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First I will try to post a photo, if that works I will fix the blog link. OK — Looks like that worked so the 80 km little story should be here…. adventureswithnancyg@blogspot.com If that does not work I will try again. Food: Pre pie, cobble, smoothie and any other berry thing. It’s a little … Continue reading "MY FIRST FOOD ENTRY FOR AUGUST"

“The response is not a valid JSON response. What does that mean?????? Post Views: 6 NancyG

Well, that last one worked. Let’s see if I can now add some photos to this post. Here are pre pie, cobbler, smoothie or any other berry thing. Post Views: 6 NancyG

Let’s start with the kilometer thing. My birthday is on July 16 but I had no time anywhere near that date to try for an 80 kilometer ride. I mentioned my wish of doing that to a few of my riding buddies and they were keen to join me, but we had to do it … Continue reading "80 KILOMETERS, BARN QUILT, AND FOOD"

It is hard to tell by this photo, but the face is formed by sun dappling through the trees overhead as I roll along neighborhood roads. This next one is whatever — some kind of splatter it seems, and maybe use your imagination to see the face Smoking a pipe? Popped right out at me. … Continue reading "SUN DAPPLE AND SPLATTER FACES"

…you cannot always trust when I say it will be my last entry post for a challenge ;’-). Today’s ride brought these… Look closely — a tree face that is a little cockeyed. A face with a goatee —I in a driveway. And my favorite of this group — from the climbing wall at the … Continue reading "LIKE SUZANNE SAID…"

Feeling better about our short trip now and ready to post some more faces. Post Views: 18 SuzanneI'm a US born ex-pat, having lived most of my adult life in Munich, Germany. Cycling and photography are my favorite things.

I think I have exhausted all the nearby faces, and since this will be my cycling arena for the remainder of the month, I call these my final entry. Unless they aren’t. ;’-) With the nose just out of joint… A dark face on the building… A little nose above a yawning mouth… At my … Continue reading "FACING UP TO IT — MY SWAN SONG FOR THIS CHALLENGE"

I never would have sold my recumbent to Jack if I had known he was going to allow just any-old-body to ride it! Only kidding! Post Views: 24 Bill StoneThey call me Old Grumble-Face. I have no idea why they do that....

I wrote this when I returned from Barbados in 1983, but didn’t see it again until 2021 when my sister discovered a long-forgotten copy while cleaning out our parents’ home after our father passed away. My brother drove from Virginia to California last week to hand-deliver the faded dot-matrix hardcopy. Read more at Bill Bikes … Continue reading "Biking Barbados"

Now that we are back home (for a few weeks) I have begun my usual repetitive neighborhood rides. I was just bimbling along without thought really to find any faces or other things in my challenges. I feel kind of done with searching for things for the month. But, as we all know, these faces … Continue reading "ON MY WHATEVER RIDE"

That’s right, today I surpassed the stupidest stupidity of my stupid cycling career. Or maybe it was yesterday that I achieved the height of stupidity. I’m not exactly sure. Let me tell the story. The Feeshko and I drove back to Iowa yesterday. My dad had a medical appointment to keep and it was in … Continue reading "The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Done (and that’s sayin’ something)"

Yesterday, I drove to Elizabethtown, KY to order a tombstone for Jim. Whenever we went near that town, we’d drive past the place we had our Bike Fridays worked on. The mechanic was a BF dealer and was the best, but the last time we saw him, he was closing up shop and moving to … Continue reading "Not on one, but at least talking about bicycles"

Post Views: 20 Rich-IllinoisVery much enjoy all the entries you all have provided -- great to see the everyday cycling venues. Being in eastern Illinois, scenery certainly isn't our forte, but oh well, the roads are normally quiet. Look forward to more and more entries from all of you, I do have a few over … Continue reading "July Challenge — 9"

Em is so right about faces now becoming ‘eye worms’!!! I keep looking at everything to find a face, but soon will stop dong that so to enjoy other things along my routes. Well, I most likely will not stop doing that! Dumpy… and Stumpy… Post Views: 25 NancyG

Upon saying goodbye to our camping friends, one of them had this hanging out and I just had to post it here ;’-). I will check in after we get back to Sarah’s and have normal wifi!! Post Views: 16 NancyG

We’ve had a lot of gloomy days this month and my upper GI tract is not amenable to being away from home much right now. But today was a gorgeous day – warm enough for pants and tshirt – so I forced myself out there and only ended up with one retching session. The secret … Continue reading "Trying to get on the board"

No wifi unless I catch it at a good time at the visitor Center. Even then it is very slow. I will not be able to make any comments on posts until after we return to Sarah’s in another day or two. Susan and I took a hike and I found a couple of faces. … Continue reading "AT A CALIFORNIA STATE PARK"

It looked like a stable grey and overcast day so we set out for a short ride. We reached Lake Starnberg, moseyed around a bit and then the skies opened up. What luck that we were standing outside a cafe and could grab a sheltered table. Timing is everything. When the rain more or less … Continue reading "Getting the Rain out of Our System"

Kind of grey and gloomy weather these days with lots of thunder storms and not so conducive to riding. But I have been getting out, if not as much as I would normally. As a matter of fact, we had planned a two-week tour starting today – and then canceled the whole thing. Just too … Continue reading "On the face of it"

I was granted an hour to ride while Susan would finish up at the hotel, drive Sarah home and begin packing the van. I was truly not interested in searching for anything on my short ride, but this first face was staring at me as I sat on a bench sipping some tea at this … Continue reading "I WAS NOT LOOKING FOR ANY FACES"

My disclaimer is that I have little to almost no control of what happens for the next few days. The Grands and their Dad came home with some sickness that we (Susan, Sarah and I) are trying to avoid. Thus, we three are holed up in a motel for (at least) two nights. Our camping … Continue reading "I DIDN’T MEAN TO LIE — MORE FACES"

I hope you can see the tilted face (two eyes and a nose, no mouth) and the outstretched leg and arm. Post Views: 26 SuzanneI'm a US born ex-pat, having lived most of my adult life in Munich, Germany. Cycling and photography are my favorite things.

On Saturday, my wife I drove down to White Plains MD and rode one of our favorite Maryland rail trails – the Indian Head Rail Trail. We’ve done it before but not for several years. It is only 13 miles long but a beautiful surface, great views of wetlands and the Mattawoman Creek. We saw several … Continue reading "Indian Head MD Trail Trail: July 4th or Groundhog Day?"

The Feeshko, Diggity, The Reckless Mr. Bing Bong and I drove down to Iowa for the Fourth of July Weekend, which includes the birthday of American independence, and even bigger than that, the birthday of ME. It was an impromptu visit, motivated by an auto accident in which my dad was involved. He was very … Continue reading "THE NORTHEAST IOWA TOURISM BROCHURE FOR CYCLISTS: Part One"

Today was my favorite ride of all four I have done this week. Since it did take me through much the same areas as the other rides, I felt rather sure I would not find a face today. Perhaps these will pass. MAYBE A LITTLE “WALLEYED” EITHER RETRO OR FASHIONABLE SQUARE GLASSES, AND A BIT … Continue reading "FINAL ENTRIES FOR THIS WEEK (I THINK)"

I am able to get quite a few rides in here, but after tomorrow that will change as I will have little to no opportunity to ride very much for our final week away. We will be doing other activities with the Grands as we attend a planned camping outing. But today’s ride did bring … Continue reading "ABOUT (MORE) FACES"

On my Garceau on Wheels ride I did see a few faces. PERHAPS RELATED TO DARTH VADER… JOINED AT THE LIP… “DROP JAW GORGEOUS” ORIGINATOR SAW THIS PAINING AS I ARRIVED HOME… This photo is for Rich to show where that beer mug guy is located. Looks attached to some pipes. That is actually a … Continue reading "FACE 2"

Before I make a post with a few more faces, I will tell you about this experience I had. Yesterday was a warm one and the water in my camel back had warmed up quite a bit. So last night I tucked it into the garage fridge to start out with it quite cold and … Continue reading "A WHEELED GARCEAU — JUST IN TIME"

These are not nearly as good as Rich’s finds, but they are what I spied on my ride today. You may need to stretch your imagination a bit ;’-) BIG WIDE OPEN GRIN… A LITTLE CLOSE EYED AND LONG NOSED. MOUTH SAYIN OOOOOH. MAYBE WITH A COFFEE AT WORK… I think the shadow of my … Continue reading "FACES…"

I mapped out this ride from Sarah’s to specifically find what I could for the June Scavenger hunt. IV #17 STACK OF BRICKS (dubious at best ;’-)) IV #18 HOUSE WITH A TURRET IV #19 WATER TOWER Found the water tower in Old Town Elk Grove CA. I now concede to those who were successful … Continue reading "JUNE ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE"

Before I even come close to responding to some of you posts, I will post these three entries for July. And then a few duplicates. IV #14 SPORTS SCOREBOARD A CLOSER LOOK IV #15 BRICK ROAD IV #16 TEETER TOTTER That teeter totter is a lot different from the see saws we used to have, … Continue reading "JUNE #14, 15, 16"

Hi folks, Czar Greg here again. In the few short minutes since I posted “The River-Riding-Vulture-Fleeing-Eagle-Swooping Video Challenge,” I have gotten a flood of very negative feedback. I’ve been rudely reminded of my pledge not to make nearly impossible challenges. People have refused to participate in such a specific challenge. Some of them have promised … Continue reading "The NEW July Challenge"

Im certain I speak for all of us here at 365 welcoming Czar Gregory and VP Bing Bong An inspiring Inaugural Address! Post Views: 31 Rich-IllinoisVery much enjoy all the entries you all have provided -- great to see the everyday cycling venues. Being in eastern Illinois, scenery certainly isn't our forte, but oh well, … Continue reading "To Our New Challenge Czar Greg and VP Bing Bong"

Thank you for that fine introduction, Vice-Czar Bing Bong, and I thank all of you esteemed Cycle365-ers and citizens of the world for that warm welcome. I also want to thank you all for electing me to be your Czar of the Monthly Challenge. I am definitely excited to begin serving you in that capacity … Continue reading "Live From Minnesota: The Czar-Elect’s Inauguration Speech"

Just waiting for July and Greg’s new set of challenges Meanwhile just regular stuff type rides with  a few episodes worthy of note — maybe. Le Tour keeping the tote company before a ride across town to the park Did we have an ‘event’? Yes, we did After circling the park and heading back east, … Continue reading "Waitin’ for July . . . . Meanwhile. . . ."

Mini Liquor Bottle Banana??!! Electric SubstationPondFoot Bridge 80/80!   Post Views: 41 Rich-IllinoisVery much enjoy all the entries you all have provided -- great to see the everyday cycling venues. Being in eastern Illinois, scenery certainly isn't our forte, but oh well, the roads are normally quiet. Look forward to more and more entries from … Continue reading "Round 4 — 17 18 19 20"