I guess the title says it all. Here is one more recent photo of something I’d like to do.

And the Huffy Puppy looks like a good candidate  🙂 Arrival at the North Fork Previous flooding has receded And then, on the return to town . . . . . . Huffy turns mile 3000  🙂  🙂    

We are almost a week into the month and I haven’t posted a single ride yet. But I have been on the usual short rides, weather permitting, and if it’s just long enough to stretch my legs and breathe some fresh air – and freeze the tip of my fingers and toes. As for the … Continue reading "March I’d-Rides"

Yes its heavy! —  It’s my Huffy  🙂 Re-routed the gear cable to the 3 speed hub which necessitated an adjustment  to the gear indicator at the rear hub Time for a road test! Not a bad morning 30’sF but gentle breeze Rode out to the Conservation Club which is actually a mile and a … Continue reading "I’d like to ride huffy to the conservation club"

  The I’ds of March Pretty simple wide open challenge to start of this month Do something on or with your bicycle you would like to do For example:   I’d like to ride my bicycle to the North Fork River         I’d like to ride my bicycle to . . . . . ???? Then, go do it, … Continue reading "The I’ds of March"

And good Riddance Febberery! The Raleigh finally got back in the action HERE is what the Royal Heron found . . . March is almost upon us and the new Challenge will be posted shortly Thanks for the participation!    

Couldn’t find any B’s or R’s for the featured image, but I liked the mossy logs a lot. Well maybe Brown, Branches and Bark. I’m getting kind of repetitive, though. Up until today we had been having some really nice weather. In spite of which I haven’t been taking a lot of pictures for the … Continue reading "Sometimes Brrr but not always"

The “Hoofy Poopy” as it is affectionately known (because it IS a crappy bicycle even by my incredibly low standards) — But, I like it  😉 Did I mention my incredibly low standards? Prepares to go on the hunt for B’s and R’s with its Red Blinky and Red Reflector Huffy finds Boulders and notices … Continue reading "Huffy Goes B ‘n R ing"

It almost never snows in Santa Rosa. The flurries last night were unusual. What’s more, overnight the hills around here received more snow than they have in probably 40 or 50 years. Naturally, I decided to head for higher elevations in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park where I thought I might find a couple of inches … Continue reading "Blizzard on Bald Mountain"

Perhaps you heard Minnesota got a pretty big snow storm this week. It was on the national news. I think MY Town got about 18 inches. That’s okay, because I kind of like snow. I even like SHOVELING snow. It’s my second favorite wintertime activity. Bicycle riding is my #1 favorite, of course. After a … Continue reading "Shoveling, Shoveling, Shoveling and Riding"

I’ll start with the Branches on the old weeping Beech tree in the featured image. I pass it fairly often and recently I thought that some of the large branches were broken and lying on the ground. Today I took a closer look and saw that the branches, although resting on the ground, were healthy … Continue reading "Some B’s and R’s and many Branches"

You probably didn’t know that sometimes my bike and I like to ride to the base of one of Greg-world’s major mountains, then go off-road to climb up to the summit. It’s true, we do. Here is a photo-documentary of our most recent mountain climbing expedition. ************ I must admit, all that ice-biking and igloo-building … Continue reading "The Reckless Mr. Bing Bong and I Climbed a Really Huge Mountain"

Ride!! R you ready for March and Spring? I certainly am! So, for the second half of Febberery include anything beginning in R R we ready for March and Spring?  Yes we R!! (Those of us in the Southern Hemisphere  . . . maybe not) Anyway, no problem still posting B‘s — they are still … Continue reading "The B’s Continue . . . . Adding R’s"

Beautiful blue sky today, almost made me forget to dress warmly enough. It wasn’t all that warm, just relatively warm. The days are longer, though. I got home at 5:15 and it was still light!

That’s all.

The weather has been more favorable the past days, at last. Today it was 8C/46F and sunny with just a bit of wind. Here are some of my B’s from yesterday and today.

CEO has a few Valentine Cards to mail What ever cards I send, I get at the Dollar Store, and note on the back . . . .”I didn’t care enough to send the very best”  🙂 The Post Office is about 8/10ths of a mile Photos taken approximately every block going there and a … Continue reading "Ride to the Post Office"

Tuesday February 7 A very encouraging sign are the Blooming snow drops and hellabores in the neighbor’s garden! The Blue sky was also a beautiful sight to see! I chose to ride my little loop through the forest as it was again around 3C/37F and the trails were clear – I thought. I had cycled … Continue reading "B is for Blooming"

That’s not a typo, I meant D. I was looking for words with D for another challenge and I guess I’m not good at multi-tasking because I completely forgot about poor B. That other challenge, by the way, is a photo challenge on Flickr. The group is called February Alphabet Fun and you do a … Continue reading "Putting the D in Feb uary"

I was attacked by a swarm of B’s while trying to ride my bike this morning. Luckily, it came during the Febellary Challenge. Here are a few pictures of some of those B’s. Those B’s weren’t the kind of Bees that sting, thank goodness. My hands did get stung a little bit by the B … Continue reading "A Bunch of B’s"

I didn’t realize it until now, but I have recorded my days on my bike with photos five years consecutively. Here’s to another five. I say that a bit with tongue in cheek. I don’t expect to be as active at the age of 87 going on 88 as I am now. It’s a knock … Continue reading "Cycle Days Challenge: January 2023"

Someone parked an empty chair among trees with no leaves near the end of the trail in “bandit country” beyond Willowside Road. I had one of those sudden flashes of memory. Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves) by David Crosby

It wasn’t all that cold so I decided a short ride was in order. Well, it’s B for Brevity. I rode to the post office and the wind was so strong that I decided to go right back home. Don’t want any Broken Bones. On my way I spotted some Blooming Branches of witch hazel, … Continue reading "Putting the B in Feb uary"

Maybe not all that happy — 6 more weeks of winter Thanks, Phil  🙁

The city wanted to build affordable (???) apartments here, but they also wanted to preserve the teetering walls (that’s all that remains) of the historic cannery building. So the plans retain the old walls, and construction is underway along the Greenway. Not sure if the graffiti stays.  More at Bill Bikes

I was already resigned to no more rides this month, I even finished my website monthly ride page and published it two days ahead of time. Today I revised it. The sky brightened and when the temperature went up to +3C/37F, I grabbed my camera and went for a last ride in January. My camera … Continue reading "January Challenge Day 18"

Another cold ride We have had snow and wind and ice and I hadn’t ridden my bike in nine days. However, I think it was mostly the dreary grey sky that kept me off my bike, not all days saw snow and ice on the roads. Today the sky was dreary grey, too, but there … Continue reading "January Challenge Day 17"

The Diamond Back was so exuberant to get out for another ride it went off road blazing thru a ditch full of snow! Here it stands quite proud of its Ogre-like accomplishment

Water bottle running dry. Good opportunity for refill.

A lovely day, hitting at least 70° F, so I scooted downtown to see the new “Unum” piece at Courthouse Square. Very nice, although a crew was working on it and blocking my shots. Unfortunately, no sign of our ice sculpture contest. A little more at Bill Bikes

The morning started out with a hazy sun, no wind and pretty warm air (28-degrees F). The roads have even been clearing themselves of ice. I daresay, the riding was quite pleasant. That’s a darn good thing too, because this weekend I’ll be waking up to sub-zero temperatures again. Oh well, whatever. I had ridden … Continue reading "Hastings, Minnesota: Serving You Heaps of Snow Since 1867"

Holy Smokes!!!  What is THAT??  The Sun?? Better take advantage, even though its cold and windy — they say a winter storm is coming Short ride south to the North Fork Diamond Back just west of the North Fork on 4000N There goes Skinny Schwinny headed back to town — the greenish tinge is winter … Continue reading "A Short Ride!"

This weekend, I rode downtown and couldn’t help but notice there was more activity going on than usual on a Saturday morning. I conducted an investigation (which involved nothing more than asking a guy on the sidewalk what was going on) and learned the annual Hastings Chamber of Commerce Ice Sculpting Contest was taking place … Continue reading "MY Town Celebrates Ice"

The rain stopped a few days ago. Santa Rosa Creek much reduced in flow. But tons of debris remain on and along the Greenway. The photo shows piles of detritus covering the banks of the creek at Willowside Road. 

Lots and lots of snow today and it’s still going strong. So I guess yesterday was really the last day on my bike for a while. It was kind of a borderline day. The roads and paths were clear, at least the ones I chose, and it was around 2C/28F. With some snow from above … Continue reading "January Challenge Day 16"

When I looked at the weather forecast yesterday, I said to myself, well no riding my bike for the next ten days. The temperature wasn’t expected to rise above freezing and snow was predicted. So the snow and -6C/21F this morning didn’t surprise me. But it didn’t feel that bad when I was out on … Continue reading "January Challenge Day 15"

Nancy wrote a great story yesterday about the tree stump in her neighborhood that is frequently redecorated to fit every occasion. That reminded me of a similar story in my own neighborhood. This story is more recent in its development, but what it lacks in history, it makes up for in gaudy flamboyance. This particular … Continue reading "Yo Ho Ho, and a Bottle of Rum / A Pirate’s Life for ME . . ."

Two days of 2C/36F. Monday we had a touch of sun and with all my warming winter things on it felt okay. Today at 9:00 it was still below freezing and I again couldn’t face getting on my bike for the ride to tai chi. In the afternoon I made up for it and took … Continue reading "January Challenge Days 13, 14"

The sun rose at 7:45 a.m. to reveal a clear blue sky. Plus, the air temperature was already 33-degrees ABOVE zero with a predicted high of 37-degrees. WEIRD! I doubt the spring-like thaw will completely take care of MY Town’s ice problem, but it should put a little dent in it. Either way, I was … Continue reading "What’s That? Blue Sky?"

Just another loop for ride 10, and again mild weather. The woods are looking so drab these days. The paved path through the forest in the featured picture is what we call the autobahn. It’s a popular route leading out of Munich to the south and is teeming with cyclists in good weather. Ride 11 … Continue reading "January Challenge Days 10, 11, 12"

I’ve been making an effort to get out for brief rides in the rain, of which we’ve had no shortage for the past three weeks. I have reservations for an expedition this summer, pedaling that will probably feature plenty of wind, rain, and chill. So I gotta test various combinations of gear in similar conditions … Continue reading "More riding in the rain"

It has been a different kind of winter here in MY Town. True, the cold temperatures have been pretty normal, and the amount of snow hasn’t been too far above the average. The main difference has been the ICE. Almost every snowstorm has been preceded by freezing rain. Then the snow covers the frozen rain. … Continue reading "More Winter Stuff"

But we do have a break in the rain today.

I pedaled just far enough for a photo and a soaking.

In my previous post I also wrote Day 9, but I was getting ahead of myself, in other words confused. Anyway, today’s ride was Day 9 for sure. Kind of grey, but on and off we had some pale sun, so it wasn’t a bleak grey, and it was warm enough that I didn’t need … Continue reading "January Challenge Day 9"

It hasn’t been sunny every day, but we have had a couple of very bright days. If January would just continue in this vein. January 6 is Three Kings Day. I have no pictures of the three kings making their rounds, but there were a lot of cyclists out in the mild weather. Janos’s bike … Continue reading "January Challenge Days 6, 7, 8"

It has rained practically every day for almost two weeks, and more rain is forecast for tonight and beyond, but today should be dry. That means I need to mount up and pedal out the Greenway to see how Santa Rosa Creek is doing…. More at Bill Bikes

I got back from my monthly trip to Iowa yesterday. I was down there for five days this time instead of the usual two days. In addition to his cancer treatments, now my dad has some cardiac issues to be dealt with, including a valve replacement surgery. That means quite a few more trips to … Continue reading "Waterfalls and the Aftermath of a Winter Storm"

Forecast for today and next nine days in Santa Rosa. Gotta get a hydro-bike.

No waterfalls yet, but we didn’t get rained on either. And if you don’t know what to take a picture of, a selfie is always good in a pinch. Again I didn’t need my heated gloves. Today we had 9C/48F which didn’t feel that warm with the cold wind blowing. I was glad to get … Continue reading "January Challenge day 4"

Well, as you can see, it was a rainy day. I wasn’t willing to face a ride to tai chi at 8 a.m. Janos drove me. I’m getting soft, or softer. But in my defense, I did get on my bike for an afternoon ride, 6C/44C, and threatening rain. Janos declined the invitation to join … Continue reading "January Challenge day 3"

We are still having exceptionally warm weather, around 16C/60F, and although I have removed a couple of layers from my cycling outfit I am still over dressed because I never quite believe it could be that warm. But I would rather be too warm than too cold any day. I was expecting the forest paths … Continue reading "January Challenge 1 and 2"

Days of rain behind us. Days of rain ahead of us. But today is dry and sunny. Happy New Year!