{"id":1219,"date":"2012-07-04T16:24:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T16:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.wordpress.com\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:26","slug":"nbg-bus-host-don-armstrong-park-automotive-unveiled-book-excerpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/07\/04\/nbg-bus-host-don-armstrong-park-automotive-unveiled-book-excerpt\/","title":{"rendered":"NBG Bus Host – Don Armstrong, Park Automotive Unveiled + Book Excerpt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"SANYO <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/h2>\n

Don, at left, is pictured with Dennis, his long time employee<\/span><\/h2>\n

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We visited with one of the longest serving business in Palo Alto, CA. Located on its real Bike Boulevard, Park Ave, Park Automotive has been led by a brilliant businessman\/mechanic since 1977. Listen as\u00a0Don Armstrong<\/strong>\u00a0tells us how Palo Alto and the automotive industry both have changed in the birthplace of the Silicon Valley over the last three decades.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

And as you listen, bear in mind that as one of our NBG sponsors, Don’s support has been crucial for which we are extremely grateful. He has given\u00a0 the 40 foot\u00a0 bus we will be using to get the Busycle\u00a0 to the East Coast as it supports our ride across the USA on the Eagle, a safe haven. See also book excerpt below…<\/p>\n[audio\u00a0http:\/\/www.radio4all.net\/files\/NBG@bikeroute.com\/1680-1-ParkAveDon.mp3]\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\"23622075-HBGRCoverw-EagleSpooner200px\"<\/a>W<\/strong>hat made this NBG Day different, however, was where we would stay the night. As our first night on what we liked to call the Rock Star bus, it would take place on Palo Alto\u2019s other bike boulevard, Park Blvd, in the parking lot of\u00a0Park Automotive<\/a><\/strong>. It was there that our dream for this tour really began to take wings.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAfter John E Cabrera bought the bus for us, it had stayed next to a
\nfreeway near Sunnyvale in Mountain View. There it served as the
\nhome for the Humility Training that my Deprivation Training turned into\u00a0as I worked to dig out from the mess my 2009 attempt had caused. It\u00a0wasn\u2019t until\u00a0Don Armstrong<\/strong>\u00a0agreed to let me keep the bus on his\u00a0property four months later, that the vision we held for it started to take\u00a0form.
\nNo longer living next to a curb with a freeway sound wall right next to
\nme, when we finally got it moved to Palo Alto, I felt alive again. Don let\u00a0me run a cord from his garage to the bus so I could power computers\u00a0and a reading light. He let me use his water and a hose so I could\u00a0wash the long moving billboard it would become. Soon, I was able to\u00a0interest Steve at MrLetter.com in our project and was able to use the\u00a0vinyl advertising signs he made for those businesses that supported\u00a0what we were doing.Finally I had more than Virginia, my wife, who had kept me inspired
\nfrom over in Ireland, to call upon for support. I was close once again to\u00a0all the people who had kept my Eagle on the road and kept this effort\u00a0moving forward in many other ways. Shawn Raymond, Manny Garcia, Cathy & Wayne Douglas, Frank and Kirsten Flynn, Jeff Kistler, Matt Podoli, Robbie Benson, Matt Cristie, Mark Lind, 4130inc\u00a0Tom, David Bajot, Jason Green, Gerry Gras, Dana St. George, Chantal, David &\u00a0Peggy Martin, Jay Thorwaldson, Steve & Emily Branz, Amacker, Jill\u00a0Cohen, David & Dihuyen Adams, Unwheeldy Dave, Yoriko Kishimoto,\u00a0Sven Thesen, Rich Willits, John Dohner, and Tom Kabat, etc, were no\u00a0longer separated from me by a cold ten mile ride across two cities. All\u00a0the familiar faces in all the stores that enjoyed seeing me roll by on\u00a0my Eagle also returned. Cycle zealots also stopped in.Jim Thompson, a man whose herculean rides, were much talked
\nabout locally, Jobst Brandt, the legendary author of the timeless
\nbook,\u201dThe Bicycle Wheel\u201d, even Ellen Fletcher herself, all paid visits
\non their bikes. Those who missed me often took pictures of the bus
\nfor their blogs and Facebook pages.(continued in “How America Can Bike and Grow Rich<\/a>” )<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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