year’s Tour, Hincapie has now been a part of nine winning teams. He helped Lance Armstrong to all seven of his victories, and he was on Alberto Contador’s team when the Spaniard won the first of his three Tours in 2007.
“I do have a lot of experience, and the Tour de France is so dangerous and   … More