I’ve waited a few days for a break in the weather. The forecast said it was going to happen today, so I was excited this morning as we sipped our coffee and discussed our plans for the day. Vickie could tell by the look in my eyes, without even saying a word, that I was […]
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I love dirt and there are miles and miles of it to explore on the High Plains. I am looking forward to another awesome season of two-wheeled exploration.
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It’s February! Wow, that was quick. It seems that the older I get the faster time flies, and while time might be irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, the faster Spring gets here the better, as far as I’m concerned. I just checked the Garmin archives and the last time I went for a
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The 3MPH blog is six and a half years old this month and I’m amazed that we’ve kept it going this long. Perhaps it’s a testament to the power of the Slow living mindset. That was the original intent of 3MPH – sharing our journey, as we attempt to create a more meaningful and conscious
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As Fall fades into Winter, the opportunities to get out on the High Plains gravel are fading too. We changed up the way we normally do our Fall / Winter transition this year and journeyed down to Galveston Bay in October instead of December, so we could watch the grandkids play football and baseball. The
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Double Cross’s new tires showed up a few days ago and I got around to installing them today. While I was at it, I performed some other routine maintenance. I built her current wheels about five years ago, and they have traveled thousands of miles, so I put them in the truing stand to have
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Fall is only a few weeks away; the sun is rapidly heading South, exacerbating the extreme daily temperature variation we experience on the High Plains. It was in the forties this morning when I took off for a quick 25-mile ride out to the Smoky Hill Trail Marker, and by the time I returned to
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I peddled 50 miles on the dirt roads the last two mornings, which put me over the hundred-mile mark for the week. The weather is supposed to be cooler going forward, and after a week or two of temperatures around the century mark, I’m jacked about that. We got a nice thunderstorm yesterday that brought
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I enjoyed some gravel-time recently with “Double Cross” after a long dry spell. The Garmin file showed that it had been almost 3 weeks since the last ride, which is unusual for this time of year. Mr. Ego was fine with that, and attempted to convince me that today was too windy as well, but
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The bike is my preferred exploration vehicle for dirt roads and gravel byways, but there isn’t always enough time. I had an appointment 40 miles away a few days ago, and an 80-mile round trip by bicycle is an all-day adventure, perhaps longer depending on road and weather conditions, so I took the Jeep. I
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It’s the most beautiful time of the year, on the High Plains. Fall’s pretty special in the places where hardwood trees grow, but that’s not here. Very few trees grow here, except in the major creek bottoms or in town, where folks water and care for them. So, Spring is the most beautiful time of
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It snowed a few days ago but that didn’t slow down Spring too much. The cherry and apricot trees are loaded with blossoms and the gooseberry bushes are a magical shade of green. The garden is ready for planting and I’m ready to log some dirt road miles. The breeze was blowing from the WSW
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The Wind finally allowed Double Cross and I out onto “The Dirt” for the first time this Spring. Springtime is the windiest season on the High Plains, as Mother Earth begins to warm up from the cold, dark Winter. Winter doesn’t give up easily here though, in fact, the forecast says it’s going to snow