Random Thoughts on Gear

I spent the weekend at home with the kids and preparing for an upcoming bikepacking vacation. Whenever I am prepping for another trip, I spend quite a bit of time thinking about gear. Today you get some ramblings in no particular order. My bike – In reviewing this trip, I wrestled with what bike to […]

A Soggy Day

Sunshine on Friday. Rain on Saturday. What will Sunday bring?

Fall Singletrack

I wrote yesterday how I was home with the kids. Perfect day with two bike rides. Early AM ride at Leb followed by a great ride at Murphy with my kiddos! Glad we got out because today looks gloomy. Hope your weekend is off to a great start. Time for coffee………

Friday Ride Stoke

Today’s ride stoke comes from a not so little, fall gravel ride my friend Ben Witt and I had a few weeks back. It was a glorious fall day and we headed out in the early morning with a plan to return home sometime later that afternoon. On the roll out we caught some incredible […]

Barns for GT

Just getting back at my friend GT for all his barns for Jason posts this year. And just for good measure, here’s a windmill for my internet friend from the UK, Paul.

2012 Film Project – Olympus 35EC

Earlier in the year my friend Rob sent me a box containing 3 old cameras. I’ve written about two of them; the Olympus 35RC and the Canon QL17. This month I am writing about the Olympus 35EC. Of all the cameras he sent me, this one was the most pristine condition and in all honesty, […]

10 and Over

Well, on Saturday my twins turned 10! Hard to believe. They are growing up to be wonderful little people. It also marks the end of the fall sports season. We’ve got a few weeks of respite before heading back to swimming and soccer. So…In honor of this big occasion, here are just a few pics […]

Quite a weekend of activity

What a weekend we’ve had so far. We had our girl’s birthday party (she’s in blue in above picture), an out of town soccer tournament, a birthday party with aunt Jackie and another soccer game today. One final boy birthday party tonight and our weekend is complete. Hope you have all had a great one […]

Preparation

My blogs have been kind of short lately. I’d like to tell you what is going on. Besides being busy with home and work, I’ve got two things that are fairly big on the horizon. I expect both to happen here in October. The first is that I have a multi-day bikepacking tour coming up […]

A little Warbird in the morning

It’s rare that I can get out on Sunday morning but today I did just that. Grabbed my gear and hit the country for a mostly gravel route with paved connectors. Didn’t see too many folks out and about this morning but there were plenty of farmers out harvesting crops. Really was a gift being […]

Final Stretch

We are on our final stretch of fall athletics. Last night my boy had his final cross country meet. That shot above is on the final 200 yards. He ran a good race and he was happy with his season. I sure love the determination of that kid. This week will also mark the final […]

Friday Ride Stoke

No words needed. Get out and ride folks. Have a great weekend.

Respect

I was up late last night working on stuff, in fact, I am still up as I post this just after midnight, and I kept finding myself coming back to this image. It made me giggle a little bit when I saw my friend Ben pulling his bicycle off the road and into the ditch […]

Autumn Gravel

I’ve written before how I like to try to sum up a ride, an event or a place in a single picture. Today I bring you Autumn Gravel. This is why I love to live where I live. 2 wheels. 4 seasons. That right there says it all.

South Metro Metric MTB Ride

I posted yesterday about my new fatXC bike. I’ve been riding a lot of fatbike lately. Last week I did a fairly long fatbike ride I call the South Metro Metric MTB Ride. Ride to Leb and ride a lap. Ride to Terrace Oaks and ride a lap. Ride to Murphy and ride a lap. […]