The Cottage story … a work in progress. The family cottage on beautiful Lake of the Woods was the brain child of my dad.
Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
Just a fun loving guy who’s interested in technology, passionate about family, and a follower of Christ. The blog started a long time ago when we were family camping and I had an experience with one of my sons that made me realize how fast time is going by, hence the title, Tempus Fugit. I Read More ...
Hey! Welcome to the bigDadoo website. You’ve landed here for some mysterious reason only know to you but, thanks for dropping by. Most likely, perhaps, you were looking for my original blog? Well, you are there. If you were looking for my Journey blog, well that’s over here. If you are interested in some of Read More ...
In addition to this blog I have a presence on several other online services for some of my various interests. Photography. The bulk of my online photography is over on Flickr. For the family, there are a couple of special albums that are dedicated to the grandkids. Parker Easton Dane Clark Other album collections are Read More ...
Failed Parts With the great weather we’ve decided to open the cottage a week ahead of the traditional May long weekend opening. We had a birthday celebration for Scott with the whole family on Friday and then drove out later that night arriving at a little after 1am. Eric, Dez, and Kellie are out with Read More …
After getting home from the ride this morning, I noticed something unusual on my jersey. If you look carefully at the lower right, those of you who are cyclists will most likely recognize the imprint of a chain ring. Now, it’s not totally unheard of to get a “chain ring tattoo” on you calf with Read More …
This is an awesome video with a great message at the end. Well work the time to watch, especially if you like mountain biking. Maah Daah Hey in a Day from Chad Ziemendorf on Vimeo.
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 …
I had the GPS on capturing our ride tracks for the Saturday afternoon MDH ride, and all of the Sunday Buffalo Gap trail ride. You can install Google Earth here and then check out our ride. Unfortunatly, no tracks for the Saturday a.m. ride on the MDH II. Photos are on flickr.
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 …
In a little over a week, we’ll be going to the Maah Daah Hey trail and most likely riding on the new MDH II section for the 1st time. What does the trail look like? Watch the video.
Took this photo a couple of days ago when it was very sunny and warm on a lunchtime walk. Not like tonight where it’s trying hard to snow again! Noooooo!
Going the DistanceOriginally uploaded by Big Dadoo Saturday was a great day for getting out on the bikes. The weather was warm, sunny and the snow was almost totally gone. In the morning Eric called and we took the mountain bikes out for a spin down South Drive. we got a little wet but managed Read More …