Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona couch

Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona couch

A link to this version of the couch

11-19-09 dirt road ride

The white lines with red dots (in the lower left corner on the first pic) is the route I took. 

I left work a couple of hours early yesterday to ride some dirt/gravel roads and crushed limestone like trails by my house.  Ever since getting my cyclocross bike I have been looking for quiet country dirt roads and am pleasantly surprised to find this one so close to my house.  Thank you google earth.   I didn't see pavement or a car until the very end of my hour long ride.  I did however see 6 big turkeys fly higher and longer than I have ever seen turkeys fly.  They must have flown at least 50 feet high and a hundred meters long up into some trees.  Lesson of the day is that country roads are steep hilly roads compared to near by paved examples.  I need lower gears or a lower body weight. 

From the shop of Keith Anderson.  

Egon Schiele, Four Trees (1917)

From Ecovelo

A couple of unrelated pics from Ecovelo.

A photo from a flickr artist named slight clutter

From Dues Ex Machina

They also make bicycles

They don't make them like they used too

 Thanks to Heath for the blog post idea. 

1978 Lamborghini Countach LP400S
325 hp @7500 rpm
0-60 5.9 secounds
0-1/4 mile 14.6 seconds
0-100 14.4 seconds

2009 Hyundai Genesis 4 door sedan
375 hp at 6500rpm
0-60 5.9 seconds
1/4 mile 14.0 seconds at 103mph

Good homework

I can't think of a good title

The top photo is from Jose Luis Rodriguez.  The ant one is from Andras Meszaros.  I discovered both on this site that has a few more great wild life pics.  

A couple of images I liked while searching for Halloween costume ideas

I am suddenly wishing I had a dog.

Antarctica is big

Axolotl

  The axolotl is a Mexican neotenic mole salamander.   Why would such a seemingly cute little thing creep the heck out of me?
Pic from the Huffington post.

Lucey Gucey about this ride.

It's time for the Luce Line Bike camping trip.  From some comments on John's site it sounds like the plan is to meet at or near my in laws home at 11AM on Saturday.  We can do a cell phone meet up when you get close or just plan to have the people riding from Minneapolis meet Heath and I at Vic's house.  Last year I took a GPS reading at the tent site.  I found the exact same coordinates on Google Earth and here they are for your viewing pleasure. 

An old pic from a ride in Florida