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I was quite proud of myself. Not only did I remember to pack my camera, but I remembered to charge the battery and actually place the charged battery back in the camera!
My mom, brother, and I headed to MSU Bikes in East Lansing to take part in yesterday’s Ride of Silence. It [...]
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Yup. Thirty-three. That is me age. Arrrrrrrr.
Thomas Magnum – you know, Magnum P.I. – would head out on his surf ski in celebration of his birthday. It was his day alone. It was how he celebrated his life. I get it.
My greatest gift to [...]
Categories: Road Riding
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I am capping my night with some wine and a piece of 86% dark cacao chocolate. Yum. I deserve this. I earned it. After all, I have been on the wagon for over a week.
I started road riding to get back into cycling shape. The following is my progress:
March 6 [...]
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This is part two of Sleepy Hollow – Attack of the Squirrels.
Ladybugs have a nasty habit of getting stuck in your jersey and helmet. Ick.
I met with Greg Cook at Sleepy Hollow State Park the day after the squirrel attacks (October 21). We did a nice road ride on some of the surrounding [...]
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Mom riding at Sleepy Hollow State Park.
How fitting it is that I visit a state park by the name of Sleepy Hollow as Halloween quickly approaches. It is a nice little place in the countryside on the eastern edge of Clinton County, just northeast of Lansing.
Yesterday, I made the half-hour journey with my mother [...]
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I haven’t ridden since last Monday when I took Jake into Durand for a little ride down memory lane. I had a five-day hiatus. Not cool, Di.
Last night, I brought a growler of Brickshot ESB home from the Rochester Mills Beer Company:
All I can say is, “DAMN! That is one helluva a [...]
Categories: Road Riding
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This is the final installment of my photo essay of the home of the Railroaders.
“Around the turn of the century, as many as thirty-five passenger trains, one hundred freight trains and three thousand passengers used the depot each day.”
Signal tower near downtown Durand.
An engine.
A caboose – something you don’t see much of these [...]
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Durand Union Station
The Durand Depot was built in 1903 and later rebuilt in 1905 following a fire. More than 100 years later, it serves as an Amtrak stop between Port Huron and Chicago. Of course, I had to stop and take a gander while I was doing my bicycle tour of Durand.
“On March [...]
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My road ride commenced in a rather unsurprising manner…something like this:
Yeah, even the Shiawassee County squirrels are suicidal. I was climbing a hill on Bancroft Road when a squirrel decided to run in front of me. It was cool because there was plenty of clearance between me and Mr. Squirrel. It was [...]
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My mind is a whirlwind. The best thing to do with a whirlwind mind is to keep it busy. Don’t let it think. Thinking is bad. Thinking gets one into trouble. Maybe that’s why so many people from so many places have called me that. True story.
Last [...]
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