New Touring Bike! ❤️
2020年6月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
I ordered a new steel touring bike. Yay! It’s a 52cm Salsa Marrakesh. I got it from Nick’s Cycling and Fitness in Burlington, Iowa. More on this to come, as I have not picked it up yet. I am notもっと詳しく
Our life is a bike tour every day!
2020年6月9日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
Lisa and I decided we need to pretend every day is like a bicycle tour. We rode about 30 miles before 8 AM and stopped for an iced coffee and pastries at the Java house near our house. Of course weもっと詳しく
40 miles in the Morning
2020年6月10日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Lisa and I did a nice loop through West Liberty in the early morning. It was foggy for the first part, but the sun broke through as we rode the stiff headwind home. We saw The Statue of West Liberty!
Artifact Hunting with Sebastian
2020年6月10日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
We went searching for Native American artifacts 35 minutes south of Iowa City toward Riverside, Iowa on the ridge above the Iowa River. We trounced through the muddy corn rows finding a lot of flakesもっと詳しく
“Res. Loop” part 1
2020年6月11日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Our favorite 20 mile loop is over the Coralville Lake Damn. The ride has a nice gradual climb to the big Buddah and old barn. It continues to a nice scenic view to the south and past a cute cottageもっと詳しく
“Res. Loop” part 2
2020年6月11日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
...continuing past the “Dump Trump” sign we pass the worlds largest wooden nickel into the Iowa City water treatment park. From there it is under Interstate-80 to the city limits and into theもっと詳しく
More Artifacts & Beers with Mike
2020年6月11日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
After our morning Res. loop I got out for some arrowhead hunting. I found a beautiful one! The day ended with beers on the porch with our good friend Mike.
Reverse Res. Loop
2020年6月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Again we got out for a nice 20+ mile morning ride. We rode through the the cemetery and stopped by where the service will be for my dad as he donated his body to the University of Iowa Hospitals &もっと詳しく
2 Artifacts for Lisa!
2020年6月12日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After our morning ride and some yard work we headed back to the cornfields to look for more arrowheads*. Lisa had two great finds and I’ll include one video in this post and put the other in anotherもっと詳しく
Haystack 70
2020年6月13日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
7:15 AM we picked up Pat to drive to the Millstream Brewery in the Amana Colonies. We met Craig and Matt and started riding at 8:00 AM. Our first stop was after two blocks at the Amana bakery. We thenもっと詳しく
Flag Day
2020年6月14日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Today is Flag day in the U.S. Lisa went to Anamosa, Iowa and helped our good friend Doug stain his deck and I went for a casual ride around Iowa City. The video is of Lisa’s other artifact find!
Another 40+ mile morning
2020年6月15日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
On the road at 6:15 AM. Down Sand Rd to Riverside, Iowa, then through Hills, Iowa and Sharon Center, Iowa. Another cooler morning. The corn is growing quickly. We ended the ride going by the Hawkeyeもっと詳しく
Baking Bread
2020年6月16日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Another day around home. Sebastian went to his running workout at 7:30 AM and then worked pulling the invasive plant, Garlic Mustard at a farm near Iowa City. Lisa and I did a 20 mile casual rideもっと詳しく
Signs of the Times
2020年6月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Lisa and I got out for a 30 mile ride this morning. We visited the beach at the Coralville Res. and rode through North Liberty. My main focus today was to capture some pictures of signs that willもっと詳しく
The Roads Less Traveled
2020年6月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
I put together a 42 mile route to the southeast through Downey, Iowa and West Liberty, IA. I tried to pick some roads I have never ridden and found some gems! Some B roads, a private C road, bikeもっと詳しく
2nd Bfast, Silliness, and Anamosa
2020年6月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We had a 2nd breakfast, worked on the landscaping a bit, took a few funny self portraits with my new iPhone, and then I went to Anamosa, IA to visit Doug. Doug and I arrowhead hunted for about 3 hrs.もっと詳しく
One Mile Time Trial
2020年6月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Sebastian’s cross country running team has been practicing in the morning, but one of his teammates has been exposed to the coronavirus so, practice is on hold. Today he needed to record a one mileもっと詳しく
Birds of Iowa #1
2020年6月19日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
It’s a rainy day, and we are relaxing at home. As I continue in my quest to ride one hundred days in-a-row I may ride Zwift today. Today, I thought I would share some of my favorite birds that Iもっと詳しく
Exploring Locally
2020年6月20日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Again we ventured out around Iowa City and Coralville. 25 miles of some places we had ridden before and some new places. We even visited the Eiffel Tower. 🙂 We end with French toast with New Yorkもっと詳しく
Father’s Day
2020年6月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
First Father’s Day without my dad. It’s a strange feeling. I enjoyed the morning drinking coffee out of a Farside mug I bought my dad years ago, “ The bluebird of happiness long absent from hisもっと詳しく
Father’s Day Mississippi Ride.
2020年6月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
A 23 mile ride exploring the Quad Cities with Sebastian and Lisa. I always keep the routes a surprise. We visited a friend’s brewery and bike shop, the Treehouse Restaurant, the grave of jazzもっと詳しく
New Bike Day!
2020年6月22日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
We were greeted by a deer at breakfast eating our raspberries. I drove to Burlington (about 1.25 hrs) to pick up my new touring bike, a Salsa Marrakesh. Chris text right when I get home and we rodeもっと詳しく
A Long Day
2020年6月23日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Beautiful ride with Lisa in the morning with a stop at the java house. Then we drove to Marshalltown to see my mom. We returned to Iowa City about 3:30 pm and I cut the grass. At 5:00 pm I did a 1.5もっと詳しく
23 Mile Gravel to West Branch
2020年6月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Beautiful clouds today and not too hot. The black berries are getting ripe on the Herbert Hover trail and the corn is getting high. Knee high by the 4th of July is so out dated. Sebastian is over forもっと詳しく
Kalona 45 (Part 2)
2020年6月25日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
We had a hot tailwind pushing us toward Iowa City. The fields are lusciously green and a lot of business in the countryside. Not much traffic, but a lot a gardening. We stopped in Hills, Iowa for ourもっと詳しく