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A bike is a terrible thing to waste

Posted by John on June 12, 2009 at 7:21 pm

I was on a bike ride this morning and I was passing homes who had set their trash out for pick up. I saw something that really disturbs me. Someone was carelessly throwing away a bicycle. Think back to when you were a kid and you got your first bike. Remember that feeling of freedom? [...]

Quite an adventure

Posted by John on April 26, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Since we’ve opened our business, I haven’t had as much time to pursue one activity that I’ve done in the past, and that’s Adventure Racing. I’ve had the good fortune to have been involved in races as short as a few hours to as long as eight days. One that brings back the most incredible [...]

Follow Me!

Posted by John on April 1, 2009 at 9:01 pm

If you’re on Twitter, you can now follow me.

I Miss the Outdoors!

Posted by John on February 22, 2009 at 11:08 am

If you’ve been watching The Biggest Loser on NBC, you might have seen this week’s episode. The contestants had to compete to get a key to their gym so they could work out indoors. The whining and complaining about having to work out outdoors was incredible! Give me a choice between indoor and outdoor and [...]

In my spare time…

Posted by John on February 14, 2009 at 6:52 am

I’m building a boat in my basement. It’s a 17 foot cedar strip kayak. The plans I’m using are the Great Auk design by Eric Schade of Guillemot Kayaks. I’m pretty excited about it and it’s coming along nicely. I’ve built the “skeleton” and started laying the strips. It doesn’t look like much to the [...]