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Read MoreMonth: August 2021
My Early Contribution to the September Challenge
It is 9:15 pm on August 31st. Malaysia’s Independence Day. As close to September as dammit is to swearing ?. Where have I been for the past two and a half months? Not on my bike, for the most part. Cycling was verboten until about a month ago. You will recall from my last post … Continue reading "My Early Contribution to the September Challenge"
Read MoreKitchenhand M’s last minute entry
You may not know this, but the Navigator was once a bona-fide kitchenhand working in a commercial kitchen. So we present Kitchenhand M’s credentials to Chef G in hopes of earning a Cycle 365 certification in food preparation. We’ll start with previous experience and then present some current resume examples. Please note that Kitchenhand M … Continue reading "Kitchenhand M’s last minute entry"
Read MoreThe September Challenge
I suppose you thought I forgot about my duties as Czar of the Cycle365 Challenge just because I’m out of town and I’m preparing for a bike tour. Perish the thought! In a way, the idea for this month’s challenge originated back in July. Remember when there was some discussion about seeing faces almost everywhere … Continue reading "The September Challenge"
Read MoreThe picnic spot
It was a cloudy and cool day, perfect for a ride in the hills. My mission was to find the perfect picnic spot and assemble some sort of edible food items and enjoy the great outdoors thus wrapping up this challenge. My culinary skills were tested before the ride as I made my famous ‘cheapskate … Continue reading "The picnic spot"
Read MoreMulti-picnic ride
The crew got out for a few nights in the tent last week before the latest lockdown. There was some picknicking involved for lunch/snacks/dinner each day. I chopped up some veggies that, in the past, I would have put in a wrap or sandwich. But since I can’t do gluten anymore, I’ve been putting sandwich … Continue reading "Multi-picnic ride"
Read MoreFood Detritus 2.0
Yummy Dilly Bites! Don’t wanna mess up the car, so pitch it out on the road Oh! Munchos!! Good with Dilly Bites? Maybe not That peanut butter cup ice cream is a GREAT Value! It is an INCREDIBLE value!! It is an ASTONISHING value!!! Ya don’t find such a FABULOUS value like that every day … Continue reading "Food Detritus 2.0"
Read MoreA Picnic
And more food related pictures in my new journal. After taking a break, Janos and I resumed our trip to Kassel. I have been posting on CycleBlazse as we go along but have been truant here. I guess I’m not so good at multi-tasking. Somehow I just didn’t find the time.
Read MorePetalumart
A couple of days ago I read that a huge new mural had been completed on the back (alley-facing) wall of the downtown parking garage in Petaluma. That was enough to get me to saddle up this morning and pedal down to Petaluma to check out the new art…. Read more at Bill Bikes
Read MoreFood Related Pictures From Our Road Trip
The Feeshko and I took our time driving out to Spokane, WA for her niece’s wedding, dividing the 1500-mile drive into four days and three nights. The first night was spent in Bismarck, the capitol city of North Dakota. You might recognize the capitol building pictured in the featured photo. Once I wrote extensively about … Continue reading "Food Related Pictures From Our Road Trip"
Read MoreA SIGN OF THE TIMES
We are on our 5 day adventure camping outing with the two grandboys: Etienne 7, Andre 4. They have their masks at the ready at all times, know when to use them, and never complain about them (good parenting). That is one sign of the times. When camping at Deception Pass State Park, we helped … Continue reading "A SIGN OF THE TIMES"
Read MoreStreaking
No no, not that kind of streaking. This isn’t the 1970’s after all. I’m talking about the consecutive days of riding kind of streak. I haven’t mentioned this up to now, not wanting to jinx things, but the last day that I didn’t ride was back on April 27th. That makes today’s ride day 120. … Continue reading "Streaking"
Read MoreNachos Needed
(Think Miller Beer Jingle) ~~~~~~~If you have the nachos — We have the Cheese~~~~~~
Read MoreHere is one for Nancy!
I had no idea Had heard this is a pretty nice place, but never been there, in addition to wine and coffee they have a menu worthy of a High Tea, or at least something similar. My record stays intact — if there is a 1% chance of getting it wrong, I’m master at it. … Continue reading "Here is one for Nancy!"
Read MoreI Submit To You My Picnic Ride
One of the sub-challenges to my August food challenge was to take a picture of yourself having a little picnic while on a bike ride. I had forgotten about that sub-challenge until today. So I quickly packed up my picnic food, threw it into my pannier and headed down to MY Town’s park down by … Continue reading "I Submit To You My Picnic Ride"
Read MoreHIGH TEA TIME IN FLORENCE OREGON
To see more of course, —- https://adventureswithnancyg.blogspot.com/ I did not think to take a photo until the food was partially gone! The photo of my bike on the bridge is to show that I had ridden there on my bike ;’-).. Sandwiches had already been selected by hungry tea drinkers, but there are a few … Continue reading "HIGH TEA TIME IN FLORENCE OREGON"
Read MoreSome exotic snack food
We’ve heard from the best authorities that wallabies make a great snack, so we were excited to spot one on our ride to Hasselt.  Unfortunately it was safe behind a chain link fence, and we couldn’t find any on the menu when we cruised the restaurants for dinner.  We’ll keep watching though.
Read MoreMore August Challenge Items
Discarded Oreo cookie package An estimated 450 billion of them produced since 1912 Twist or Dunk: the debate rages on Clover Im told if you pull an individual petal off the flower head, there is a sweet liquid in the lower part. A Black WalnutA bad idea to park under a walnut tree this time … Continue reading "More August Challenge Items"
Read More“Cyclist’s Favourite Treats, And Where To Find Them In Lednar’s Town”
OK, I shamelessly copied and pasted Greg’s last post title with a few alterations but doing something as easy as you can appeals to me. I rode my bike up to Kalamunda’s Sunday Growers Market yesterday hoping to get some fresh Blue Mana Crabbs but they’re not in season so I ended up going into … Continue reading "“Cyclist’s Favourite Treats, And Where To Find Them In Lednar’s Town”"
Read MorePannenkoek: our Dutch word of the day
We’re staying in Belgium for the first few days of our tour, but it’s close enough to the border that we were able to bike to Hulst in the Netherlands on a day ride.  I’d wondered how we’d find food in the Netherlands, but an Italian pannenkoek (pancake) for lunch was quite nice. There’s a … Continue reading "Pannenkoek: our Dutch word of the day"
Read MoreBetween lockdowns
The lockdowns are coming thick and fast here with the delta variant. Sydney is almost keeping a lid on things but keeps leaking cases, so currently the whole state of NSW is in lockdown (their lockdowns are always lighter than the other states). Canberra and Melbourne are also in lockdown. Brisbane just exited a lockdown. … Continue reading "Between lockdowns"
Read MoreFISH & CHIPS
I won’t say much about it as this is almost an afterthought that I posted in my blog. But we are at a seaside fishing (and tourist) town of Bandon Oregon, so must have fish & chips ;;;’-) I had them packaged and strapped them to my bike rack — securely. Opened up at camp … Continue reading "FISH & CHIPS"
Read MoreAugust Challenge
Somewhat of a rare, and if not rare, a seldom seen sight here This part of Illinois is almost exclusively commercial grain and even dairy and hog production is in confinement operations Pretty certain those cows will end up in someone’s local freezer A field of soybeans While most will wind up as livestock … Continue reading "August Challenge"
Read MoreONE LITTLE FOODIE PHOTO
Being out on our adventures, there are few to no food related photos with my bike. You will see more photos of my ride along the Banks-Vernonia Bike Trail (near Portland Oregon) on my blog — https://adventureswithnancyg.blogspot.com/ — but here is my food photo for that day. Picnic for one… PBJ, apples, string cheese and … Continue reading "ONE LITTLE FOODIE PHOTO"
Read MoreOhhhhh Noooooooooooooo!!!! . . . . . . .
SOMEBODY HELP ME!! I SPILLED ALL MY CORN PUFFS!!! If you have nothing better to do, and hopefully you do! Here are some photos from a couple of rides today.
Read MoreA Mixed Mish-Mash of Miscellanea
You’ve got to hand it to me: Not only is the title of this post an example of reckless redundancy (all mish-mash’s are mix of miscellany) but it’s also an example of awful alliteration. Anyway, I’m back from my third trip down to Iowa in the last month. My dad seems to have recovered fully … Continue reading "A Mixed Mish-Mash of Miscellanea"
Read MoreMeeting BobinVT in NY
You’ve seen by now that there’s been another Cycle355 meetup, so this is very old news.  Still, as BobinVT pointed out, we tend to take more photos so here are a few more to throw in the hopper, if you check out our ride to Lakeville.  As a bonus, there’s food for the monthly challenge, … Continue reading "Meeting BobinVT in NY"
Read MoreCyclist’s Favorite Treats, And Where To Find Them In GREG’S Town
Hi folks, Chef G. here, and welcome to another episode of The Chef G. Cooking Channel The Cycle365 Food Challenge. I’m glad to have been invited back even though bicycling isn’t exactly my area of expertise. But I AM a big shot chef, and that’s why my alter-ego asked me to show you HIS Town’s … Continue reading "Cyclist’s Favorite Treats, And Where To Find Them In GREG’S Town"
Read MoreAugust Challenge — Food Detritus
Orange peel segments Discarded pizza crust While photographing the pizza crust, I noticed a pick up approaching the bridge I had just crossed, moving very slowly. It stopped at the bridge, guy gets out carrying a grocery type bag, and carefully drops it along the stream bank. He passes by me, smile and a wave, … Continue reading "August Challenge — Food Detritus"
Read MoreBella Italia
The most common non-German restaurants here are Italian. To be perfectly honest, Italian food is better than German food. They have much more than pizza and spaghetti, whereas the Germans stop at schweinebraten and sauerbraten more or less. Although as you might have noticed, we are fond of our local specialties here in Bavaria. The … Continue reading "Bella Italia"
Read MoreYou Just Never Know Who You Might Run Into
Friday was scheduled to be my last day at my son’s house, so I decided before I left to take one more ride on the local rail trail before heading home. Just north of Millerton, NY, I see a couple of touring cyclists approaching me, riding some sort of interesting looking small-wheeled bikes. They look … Continue reading "You Just Never Know Who You Might Run Into"
Read MoreElephant Rocks with Jeff
Santa Rosa has been incredibly lucky. Despite all the wildfires raging in northern California, the prevailing winds have prevented smoke from drifting our way. That was expected to change today, with temperature into the 90s, smoke, and unhealthy air quality in the forecast. What to do? Jeff and I headed for the coast…. Read more … Continue reading "Elephant Rocks with Jeff"
Read MoreAuthentic Bavarian
I haven’t been on my bike much the past week – rain, jammed garage door, emergency dentist appointments with Janos. But we are back on track now. Went for a ramble in the countryside and finished up with a stop at the beer garden in Unterbrunn before we returned home. It’s a small beer garden, … Continue reading "Authentic Bavarian"
Read MoreThe Ethnic Restaurants of GREG’S Town
Hi folks, Chef G. here. Today I’m taking a break from my duties as host of The Chef G. Cooking Channel in order to substitute for Gregblood here on Cycle365. The man known as The Czar of the Monthly Challenge is a great guy and a natural born leader. Like many natural born leaders, he … Continue reading "The Ethnic Restaurants of GREG’S Town"
Read MoreIrrigation Rainbows (Updated)
Irrigating a soybean field Riding east on CR 4000 in the afternoon The following morning, a ride across town, around the park, and back south then north revealed more rainbows at the irrigation. Thru the night, the center point had made a huge arc and was now just west of 7th street Wild fire smoke … Continue reading "Irrigation Rainbows (Updated)"
Read More#3 FOR FOOD CHALLENGE
I have only a couple more days to ride around home before we will be gearing up and preparing for our next adventure. That means a few more solo rides this week. Nothing too exciting but lovely rides in the sun and warm weather as I enjoy the final weeks of summer around home. When … Continue reading "#3 FOR FOOD CHALLENGE"
Read MoreAugust Challenge – 2
Cycle Days Challenge: The July 2021 Edition
A mixed month: days of sun and rain, you never knew what was coming, rides from home, rides while touring, some days feeling good, some sick days. I had hoped for a more summer-like July. HERE are the pictures on my website. At the moment I don’t have a bike. The day before yesterday when … Continue reading "Cycle Days Challenge: The July 2021 Edition"
Read MoreSECOND POST FOR AUGUST FOOD
You know how on a group bike ride it is not possible to stop for photos of your choice, but I did get a few on the way to and from the ride start, and one at a midway stop at the park. There is this local Ivars company — Chowder from company to shelf … Continue reading "SECOND POST FOR AUGUST FOOD"
Read MoreFOOD: An Eventful Day and a National Night Out
I rode around on my bike for a while yesterday, visited our local farmer’s market, and took a few food-related pictures. What could provide a better day than that? I’ll tell you what: Finishing off the day with a neighborhood block party/potluck food fest. Before I get to the pictures however, I have to come … Continue reading "FOOD: An Eventful Day and a National Night Out"
Read MoreJournal Completed
The story is now told, the pictures and narrative about our aborted tour are now posted over at CycleBlaze. It seems we have embarked on a number of tours that we didn’t finish. But that hasn’t been the case every time. Now to get a plug in for the journal that I have just posted … Continue reading "Journal Completed"
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I just want to see if I get the same error Nancy has been frustrated by.  We took a great hike from Middlebury to Otter Creek Gorge yesterday.  We saw thousands of mushrooms, some of which probably count as food if you’re educated about such things.  I’m not though, and don’t care to test my … Continue reading ""
Read MoreMY FIRST FOOD ENTRY FOR AUGUST
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"
Read More80 KILOMETERS, BARN QUILT, AND FOOD
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"
Read MoreMore Than You Ever Wanted to Know About the University of Minnesota’s “College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences”
Sure, MY state’s biggest university has a world renowned agriculture program, but I really think it would have been sufficient to simply call it the “Farming Department” — just as my alma mater had simple names like “Political Science Department” and “History Department.” Instead of simplicity, however, the University of Minnesota seems to have gotten … Continue reading "More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About the University of Minnesota’s “College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences”"
Read MoreForaging for Food
I am pleased to participate in the August Challenge presented by our august challenge host, Czar Greg. I am interpreting the challenge, as indicated by said Czar, to include anything and everything food related……. Grant Township Food Cupboard Teasdale Foods is that a way———–> Teasdale has been feeding families with delicious, authentic Latin recipes for … Continue reading "Foraging for Food"
Read MoreNew York, New York (State)
You may all remember about a year ago, I wrote a post about going to visit my son’s house in New York State to take care of his cat while he was on vacation. That was a pretty unusual getaway. First, of course, there was the pandemic. There were travel restrictions in place between New … Continue reading "New York, New York (State)"
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