No I was not doing the kicking and taking name. Banned took my name and kicked my arse tonight. I went out after work and jumped on the mountain bike for my first ride on the new trails at Iowa’s newest state park. Boy oh boy I was working hard trying to make it up those hills and negotiation the twists and turns. I actually felt sick afterward in the parking lot. I was a little bloody as well. It was one heck of a good time. I...

I finally made it out a Banner trail building day last Saturday. There is still minor things to do but the trail is just about ready for its first Mountain Bike race The Summerset Shootout. Noah and I were out there killing all the poison ivy and spraying some of the other stuff along the trail’s edge. I have walked and worked on these trails last year. But this year walking them I have to say I got pretty excited to ride them in...

I got out to Banner Lakes today and took Noah with me to get in a praying before the first frost. I have not helped much with the CITA trail work this fall so I need to get out and do some work. Noah and I parked by the shooting range and heading out on the trails. We filled up the sprayers at the first bridge and started killing some weeds! I took two bottles of RoundUp in my backpack. We walked and fill the sprayers up as we hiked....

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Cory came down from WI yesterday. He is on his way to his sister’s house and stopped by to do some mountain biking yesterday. The rain made it a little wet but we have a great time. It was a good turn out for Taco Ride with about 15 people or so. Denmans was pretty muddy. Just check out the photos below of my Gary Fisher. Cory and I took a few spills in the mud. I was working Cory pretty hard but he did great. After the mud of...