Someday Weβll Know is another +++ from the NR!
@akjpb
An ordinary old guy trying not to have an ordinary life. Non-motorized outdoor things. Mediocre writer. Locavore. Alaska. Grandfather. π΅ββοΈπ₯Ύβ·οΈβ°οΈποΈπ A Few Choice Words https://substack.com/@akjpb
Someday Weβll Know is another +++ from the NR!
Exactly.
Banger
Description of a fatbike ride. 12 miles over 3 trails 2 hours 30 minutes.
12 miles with 8β of fresh powder at 4Β° F over a packed base. Made 2 snow angels. Lunch stop along the trail. Started and ended directly from my house. Bright sunshine fun, but the legs are tired today.
Havenβt sent it in yet b/c I owe $2500. Fed tax. If only we could assign where that $ went. Not for war. Nor ICE, nor love-nest jets. Nor pedo coverups, nor crypto scams, nor oligarchs, nor oil companies. For schools, health care, clean air&water, alt energy, justice, bike lanes, trains, diplomacy.
Who in Alaska is getting up at 1:30 AM on Tuesday to watch the blood red lunar eclipse?
www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/u...
We had @ 150 fatbikers participate in the Big Fat Ride, setting out after the dog teams. Despite the cold, the sun was glorious and there was no wind! We had an after-party at
49th State Brewery to cap a fun ride! Past years most def had more spectators.
47 R Senators, including Alaskaβs D Sullivan, tried to undercut Obamaβs deal with Iran to end their nuclear weapons program. Trump ended that agreement. Now we are at war b/c T couldnβt make the same deal.
Barron Trump is 19. Has he enlisted to join his dadβs war?
www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/w...
Fuck. The US and Israel are bombing Tehran.
If youβre curious, maybe the toughest human-powered endurance race on the planet, the Iditarod Trail Invitational, is taking place in wilderness Alaska. Temps at the moment are -45Β°. Fatbikers, skiers and runners are participating & there are 3 distance choices, the longest is 1000 miles.
My eldest is 45 today. I think acknowledging how old my kids are is tougher than accepting how old I am.
Thanks! Found it quickly.
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/t...
Anchorage?
Has anyone had dental care in Mexico, Thailand or ?
If so, please let me know details!
A blast of color on a wall caused by sunlight streaming through a stain-glass like film on a window.
The window film that made the colors
The gβdaughters who helped place the window film, basking in the colorful light it made.
When one (me) gets to be a certain age (old), sometimes small amusements make for unexpected pleasures. Last week, the gβdaughters helped me place leftover stained glass-like film on a south facing window. This morningβs sunlight streaming through made some magic.
I try to schedule a little fun to counter-balance the horror the US has become.
Hope youβre checking out of the insanity whenever you can.
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich manβs war.
Steve Earl
This is messed up. What happened to our sense of justice?
Our country has lost its soul. Why is there a need for a bunch of goons in tactical gear to detain/deport a non-violent family (including a 5 yo)? Whatβs to become of the 18 yo still in jail in ANC?
I read it (thanks) and your synopsis is accurate. Oh, and sheβs from Wasilla, like Sarah Palin. That does explain things. Not much that she wrote would stand up to serious debate.
Hope someone gifts this opinion piece to us all.
It didnβt blow over, but rather tipped over while being moved to the drilling site. It might have come too close to the edge of the narrow road. Itβs totaled and now being cut up to recycle.
Thatβs the likely outcome of what they are doing, MAGA is a suicide cult (among other awful things)! What else can explain what they are doing?
Mediocre multi-adventure sport participant here, also indulge, but never during a high-risk activity. I like my adrenaline buzz to be pure π€·ββοΈ?
And to think that the EPA came to life during the Nixon administration. The polluters are using their wealth & their political stooges to eke out more profit before they fade away. What could their endgame be?
I bailed on MS years ago, not that Appleβs Pages is all of that, but I can convert any .doc to any format I please and itβs a βfreeβ app with my laptop. I can also save anything as a .doc so thereβs that. Being old & retired means I have little use for it all, anyway.
Getting ready to fatbike over & set up a treat station for Winter Bike To Work Day, here in Anchorage on Chester Creek Trail. Itβs 22Β°F with some fresh snow atop a nice base. Sunrise is 08:46, the station will be open from 0700-0900!
Cyclocross in the snow? Totally for it to be in the Winter Olympics. Cyclocross wearing shorts? Summer Olympics.