Latest dispatches
Soup
An ethereal ‘V’ lingers in a stone gray sky, A sky that betrays daylight to dusk, ever earlier, As our evenings, compressed by old habits and new responsibilities,…
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Any Given Sunday
These pictures are a few selections from our fatbike beach ride today along Lake Michigan. These bikes are built (I guess “purpose built” is the fresh marketing term)…
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Blog Moved
Our blog has been moved, but we haven’t lately. We’ve been fattening up and miss biking greatly. But now the work starts as wintry winds blow, and with…
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Welcome
Welcome to the new blog location. We changed over because the Blogger/Blogspot platform was starting to feel a bit archaic. Thanks for dropping by!
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October Shop
(Continuing in our unofficial series of not-exactly-travel-but-kinda-related-to-bikes-off-season-posts): The early afternoon light is warmer than expected. Sunlight beams in through the large bank of windows, and even the dark…
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Get the Gear
A late summer’s rest / is what we love best / to celebrate our anniversaryOn our favorite lake / at the tip of our state / hail to…
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“…and I would [bike 480] miles…”
Yesterday we made it home, after a beautiful 60 mile day that was through mostly familiar terrain. We found ourselves (by no accident) winding around small rivers and…
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Back on Top
Just a recap, for those keeping track: as of Thursday morning we had 375 miles in over 7 days of riding (two rest days). We’ll take it.Bright and…
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Holder of Places
Wednesday: we biked from the Jesse family homestead (Madison) to the Jesse family vacation cottage in Cambridge. They’re kind of a big deal that way. We headed south…
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A Return to Form
With Monday being a rest day with external transportation due to rain and other issues, Tuesday was our first day on bikes since our relatively easy day on…
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