We are nearing the end of our lease (http://bozeman.craigslist.org/apa/4372053813.html), and we’re excited about embarking on a journey across the valley (https://williammartin.com/2014/03/26/aero-cafe/). At work, I’m currently navigating through performance reviews, which have become somewhat complicated due to a past mistake. Regarding my “mistake”? Well, I generally avoid discussing work issues on my blog to maintain a…

It’s my birthday and I am 48. I bought a movie for myself called Summits of my life and plan to watch it tonight. And maybe get inspired to try something new. Who knows. Last weekend I did try something new, although not as extreme. I walked through “the strip” in Las Vegas. I went with 3…

As we approached the creepy clown sign I shivered and felt afraid. This place seemed evil. This place was nothing like people said it was. I wanted to twitter about how f’ed up this place was but held off. People would come out of the wood-work to oppose me.  I will say this just once,…

So yea, the gig is up. All the secrecy and weird posts on twitter a couple days ago should of led everyone to believe we visited Las Vegas. And we did. And yes it sucked and I would not recommend it. And I was not in my element. So we took a day and rode…

Ruby just turned 1,000 miles old. And if it were not for the fact that her friends are so far away we would throw a huge party to celebrate. What kind of party? Well maybe a ride … because that what fat friends do. Ruby had a rocky start getting a ticket on her inagural…

Paul’s Visit Part 4 Day 4 rolled around, and there I was, drowning in a sea of guilt because I hadn’t whisked Paul away for another ski escapade. So, after clocking out from work, I was all, “Hey, let’s make a run for the hills!” Our mission? Lick Creek – the infamous spot for a…

Paul’s Visit Part 3 Sounded good. Camp where Lewis and Clark stayed in 1805. This park encompasses the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin Rivers. Actually sounded pretty cool and a perfect day off from adventuring. So off to Headwaters State Park. Paul traveled 2,300 miles to come see us so it was only…

Paul’s Visit Part 2 After missing the first part of the adventure weekend Paul did finally show up. And promptly got the car stuck. The recent snow storms had not only delayed his plane but also made for driving a beetle up to Hyalite a losing battle. No matter, we would dig the car out…

Paul’s Visit Part 1 Starting out way too late we did our “usual” arrive at the cabin completely after dark and desperate for comfort. But comfort is not what we found. A broken down stove with wet twigs was about all there was in this tiny shanty. Eventually we made a fire and drifted off…

The sign said Crescent Lake. And I have never taken the trail to the right. So when my partner inquired as to if I wanted to try and find “the lake” I was all in. We were skiing and so as everyone knows I was slightly out of my element. I just wanted to get…

Just read the recent article in the Missoula Indy about our “incident” with the Gallatin National Forest. I think Alex Sakariassen did a nice job too. But then as I finished reading it my eyes were drawn to the comments below. And I know better then to read comments on something so close to home.…

The morning discussion included proposals to relocate to other places to ski, a hiking option, and a personal favorite, to just sit around drinking beer. My partner and I were locking horns over the latter two when the other parties involved just gave up and went with option 1. Then we were alone and lagging…

Once in a while you have to post a boring blog post. This is my entry. Last year we got to the Bear Creek Cabin a day late but this year we cemented our arrival by planning a meet up with friends. Upon arriving at the bunkhouse we quickly geared up for a ski with…

Happy Friday everyone.  For us it is finding a place to live weekend. Gone are the days were we just laid around and occasionally headed out for a ride. I have been asked numerous times, “whats your next race”. And I have to say that everything is on hold until we find a place to…

A couple of days ago, it snowed again. While the locals are complaining about the storm, I have been taking advantage of opportunities to ride in the snow. Soon, it will all be gone. I have been riding these trails to, from, and around work since I got the new bike last December. Wouldn’t it…

I picked up Ruby Monday December 9th las year. Since then I have ridden this bike 95 times for 171 hours riding 938 snowy and tough miles. Yea. Rubs is almost a thousand miles old. I wanted to document the entire romance but life interrupted and since then it has been a blur. I named…

You know, there are those folks who can hop on a chunky-tire bike and zip from A to B without breaking a sweat. They’re just cruising along, wind in their hair, grinning like they’ve got a secret. Then you’ve got the worrywarts, obsessing over every little thing. “Is my tire pumped to the perfect PSI?”…