Lincoln swimming pools open Saturday.

They'll be open 7-days a week starting tomorrow!

Dannebrog's Grundlovsfest Celebration Sat -Sun!

Pic lifted from www.mcshelle.dk/

Tomorrow and Sunday is Dannebrog's Grundlovsfest Celebration.

10a.m. Saturday is the parade followed by the pet parade, kids games, antique tractors, kids tractor pull, bike rodeo, duck race, and remote control car races.

Harriett's will have Aebleskivers 9-noon.
The Danish Baker will serve pizza and Danish chicken soup 11:30-4.
Our Saviour's Lutheran has sloppy joe's and homemade pie 11-1.

At Columbia Hall theres a country music jamboree with Russ & Charlene Lemburg.

Bingo at the new fire hall 2-4.

Kerry's Grocery has a mini bake shop with Danish food.

And on Sunday there's a community church service at 10:30 in the park with lunch following by the boy scouts with Thrivent matching funds.

Then music at 1:00 with Tom Schroeder, Karly Nitsch and "The Sherman County String Band" (see my jump link to EC&M outdoors)

At 7p.m. There is mens slow pitch double header with concessions available.

The good bye ride.

As soon as I got home from work I took our two youngest out for a spin around Holmes Lake. Then took our youngest to meet his mom in York. He'll be with her in Oklahoma the rest of June & July only coming back for a couple of days over the 4th. I won't get all sappy about it. Just say that I'm looking forward to him being back at the beginning of August and hope the next couple of months go by fast. It's an annual ritual that you never get used to. You just try to pull through. Yesterday I didn't ride. Not because I was too sore or tired after Wednesday's century (the sunburn is all that hurts) but because I had a meeting in Columbus then came home to do yard work and didn't find time to squeeze in a ride. Going to work and back and 1 lap on the trail around Holmes Lake I got in 24.4 miles today. I weighed this morning to find that I gained 2 lbs. must have been that delicious greezy breakfast in Cortland. Not complaining though, it was worth it. The extra weight is just valid justification to go for another ride, right?

A bike with as much character as it's owner.

I love the minimilist style of this guy's much loved whip. I made a u-turn when I spotted it parked at Cheepest Damn Cigarettes on Cornhusker Hwy. It's owner came out and proudly told me, with a more-or-less toothless, ear to ear smile, that it's an old Sears bike that would have had a 'gas tank' on the top tube with headlights built in. He said it was a single speed until he put in a 3-speed hub and frame shifter. He explained he liked the coaster break and frame mounted shifter cause it kept his 'bars clean'. I hope I didn't look shocked as I thought "clean" is not what I would have thought would be a priority to him. I guessed it was his only mode of transportation. The cyclist looked like he'd seen as many hard miles and living as his ride did. But his friendly personality and inviting demenor seemed as pure and innocent as a vintage Sears bike on a beautiful summer day. I loved this bike, it's colorful owner and the many, many other glimpses into humanity I find on my commutes. Get out of your car, cubical, or crappy self centered mindset and spend some time outdoors. You'll quickly realize it's a beautiful, colorful world and your missing out on it. Life is short. Meeting a cyclist like this, with so much pride in his worthless antique bike and great attitude eventhough I've probally thrown away more opportunities than he'll ever have, solidifys in my mind that happiness is a right we're all entitled to and if your not happy it's your own fault. Are our bikes a reflection of ourselves??? His was stripped down and pure. Mine is cluttered and heavy. And so is my bike. The guy with the old Sears bike had a brand new pack of smokes and his simple trusty steed that's all he needs to be happy. Who am I to think I'm entitled to more? Why do I weigh down and clutter my life? What began as a quick u-turn to get a closer look at an unusual bike became an opportunity to take a closer look at myself. Who'd you meet on your way home from work today? I met a proud, happy man with a simple Sears bike who looked like Tiltawhirl John. And a stressed guy with a complicated bike that I call "me".

Please keep your dogs leashed and hold on tight to them.

Click here to find out about the Lincoln 10 year old who what attacked by a pit bull while bike riding. I saw him this morning on the news and he seems to be shaken but ok. Meanwhile the dog is in the slammer.

Dude, poor sign placement will make your garage sale a dud.

Found on the street on the commute to work this morning.

Happy National Donut Day.

Pic lifted off synthesizednirvana's flicker page.

As reported in the food section of The Omaha World-Herald LaMar's Donuts is giving away a free glazed doughnut to everyone today.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, May 29, 2009 - On June 5, LaMar's Donuts will celebrate an American tradition by giving visitors to its stores a free Ray's Original Glazed donut.The complimentary treats are in celebration of National Donut Day, an observance the Chicago Salvation Army started in 1938 to honor the "lassies" of World War I - women volunteers who served donuts to soldiers behind the front lines in France. Donuts were chosen as a treat for the soldiers due to the difficulty of providing freshly-baked goods near the front lines. According to popular legend, the donuts were made with leftover ingredients and a wine bottle for a rolling pin. They were cooked in oil inside a soldier's helmet. The donuts were such a hit that the lassies produced thousands of donuts around the clock.While National Donut Day began during the Great Depression, LaMar's origins actually predate the first holiday by five years. Company founder Ray Lamar first began making his now-famous treats as a teenager in Kansas City in 1933."Given LaMar's own long tradition, we find it an appropriate patriotic salute to give away our Ray's Glazed Donut, the product that established the LaMar's legend decades ago and is our best-selling product today," said Jami Blair, LaMar's marketing director.Like all other LaMar's products, the Ray's Original Glazed is made entirely by hand from ingredients with no preservatives, so that every donut is fresh and unique.About Lamar’s Donuts Founded in 1960 by Ray Lamar in Kansas City, the first LaMar’s Donuts grew to national fame in part due to the long lines of customers that formed every morning at its door, as well as TV appearances by Ray Lamar and his gourmet donuts on NBC’s The Tonight Show and on The Food Network, among other productions. Since franchises became available in the 1990s, LaMar’s Donuts has grown to 30 locations in six states: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. LaMar’s Donuts have been recommended by Zagat’s Survey, the New Yorker and Gourmet Magazine, and were chosen in the summer of 2008 as one of America’s five best donuts by AOL Cityguide. More information is at www.lamars.com.

Bummer. Re-Cycled for sale.

Here's hoping someone will buy it and keep it open.

Soul Dawg Plays at Friday Nights Live at South Point Mall

Soul Dawg will be performing from 6:30 - 8:30 6/5/09 at South Point Mall. Ride your bike on the South Point Trail to see the show. $1 donation to charity is sugested.

My first century!

Yea! 100 miles today!

I began early by taking the Billy Wolff to the Rock Island then South to 14th St. I got on the Jamaica North and took it to the Homestead. I stayed on the Homestead to Prinston then rode on the sholder of 77 to Cortland for breakfast and continued on to Beatrice.

At Beatrice I tooled around downtown before eating lunch then took Hwy 77 to Cortland then got on the Homestead and took it back to Lincoln.

Once back I went North on the Rock Island to the John Dietrich to the office at 56th & Superior and did some work. I then took the Murdock Trail East. I hit 100 miles on just South of the 84th St. Trail and Murdock junction.

The wife met me there for a picture and offered to take me home. I said 'yes'. And ended the day with 100.40 miles.