Category Archives: Adventure Monkey

Crashing on gravel and LX5 RAW files

cyclists and gravel

I know I said I’d see you next year, but I couldn’t help it. Sometimes a story needs to be told. We were riding in a loose paceline formation on gravel heading towards the towers out in the Flint Hills. Suddenly my tire rubbed Jed’s in front of me and the sound of tread on...

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Holiday Blog Break

Happy Holidays everyone! Whatever holiday you celebrate make sure to get out there and Feed Your Monkey! I am taking the rest of the year off from the blog. I have a lot of things going on in my head and I want to make some decisions on how I will be moving forward with...

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Another Year Gone By

Calendar 2011

It’s here again. That time of year that I load the daily calendar with 365 more days for the year ahead. This day has become a big deal for me these past two years. When I changed the calendar in 2009, I challenged myself to take on any adventure that would present itself in the year...

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A different perspective

Water Fountain black and white

Sometimes in photography, as in life, you need a different perspective to find what you are looking for. As I waited to video a training session at work I looked at this plain ol’ water fountain and wondered how I could shoot it to make it look interesting. I was somewhat limited in what I...

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Back on the gravel with my LX5

Salsa Fargo on gravel

There is something about riding in the winter. Yeah, it’s cold and that hurts for the first couple of miles, but the air is crisp and there is something about the winter ride that feels adventurous. It could be that, at least in my area, not many people continue riding nonstop through the winter. When...

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