Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
This years fireworks at the annual Harbourfest celebration were the best ever. Some of the displays were very spectacular and they had some great combinations of simultaneous low and high she action that was very effective. The phone snapshot does not do the event justice.
New Corner PostOriginally uploaded by Big Dadoo Yesterday’s project was power washing the lower deck in preparation for staining. Today, after the morning ride around the bypass, I finished off the new corner post on the cottage. Last year I replaced the deck corner post on the same corner and prepped the area for this Read More …
It is looking like there will be a second trip to do some mountain biking on the MDH trail in 2010! A tentative date of Sept 18-19 has been suggested and this also might be the largest group ever. I hope the Ranch is up for this. Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Artistic AnchorOriginally uploaded by Big Dadoo Normally, the floating dock or swim platform would have been set in place much earlier in the year, but I needed to build some new “anchors” to replace the huge rock that got away last year. To replace the rock, this year there are three five gallon pails filled Read More …
The need for others to know your speed that is.
Who’s got my fish?Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo On the weekend we were out on the lake boating back to the cottage after finding a geocache on Strawberry Island and we noticed a large number of birds on the shore of another island. We headed over and counted in excess of 10 eagles, a number Read More …
Today is the start of Commuter Challenge Week, and as it turns out my ride into work this this morning was a little extra “challenging”. My route takes me over the Seine River on a path that parallels Fermor Ave. A rider in front of me slowed and stopped just as the path was descending Read More …
Eric & Doug chomping at the bitOriginally uploaded by Big Dadoo It’s early. Some are still trying to sleep. But the keeners in the room next door are up and revving up the bikes in the parking lot. I think they slept in their cycling gear. As the ranch is not fully open for the Read More …
Well the first trip to the Maah Daah Hey trail is over and we’re on our way home. This years ride was dry and sunny all weekend long as opposed to last years mud fest. Our hosts at the Buffalo Gap Ranch we’re awesome and treated us to some excellent steak meals. We consumed quite Read More …
We’re getting ready to head out tonight to Medora, North Dakota to ride the Maah Daah Hey trail. I think all the riders are really pumped about the trip as we’ll be riding the new MDH II section of the trail and the conditions are reported to be dry and fast! I know somebody who Read More …