Category: Adventures
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Favorite Photos from 2023
A decade ago, before cell phone cameras were as great as they are today, I was hauling around my Canon Rebel to family events and vacations. I really missed the deliberate part of setting up a photo, tinkering with color profiles, and capturing the image. In the beginning of 2023, I purchased a Sony Alpha…
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Dust Bowl 100 – Race Recap
Cue John Mellencamp’s song, “Jack and Diane” as the soundtrack for the Dust Bowl 100. The perfect back drop for the song to take place in America’s Heartland. Beautiful rolling fields, crushed limestone roads, race cars going in ovals, and farm folk sitting at the end of driveway waving to riders and counting bicycles. The…
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Cheese Burger
Grayson had been asking to go back up to Chicago on the train for a while. Also, on the list, he had asked to go to the world famous Au Cheval. A cheeseburger restaurant that I have telling stories about since he was a little kid. Many times, heading up to Chicago for Lollapalooza, Au…
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Dirty South Roubaix 2023 Race Report
Last year on a whim and encouragement from my cycling buddies I signed up for Dirty South. I quickly did the N+1 purchase (formula for how many bikes you should own where N is the current number of bikes). We rode through winter and did some ‘hills’ and ‘gravel.’ What I learned last year was…
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Rose, Thorn, Bud
This is not the typical family post. It’s about bikes. I’ve listened to quite a few cycling podcasts that have asked for a rider’s rose, thorn, and bud of their year/season. I really put some miles down last year, so I thought I document some of the good, bad, and what’s to come in 2023.…
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Shades State Park
Doesn’t blog in two years then posts twice in a row. With the weather being unseasonably nice for a couple days this week, we thought we’d do an even longer hike since we had a great time at Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday. After having failed at many family hikes: too long, not enough fluids, no…
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Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary
Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary is just a 10 minute drive from the house. We’ve taken the dogs out several times. Each time they love exploring, smelling, and thinking that they can catch up to wild life. Winnie especially loves darting in and out of the grass. We’ve always explored the south side of the sanctuary which…
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Michigan – Family Trip 2020
Alt Title: It could have been worse. Dear reader. This trip was taken during the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic. We as a family wore face masks in all public places. Avoided crowds as much as possible. We’re home now and spending time in self isolation. We plan to get tested. Stay safe. Wear a face mask.…
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Memorial Day Weekend Recap
In the year of 2020, Covid is still hanging around, so this Memorial Day Weekend it was a lot of working on the house, cooking at home, and doing things as a family. Sarah and I put in a second raised garden bed. In this garden bed we have green beans, green peppers, and okra.…