A Great April Weekend

April 28-30 brought 14 family and friends together for an awesome weekend. Tim flew in from Hood River, Jeff, Kristian and Brian drove the sailboat up from Ft. Polk and Marcel, Phaedra and Zander drove their 1996 Geo Tracker down from Minnesota to give to Grandpa. In...

Another cyclist is born

On Monday afternoons, Warren (my favorite nephew) and I spend time playing and exploring. Several weeks ago, we purchased a bike from Bike Source and he has been learning to ride. He has mastered riding and stopping and we are still working on starting under his own...

The boys turn 2

Tina and I missed Zander’s 2nd birthday as we were unable to travel to St. Paul at the first of the month. Several party images have been posted on http://www.trenchrats.com/images/. Looks like Z and Corbin enjoyed the new play equipment. All 3 of the boys...

Shipped Bike to New York

I packed and shipped one of my bikes to New York today. Russ Battisto and I will be riding the 42 mile Five Boro’s ride on May 7th. Details and a map are available at http://www.bikenewyork.org/BNY-TOUR.htm

April 22, a wonderful day for a bike ride

The Johnson County Bike Club hosted the 2006 Spring Classic on April 22nd, 2006. The weather was perfect and well over 200 riders showed up for a glorious ride. This was probably my fastest 70 miles in a very long time, with a moving average of 19.9 miles for 71...