Another Year and a Day of Aimlessness

Another year around the sun. Another year of living and learning.

Gnat’s Ozark Ramble

As I write this, I am buried in work. Not caught up on my fall home owner chores. We had our first dinner as our family unit in two weeks and only the second or third in the past 6 weeks. Life. Is. Nuts. But…..I find myself energized, inspired and at peace. Why? Aside from […]

A Good Start and a Focused Month

As I wrote in my last post, January 2018 started out in a blur. I am one of those folks that really love to take December to think and January to kick off the new year. I like resolutions that give me direction. I like the challenge. This year, my resolutions are a bit private […]

Dirt in the morning. Dirt in the evening.

If I can ignore just for a moment the why behind how incredible our fall has been, I must say that our warmish and beautiful fall has been a huge boon to my riding. There is nothing I like more than cool riding with wool and knickers, especially when you couple it with autumn colors, […]

I Need More Mornings Like This

Sometimes things work out the way they were supposed to work out. I had a dirt to work plus coffee ride planned for this AM but due to rain and muddy conditions, I cancelled. Bummer. I later texted my friend Ben and asked him if he had any ideas for a shorter gravel ride as […]

First Tracks

Our winter here in MN hasn’t been great if you like snow. Thankfully we got a dusting on Christmas night. I made plans to ride in the morning, well below first light, as I knew the trees and the ground would be covered in soft snow. The beauty did not disappoint. But the real beauty […]

My new All-City – First Ride

The planets finally aligned and the weather cooperated, giving me the opportunity to do the Friday AM ride before work. Aside from the greatness that is being able to ride my bike with a friend, drink some coffee and see the sunrise, it was the maiden voyage for my new All-City Cycles Macho King, Team […]

Coffee On The Rock

Got out for a quick ride this AM with my buddy John. I’ve influenced another person to get outdoor coffee gear. Today was his maiden voyage with gear. We knew just where to go, the rock. It was a cool, brisk morning so we hid a bit out of the wind while we made coffee, […]

Where am I going?

I don’t know if it is the end of the year that is causing me to ask this question? Maybe it is or maybe I have a little bit of seasonal depression. Whatever it is, I find myself thinking a lot about how things are going for me. Right now I find myself really conflicted. […]

Weird Winter Day

I woke up this AM and walked the dog. It was wet. It was foggy. It was 50+ degrees in December. That is unheard of here in MN. I had planned a ride after church and after finishing some Christmas shopping up. I was really excited to get out today. At Church the message was […]

Global Fatbike Day is Everyday!

Saturday was Global Fatbike day and I was pretty stoked to have the day planned riding with my son and my friend John. Riding on the weekends is a treat for me that I often don’t get to enjoy. To make this opportunity even better, I brought a bike home from work for my son […]

MN River Crawling

I finally have come out of my desert rambling dream and accepted that I am in Minnesota and I need to both prepare and embrace the next several months of winter. As a break in, my buddy John and I got out to ride over our Thanksgiving holiday weekend. As we headed out I found […]

Desert Ramble – Coffee Outside Extended

Ok…Now I am just having some fun with pics. Many of you know I love coffee. Turns out others do too and thanks to Glenn, we had a grinder and several of us carried fresh beans. It was a ramble so why not have a little luxury. Anyway, here are a few of my favorite […]

Coffee and Breakfast Outside

I am so pleased that I’ve somehow managed to once again make Friday’s my longer ride days. I’ve been pretty consistent for the past few months on getting out on Fridays, mostly dirt to work through the Minnesota River Valley on my fatbike, but occasionally being a gravel ride in the country on my Fargo. […]

Ice Cream, Coffee and a surprise visitor

What a morning. Brought an Ice Cream Truck home from work. Had to get out to ride it and have some coffee outside before leaving for Chicago. What a perfect and blessed morning. As if it were not perfect enough already, while sitting motionless on a rock taking it all in, this guy decided to […]