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  • Elements of yellowstone

    I was just talking, er writing, to a friend that I actually secretly hate Yellowstone National Park. I feel it is the Vegas of the federal lands. That all said it is the images I bring back that are of the most value to me. Images of the elements of what we seemingly protect. But…

  • Cascade Creek

    At the Canyon Village in Yellowstone National Park it is not wise to bring a mountain bike. There is not many places you can ride a bike in the park. Oh yeah, there is Dunraven Pass. And the dirt road ride up Mount Washburn. But other than that there’s not really a place to go…

  • Oppurtunities

    I have posted many a blog post about my so called “quick and dirty” efforts. There was the 2005 post Fixing a Flat, another reference in Back From Squaw, a “quick and dirty” post about Lightening Your Bike in 2007, a remembrance of a friend in MoZ Sunset in 2010, a visit to Missoula in 2012…

  • Lower Falls Morning

    I just woke up. The sun is not up yet, and it’s quite nipper out. It’s bill time. I jump on my bike, ride down to the north rim, and lock it up to the guardrail at the Red Rock Point trail head. I brought my camera because it’s kinda going to be overcast and…

  • Hiking the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

    The South Rim Hike took us six and a half hours. Almost 14 miles is a big day at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. I post this gallery in memory of last weekend when we experienced a loss, a young child who wondered off the trail in the worst place and slid to her…

  • Shroomin again

    Every after work walk in the park is a run-in with a shroom.

  • Going to the park

    I am on my way to “Da Park” to stay in my partners cabin. Has anyone been? Stop in at Canyon and see the evening program. Chances are she will be presenting.

  • Wandering through the woods

    Sometimes when I’m walking through the woods I can get quite intimidated. But if you stop thinking about it and just look at it from outside your environment, as if you’re looking in. You shouldn’t be. You belong there. Does it take someone writing you a personal note to tell you that you make a…

  • Wednesday Night Rides

    In 2014 my favorite part of the summer was the Wednesday night rides put on my roundhouse sports. It’s actually my only social activity during the week.

  • North Cottenwood walkabout

    I have had time to stew it over. Disgruntled because I didn’t get to do it this year. In any case my partner was around so we decided to hit up North Cottonwood. A trail that I haven’t done since the first time I attempted to do it. Way back when I first moved to…

  • Bike Shop / Storage

    Back home and the grind starts. Maybe tonight I will hide. Maybe some bike shop time. Be with the bikes I have betrayed. Good job everyone that did/done the 2014 Fitzbarn.

  • Yellowstone National Park Bike Adventure

    There is this great bike adventure in YNP. Mo an I did it; and before I did it from her cabin … big day. We parked at the West Entrance and biked via road to primitive trail to road to primitive trail … all the way to Lone Astar Geiser. And then back. Was really…

  • Elements of life

    Looking across the canyon I see multiple colors and rock types. I heard the other day that when this human genome stops recognizing the type of elements in nature we will loose averything that makes us human and morph into another species. Domesticated and on the quick road to extinction. Not that we will mess…

  • Mushrooms of the park

    Mo worked in YNP for 2014 and in the eveneings after work we would go on strolls, usually somewhere around the canyon. What stands out for me was the mushrooms of the park. They were everywhere.

  • Climbing out of the canyon

    As I write this Tracey Petervery and a couple others are storming through Lima Montana on their way to Red Barn Bicycles in Hamilton Montana. Yesterday, at work, I looked at a brief Facebook video of the start of the FitzBarn 2014. A tear rolled down my cheek as I put away the browser and…

  • Lazy ass

    I better get off my lazy ass and get things done tonight. I have learned that the Wednesday night rides are happening. So tonight I need to do the chores necessary so that I can finally get off my lazy ass and get outside more. Sure, I am outside right now. But it is sitting…

  • Layers

    Life has layers. And many parts of life are great. But when you have so many layers you begin to stop understanding what it is you are about. To much complication and responsibility will pull life right out of you. Just like in art class they told you that too many elements in a painting…

  • Self sustained

    My sister is traveling across the county to visit us in Billings. The thing is that it is her first traveling experience where she is doing all the driving. Self sustained us ultra, well used to be ultra, adventurers like to call it. About 12 hours in we get word that she is tired and…