Almost at the halfway mark

Now that the nice weather is here I have lost a bit of motivation for riding. It kinda hit me once the temps got up and it stopped freezing in the am. I got thinking if I just don't like the warmer temps, the bugs, the crowded trails and just the noise in general that summer brings. I'll find a way to come around these thoughts. Maybe I'm wrong, not sure. 

I'm still planning on doing some long rides this summer and maybe that will get me going and out of this slump that I'm in. I've been commuting and so forth but everything else seems to be in a standstill or standoff. 

Time to sort things out and make the best of every day. I might have to cross the mighty Mississippi and spend some time in Iowa. That might be the ticket. 

Ari 

Is it time??

 I’ve been having this urge as of late for a while now. It was always customary for me to be logging in some tall miles for some kinda reason. For what seems years there has been no reason. Maybe the lack of reason has been this inexplicable barrier. I’m really not interested anymore in travelling for hours and hours , paying an entry fee plus all other expenses to do a ride. I can just roll down my driveway and ride as much as I want. I might have to put the word out and start small, yeah, then make it bigger. Maybe that will be the plan. 

In the meantime that little rock will continue to remind me to get this done. 

Thank you for reading, 

Ari

Long overdue post.

 Yes, it’s been a while since I typed some words on here. With today’s newer formats I just wonder if people even have the patience to read anything a bit lengthy. Last weekend the daughter and I took a road trip to Iowa. It basically rained the whole way there but we were in good spirits. We arrived in Dubuque and hit up a couple of great record stores. Then we went to a Goodwill, where I picked up a fleece since I was freezing. We left town and took Rte 52, along the Mississippi. 

We stopped in St Donatus at Kalme’s for lunch, then took some photos by the Lutheran church. We then drove further south to 308th street to visit the tiny Chapel of St Fritz, then further south to Bellevue, where I rode my bike briefly , just to say I rode in Iowa. We then headed to Sabula for more photography and Ice cream. We travelled south to Clinton and started on our way home. A long day of traveling but worth it. It was TransIowa weekend and I had this urge to be in Iowa.