Why Explore More?
The Thousand Year Journey: Oregon To Patagonia from Kenny Laubbacher on Vimeo. If there were a video that ever resonated with me, it is this one. I’ve shared it here before, but I feel the need to share it again because it rings so true with me. My post about 2015 was inspired by this video. To live a full, interesting and wonderful life, we … Continue reading Why Explore More?
CX Dreaming
Dreams can provide a look into your subconscious. Many people believe dreams show you how you truly feel. Between self-insight and overall absurdity, I enjoy my time in the dreamscape. I’m not one who deeply analyzes my dreams, but if something is obvious, I devote some thought to it. Cyclocross consumed my dreams the other night. I dreamt I was on my Niner RLT9 Steel … Continue reading CX Dreaming
Get To It
Not more than 36 hours after getting home from Montana, I found myself driving east to spend some time with Rush River trout. This is the first year that the Wisconsin trout season opened at the first of the year. In previous years, we had to wait until March. I’m OK with an early season. Last year was not a good year on the river. … Continue reading Get To It
2015
Or, Why I am Looking Forward to 2016. I started writing this post in the passenger seat of my Subaru on January 1 while speeding back to Minnesota from Big Sky, Montana. Now it is two weeks later and I’ve had more time to think about 2015 and the year ahead. We had a good year, 2015. A great 12 months. I fished in four … Continue reading 2015
Tree Hunting
We had a fake tree when I was growing up. My dad would bring the massive box up from the basement and he and I would remove its contents, matching up groups of branches by colored pain on their steel ends. Each branch was a series of wires, which could be shaped to make the tree appear more full. It dropped plastic needles on the … Continue reading Tree Hunting
#OptOutside
Thanksgiving dinner with my family usually involves talk of Black Friday deals. My aunts and uncles discuss where they plan to be and how early they plan to be there. I never understood the urge to go so far out of the way just to buy things. My favorite way of spending Black Friday was always staying as far away from the crowds and consumerism … Continue reading #OptOutside
Cabin Available
The posting read “Cabin Available.” We scanned vacation rental sites for hours. State parks were booked. A few of the Lutsen ski condos were open, but we wanted something smaller, something rustic, something away from everything. Then we found it. A tiny cabin on the shore of Lake Superior in Grand Marais. It was three miles east of town, three miles further from Minneapolis. “Private … Continue reading Cabin Available
Your Body Loves Biking
If you’ve read my posts on biking, you’ve surely noticed how I never fail to mention the positive effects on the environment and mental health. What I don’t always mention is the physical benefits of riding a bike. I’m on a bike six or seven days of the week–biking to work, groceries, coffee, basically anything within a few miles of my house. When I was … Continue reading Your Body Loves Biking
The Fancy Hatchet Trick
You can pick up a hatchet for $12 at your local hardware store. It has a nice wooden handle and will chop wood and hammer things and make your arm sore if you use it too much. You can buy a fancy hatchet online for $150. It has a colorful red wooden handle and it will chop wood and hammer things and make your arm … Continue reading The Fancy Hatchet Trick
Paddling Ross Lake
“How deep is the water we’re on right now?” I asked the dude driving the water taxi from the landing to the resort. “Oh, about 500 feet,” he answered. My interest was piqued. Ross Lake is a lake because of a dam. The Skagit River was dammed for hydroelectric power in 1949. With that, 24 miles of river valley was flooded, from Diablo to the … Continue reading Paddling Ross Lake
Birch & Flannel 