I feel I have a listening problem. Which is why I feel introverted and not very proficient at communication. To make up for these deficiencies I blog and always, when trapped in a social situation, blurt out full disclosure things. Like how I feel. Sometimes this absurd honesty is misunderstood. But what ever. “So what…

Hello, guest blogger Lamie here. Our clan is worn out from travel and to make things worse we arrived back at the pad after the Togwotee Winter Classic, a 6 hour drive, to a 3 day eviction notice. Seems the front office “missed” the auto payment check from our bank. So now we are “running”…

I “think” I am prepared, at least logistically, for JayP’s Backyard Fat Pursuit, a 200k fat bike race from Island Park to West Yellowstone … then back. Resources: Track Leaders Live Results Web Site Facebook Site My Twitter Feed GPS Weather My gear-list: Salsa Beargrease with Revelate Designs bags and Dogwood Designs Pogies. Required Stuff 0*F Down Sierra Designs Bag Big Agnes Air Core…

This morning much like yesterday I leaped out of bed to get cracking. I needed to get the house ready for a friend that was visiting from afar. It feels kind of like those group rides. Your excited all week and then the time comes and “today is the day”. Your doing last minute things…

I went further on this trail then I ever have today and now I am back to the car just at dark. A satisfied grin spread across my face as I tucked my fat bike into the beetle’s rear compartment. About a month later this same trail has become illegal to ride. I can relate…

“Want to try something new”, I inquired. Hesitating a bit she said, “Sure”. And so we tried something new, at least for her. For me I have rode this route once before, last year. The first time on our bikes in a while. And it was just as I left it. Fun. Quiet. And Fat.…

Quick and dirty. It is a term I made up on evening after work when the world seemed impossible and I felt like a fat lazy turd. I got trapped inside and online, the inter webs, looking to connect. But all I find is garbage and soul sucking comments. I forced myself to get out…

Just getting out of the house is all it takes sometimes. When you are sitting there and procrastinating it seems like nothing is do-able. For once just try to go outside. One weekend, near the end, we baited ourselves with a visit to Norris hot springs. And that started the ball rolling. Next thing we…

Fresh off a morning of biking a single-track loop around Jardine and a smoking downhill into the town of Gardner I sat in the passenger seat of my partner’s Focus wagon. I leaned my head against the window.  Sight seeing in a car is just not my cup of tea. But then again we were driving into…

The yearly trip to Billings Montana was going well but one thing was bugging me. I wanted to ride my bike. Last year we rode the “big ditch” which if you own a fatty is a blast. This year there was too much snow. So why not take the fatties down the alley to City…

Bill Time! These days it is cold enough that I just stay in bed. But during warmer months I sneak out for some alone time. Today I was on Gonzo my Salsa mountain bike. I lifted it onto a log and crossed the raging creek. I was now on the other side and I was…