CARTI – Tour de Rock!

Ahhh…. The Tour de Rock! (June 2007)  I signed up for it only two days before the ride making me number 991. I had not been training, did not have […]

Bentonville - You Have To See It

Yeah, but what about the outdoors?

Okay, I’ve strayed. From the title of this blog, you might think that this would be all about the outdoors. Sorry. I went inside my head by accident. Politics and […]

Bike Friendly?

Why can't we just get along?

  Editors Note: I originally wrote this 5 years ago on what was then a personal blog. Things haven’t changed much. It was revealed this week that Arkansas is the […]

Hex Carbon Repair

My Truck

(Near Bee Rock, Ozark National Forest) 170,000 miles give or take. Capable of carrying two canoes, 6 bikes and a weeks worth of camping equipment. And yes, the family still […]

Rain!

In our household, we often repeat the phrase, “Water always wins.” It started as a way to explain an important part of the natural world to the young one as […]

Ozark Outdoor Supply Summer

Popcorn Kills!!!

I stumbled on this article this morning. I’m thinking that everything may be out to get us. I’m not really a paranoid person but I do believe that our own […]

Lake Ouachita

Our good friends Sarah (standing near the tent) and Aaron invited Lisa (on the boat) and I to meet them at Lake Ouachita State Park near Hot Springs, AR on […]

Torture…pick your pleasure.

The Rack I can’t stand working out in a gym! Why be inside on a treadmill or stationary bike when I could be outside? Weather doesn’t matter. I’m an adventure […]

Arkansas or How the heck did I get here?

46 Years – California, Kansas, Montana, Florida, Alabama, Maryland, Alabama (again), Florida (again), Illinois, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama (not again!), South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, and then ARKANSAS! Air Force […]