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  • 2016 Casper Mountain Bike Challenge

    The race a 8 hour mountain bike race on Casper Mountain put on by the good folks at Casper Sports Alliance and Fat Fish Racing. Our friend Adam talked us into it and we though what the heck, drive 6.5 hours and go camping and racing … right? My plan was to go at a heart rate…

  • Taking Off Meh

    Tomorrow we leave for Casper WY. Doin the 8 hour race don’t cha know! Objectives are to have fun and ride a lot. Lets hope this comes to fruition. Wouldn’t you know it I came down with vertigo today. Shoot. After all the preparations might have to say home. Guess Instagram will tell from here.

  • Race Preparations Continue

    This weekend is the Casper Mountain Bike Challenge 2016! Plenty of spots available people. Okay … so the question is, can we ride for 8 hours in a day and not look like total old people? That was it like three weeks ago as we continued to bolster our constitutions at Chico Hot Springs. A…

  • 3 Weeks Out

    Our race is this weekend. And my mind thinks back 3 weeks ago when we started to “get ready”  for this event. On that particular weekend we were a bit out from our scheduled race down in Casper Wyoming. I used to do the 8 Hours of Labor in Butte and have missed it since…

  • The Sick Days

    So when your partner gets sick you are supposed to nurse them back to health … right? I will take note of that; but instead I thought it would be a good idea to get out for a all day adventure. And what is worse is that I asked her to shuttle me the very next…

  • Encounters

    With a new bike rack to make our vagabond lifestyles more enjoyable we set forth on a adventure in the Paradise Valley. Our first choice was to go camping at the Tom Miner Campground.  We encountered a gate. The Road was not open yet. We retooled and found ourselves at Daily Lake but not before…

  • To close to see beauty

    The most frustrating thing is to be somewhere and not seeing what you expected. What is worse? Bringing someone to the spot to show them this incredible thing but to only find high winds, steam, and a stressful parking lot. The final verdict was ho hum. But I know and as one can see in the teaser image…

  • Visitors

    When you have company and no one knows specifically what they want to do then the default is Palisade Falls up in Hyalite Canyon. It is paved all the way so as to make it wheelchair accessible I think. But the last pitch would be a nightmare on wheels. So maybe they paved it to…

  • Saving Winter

    Suddenly the sun came out and everyone started to peek outside. For myself I jumped on my bike and went for an adventure. My partner followed. Where was the snow? Why was it hard to take a breath? Then I it saw it. A small patch of snow under a boulder. I decided to try…

  • Trail Prospector

    The beast was licking at my heals for a while now and as I turned toward its home I was given no more warnings. I was attacked. I peddled toward the mount of the canyon, its home. The beast had tried evoking the rain and snow but I am not afraid of that. Now it…

  • Globally Positioned Information

    My idea this morning is what I call globally positioned information or GPI for short. So we have Google right? Why is all the information on Google servers not cataloged (or tagged???) with a position on the planet? Every piece of information should be tagged with a position. Like Tom Sawyer’s book, where it was…

  • Metamorphic Adventure

    Finally, a spring like day and unlike winter I actually wanted to go outside for “Bill Time”. I did not need a motivator like primo crust. No, it was just that nice. And I set out on my bike and climbed to a quartzite ridge.  The ride was not easy. Not saying that I am…

  • Just Another Snowy Day

    I just want to ride in dirt but living at 5,000 feet I am still looking at melting snow.  This must be my bitchiest month because 14 years ago I was griping about the rain in the Just Another Rainy Day post. That is 14 years of May frustrations. 12 years ago I did something about it…

  • Morning Crust

    I just listened to a podcast that basically talks about distracting thoughts. And one of the mechanisms to get rid of distracting thoughts was to journal or blog. So I guess that’s what I’ve been doing all these years. Cleaning up the morning crust. Like my morning excursions to face the crust … or ride upon…

  • Excursions

    Or exploits … is the best part of an adventure. You get there, rest, and then get bored. Then you start to wonder around the area. Maybe out of curiosity. Sometimes it turns into a multi hour exploration. Nothing like setting off from base camp to just outdoor fidget. I guess it’s like moving to…

  • Palisade Falls

    In April when Hyalite Road closes we hit up either Window Rock Cabin or Maxy Cabin. Mostly Window Rock as we did this year. Our usual suspect for adventure is to ride up to Palisade Falls. Since the place is closed and no one is around we just ride up. Probably frowned upon true ……

  • Window Rock Cabin

    In April of every year they close the road to Hyalite Canyon. And the cabins up in that part of the world are a little easier to rent. This is what we do; so a little 13 mile climb is no big deal for us. Also carrying a couple of days food and bedding is…

  • Watching people destruct

    One friend makes a savory remark and the other nonsense. Love them anyway! Sometimes you say to yourself, “that is going to bite them back”. Sometimes you try to set them straight. Today I heard a saying Arguing on a social media platform is like playing checkers with a pigeon. They shit all aver the board and…