Melting into the Road
 6 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
 6 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
						Another hot day! Not the hottest I’ve ridden in, but close. The online course I teach started today. I worked on our house a bit getting prepared for some new windows . At the hottest part of the Czytaj więcej
Lisa High by the 5th of July
 5 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
 5 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
						The seas of corn are getting tall, and filling the Iowa horizon. We had a fast 25 mile ride to the SE, and averaged over 20 mph. From 3:00 to 7:00 we worked on Ken’s new house. During the evening we Czytaj więcej
4th of July Ride
 4 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
 4 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
						🚲🌞🇺🇸Lisa and I took a ride North to explore the new trail out of Solon. We then helped Ken on his new house. In the evening Sebastian had friends over for walking tacos, games, a fire, and Czytaj więcej
100th Consecutive Day (3,095 miles)
 3 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
 3 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
						Today I hit my 100th day in-a-row cycling! Not sure when I’ll stop. 😏 A sweet gravel ride with Lisa that ended with smoothies at home.
Helping Ken Move
 2 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
 2 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
						I went for a nice res loop in the morning and then mowed the yard. There are a few photos from the ride including a new neighborhood dinosaur. At 10:45, I headed to Ken’s to move his pooltable to Czytaj więcej
Frytown Loop and Roadside Plants
 1 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
 1 lipca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
						Lisa and I did a 43 mile ride this afternoon. We went to Frytown and shared an orange soda at the service station. A soda machine has graced the front of this building for the entire 20 years I have Czytaj więcej
Wrapping up June
 30 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
 30 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
						June flew by! We had a lot of rides and a lot of good memories together. Today Lisa used her new toy (her grandma DeShano’s tiller) in the garden, I finished getting my new touring bike together, Czytaj więcej
Beating the Heat
 29 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
 29 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
						I got out on the road for my favorite Res. Loop earnings the morning to beat the heat. Later in the day I worked on my new touring bike in the basement A/C . Lisa did some yoga and was relaxing after Czytaj więcej
Tour de Parks
 28 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
 28 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
						I put together a casual 20 mile bike ride around town to go by 17+ city parks. Lisa drove back from Michigan and we had a nice dinner of smoked salmon and quinoa salad. With two days left in the month Czytaj więcej
Amana Ride / Michigan
 27 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
 27 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
						Lisa is still in Michigan enjoying time with her family at the Lake. I rode 60 miles to the Amana with friends. We had a lot of good laughs, some good snacks, and a couple of brews. We tried to avoid Czytaj więcej
Exploring and Michigan
 26 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
 26 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
						Lisa drove to Michigan today to see her family. Our first day apart since before February, in fact so long ago I can’t remember. I explored some roads I usually don’t ride. Sebastian and I did Czytaj więcej
Kalona 45 (Part 1)
 25 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
 25 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
						I planned a 45 mile ride through Amish and Mennonite area to the Kalona brewery. Great sunshine, gravel roads, and a bakery I’d never been to before. We grabbed a blackberry 1:2 moon pie for later Czytaj więcej
Kalona 45 (Part 2)
 25 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
 25 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 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 Czytaj więcej
23 Mile Gravel to West Branch
 24 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
 24 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 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 Czytaj więcej
A Long Day
 23 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
 23 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 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 Czytaj więcej
New Bike Day!
 22 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
 22 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌧 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 Czytaj więcej
Father’s Day Mississippi Ride.
 21 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
 21 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Father’s Day
 21 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
 21 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Exploring Locally
 20 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
 20 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
Birds of Iowa #1
 19 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
 19 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌧 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 Czytaj więcej
One Mile Time Trial
 19 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
 19 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 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 Czytaj więcej
2nd Bfast, Silliness, and Anamosa
 18 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
 18 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 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. Czytaj więcej
The Roads Less Traveled
 18 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
 18 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Signs of the Times
 17 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
 17 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 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 Czytaj więcej
Baking Bread
 16 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
 16 czerwca 2020, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 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 Czytaj więcej














































































































































