Minnehaha Falls.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Butte, MT
Exit 122.
A new paved walking/riding trail right behind the truck stop. Also rode the 7-8 miles to town for dinner.....nice area.
A new paved walking/riding trail right behind the truck stop. Also rode the 7-8 miles to town for dinner.....nice area.
Lowes Creek, Eau Claire, WI
REAL SINGLETRACK!!
Have ridden and raced here a number of times, one of my favorite trails in WI.
Have ridden and raced here a number of times, one of my favorite trails in WI.
Monday, August 22, 2016
Monday, July 18, 2016
Flagstaff, Arizona
Unloaded 8-9 miles west of Flagstaff then took my required 34 hr. reset at a nearby truckstop. Rode into town during my time off....followed the railroad service road 4 miles to connect to a vehicle road.
Just cruised around some, had a great taco (strawberry/salsa??...yum!) and got a broken spoke repaired....glad I found it and got it fixed before the 100 mile race I'm entered in, the High Cascades 100, in Bend, OR.
RR service road.
Riding back to the truck came up on a bull elk near the road but he got away before I could take a picture, hid behind some trees.
Taken in a grill-your-own-steak place near the truck stop.
Nevada desert sunrise, heading north to Oregon.
This was about 3-4 hours north of Las Vegas. During the night a young guy from West Virginia who is biking from the Atlantic to the Pacific stopped in to camp. We talked a bit sharing some stories.
He has a blog, thought it was "therollingmango" but I can't find it.
Just cruised around some, had a great taco (strawberry/salsa??...yum!) and got a broken spoke repaired....glad I found it and got it fixed before the 100 mile race I'm entered in, the High Cascades 100, in Bend, OR.
RR service road.
Riding back to the truck came up on a bull elk near the road but he got away before I could take a picture, hid behind some trees.
Taken in a grill-your-own-steak place near the truck stop.
Nevada desert sunrise, heading north to Oregon.
This was about 3-4 hours north of Las Vegas. During the night a young guy from West Virginia who is biking from the Atlantic to the Pacific stopped in to camp. We talked a bit sharing some stories.
He has a blog, thought it was "therollingmango" but I can't find it.
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
After leaving KC I thought about taking some time while passing through Oklahoma City to visit the bombing Memorial. My wife had visited it some years ago and said it was well worth it. I plugged the address into my GPS but there weren't any truck stops or obvious places at the number of exits near the Memorial to park the truck, so I kept on route until I came to the first truck stop and pulled in.
It was a bit out of/on the edge of town. I googled mapped the location and there was a street bike trail spur right at the truck stop that in a mile lead to a main bike trail along a river and around a reservoir.
Looked like a nice ride....with temps in the low 90's and high humidity, it looked to be a decent workout.
Was hoping for some single track but there wasn't any. Instead I traveled off path on a kind of levee trail.
The far side of the lake in the background.
Pano shot with the dam, far shore and levee trail. This was the loop. Headed off on the right went around the water and returned on the left which is the top of the dam.
On the back-side of the lake rode on dirt car trails where people drive in to fish and to get closer to the water.
On the levee between the main shore and the lake.....people standup paddling and kayaking.
Below the dam.
Almost around the end I came up to a fishing pier out in the water and started talking to a guy fishing....George. A retired Air Force guy and also a retired Pastor....when I quipped he's a Pastor out to pasture, he kinda chuckled. We talked fishing some, he was after bass and catfish. I could have talked to George a long time, but I had to get going to get the load further down the road.
It was a bit out of/on the edge of town. I googled mapped the location and there was a street bike trail spur right at the truck stop that in a mile lead to a main bike trail along a river and around a reservoir.
Looked like a nice ride....with temps in the low 90's and high humidity, it looked to be a decent workout.
Was hoping for some single track but there wasn't any. Instead I traveled off path on a kind of levee trail.
The far side of the lake in the background.
Pano shot with the dam, far shore and levee trail. This was the loop. Headed off on the right went around the water and returned on the left which is the top of the dam.
On the back-side of the lake rode on dirt car trails where people drive in to fish and to get closer to the water.
On the levee between the main shore and the lake.....people standup paddling and kayaking.
Below the dam.
Almost around the end I came up to a fishing pier out in the water and started talking to a guy fishing....George. A retired Air Force guy and also a retired Pastor....when I quipped he's a Pastor out to pasture, he kinda chuckled. We talked fishing some, he was after bass and catfish. I could have talked to George a long time, but I had to get going to get the load further down the road.
Kansas City, Missouri
Got the load from WI to AZ which means the plan to get to OR and do a Mtn. Bike race with my son Chris is in the works.
First stop along the 3 day drive to AZ was in Kansas City, Mo. I started out to try to get to the Missouri River, but ran into a power plant and looking at google maps, there wasn't any bike trail along it anyway. I decided to head west towards town to get to a park that looked like it might have some possibility.
Once I got 3-4 miles down the road I decided to text my nephew and his wife that live in KC to see if they were home and how far I was from them.
It turned out to only be 3.5 miles so I took off for downtown.
I was in a RR switch yard area looking downtown.
My nephew and I have done a ton of camping and canoeing together along with his brother and dad and my other sons. He told me about volunteering at a local school with an 8th grade class. They talked about careers and truck driving came up. That sparked some ideas I hope will work to share this blog. Stay tuned.
It got a bit late so Jon gave me a ride back to the truck.
Downtown. KC, MO.
First stop along the 3 day drive to AZ was in Kansas City, Mo. I started out to try to get to the Missouri River, but ran into a power plant and looking at google maps, there wasn't any bike trail along it anyway. I decided to head west towards town to get to a park that looked like it might have some possibility.
Once I got 3-4 miles down the road I decided to text my nephew and his wife that live in KC to see if they were home and how far I was from them.
It turned out to only be 3.5 miles so I took off for downtown.
I was in a RR switch yard area looking downtown.
My nephew and I have done a ton of camping and canoeing together along with his brother and dad and my other sons. He told me about volunteering at a local school with an 8th grade class. They talked about careers and truck driving came up. That sparked some ideas I hope will work to share this blog. Stay tuned.
It got a bit late so Jon gave me a ride back to the truck.
Downtown. KC, MO.
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