A Thanksgiving haiku: Achievement unlocked Postprandial somnolence Happy Thanksgiving!

Biking somewhere between Winlock and Centraliia, WA.

Blue skies and tailwinds, Jim Lovell.

Exiting the Snoqualmie Tunnel on the east side (Hyak).

Same, batteries. Same.

Happy 16th birthday, Shiner!

Riding along the Molalla River southeast of Portland.

Photos from Thursday's bike ride around the Skagit Valley tulip fields.

A few photos from this weekend's ORR Three Capes 300K. #ThatsRando

A few photos from today's SIR Spring 200K. #ThatsRando www.strava.com/activities/1...

Rides of March, ride 18: JRA in the Skagit Valley. Daffodils are just starting to bloom. Tulips need another two or three weeks (and some warmer weather). This valley will be a riot of color this time next month. #RidesOfMarch ridewithgps.com/trips/261952...

This was inevitable: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/12/b...

Rides of March, day 8: SIR Spring Populaire, celebrating International Women's Day! ridewithgps.com/trips/259108...

In related news Trump bans all university math departments from researching homomorphisms, especially group homomorphisms because that is particularly disgusting.

Rides of March, Day 5: ridewithgps.com/trips/258201... Cruising around the Burke-Gilman and Sammamish River Trails. #RidesOfMarch #AlwaysBeCoffeeneuring

Rides of March, day 4: ridewithgps.com/trips/257964... Cruising around the Tolt Pipeline Trail, the Trilogy Trail, and the Redmond Watershed. #RidesOfMarch

Rides of March, day 3: ridewithgps.com/trips/257806... Celebrating my retirement with a weekday 100K with fellow retirees. #RidesOfMarch #ThatsRando

Rides of March, day 2: ridewithgps.com/trips/257559... #RidesOfMarch

One of my Facebook randonneuring buddies created a challenge several years ago -- The Rides of March. The general idea is simple: Ride at least an hour a day during March. The rules are slightly more complex, but that's the general idea. Day 1: ridewithgps.com/trips/257326... #RidesOfMarch

Just in time for this weekend's 120K Dart Populaire team ride. When Cliff Mass writes about the incoming pineapple expresses (yes, multiple) you just know we're in for a wild ride (literally). cliffmass.blogspot.com/2025/02/heav... #ThatsRando

Tomorrow’s @searandonneurs.bsky.social 133K Winter Rouleur ride is going to be a bit frosty at the start. #ThatsRando

Me, departing a control at Wynoochee Lake on SIR's 2022 "Thrice Cursed" 1000K. Smoke from nearby wildfires moved in later that day. I rolled into the overnight control with burning eyes, a raw throat, and nonstop coughing. I called it quits. Photo by Jan Acuff (not on Bluesky. Yet.)

I had a wonderful 100K ride with @searandonneurs.bsky.social yesterday. ~90K was on gravel, so it was a wet, muddy, messy ride, but still great fun. No speed records were set, no PRs were threatened. The 2025 randonneuring season is officially open! www.strava.com/activities/1...

Born on this day, January 9, 1944: Jimmy Page, legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist, here showing off his antique cargo trike. Happy #bicyclebirthday, Jimmy!

A tradition continues: ~62 miles on my 61st birthday. Four friends and I rode a sloppy mixed gravel/asphalt 100K along the Snoqualmie Valley. #ThatsRando www.strava.com/activities/1...

As a pet owner, few things are as heartbreaking as bringing an empty carrier home from the vet. Rest in Purrs, sweet baby girl

Randonneurs USA (RUSA) has an award called the R-12. To earn this one must complete at least one ride of at least 200K each month for 12 consecutive months. It's a great challenge and provides some much-needed motivation to get out and ride during our gloomy winter months.

~75% indoors, ~25% outdoors. I hope to skew the ratio more toward “outdoors” this year.

@labeler.bike.community Thanks for creating this! I'm still a BlueSky noob -- I had no idea "labelers" were a thing. Cool idea. My primary label: Randonneur Thanks again!

Oh how I would love to participate in this event, but realistically there's zero chance I'll be in "1700K shape" by September. I'll enjoy it vicariously by helping the organizers and "dot watching" during the event. #ThatsRando

This has been a year of health challenges: Jan: RSV Apr: Shingles (despite being fully vaccinated) Jun: Gout Jul: Bruised tailbone and herniated disc Aug: A-fib and atrial flutter Sep: Heart surgery for a-fib/flutter Dec: Spinal injection

It's almost 2025. Why do websites still do this? Zero excuses.

As Robin Williams once said, "Thanksgiving is like The Rapture for turkeys." Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

So this is going on right now. Via: www.windy.com?45.850%2C-12...

When botanist Richard Deakin examined Rome’s Colosseum in the 1850s, he found 420 species of plant growing in the ruins: cypresses and ilex, pea plants and more than 50 types of grasses. But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.

@arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social I think they’re missing out on the pickled herring market: dumbrunner.com/nutrition-ne... Credit: This is from @markremy.bsky.social’s fantastic Dumb Runner site. Highly recommended!

USPS sending support messages from the Philippines? Sure, seems legit.

Happy Nigel Tufnel Day to those who celebrate.

#Coffeeneuring 2 of 7: Brewed Awakening in Snoqualmie, WA ridewithgps.com/trips/136862...

#Coffeeneuring 1 of 7: Kitanda in Remond, WA ridewithgps.com/trips/136774...

COVID: 0 stars, would not recommend.