TIME TO RIDE

 

 Yesterday was the IDIDARIDE Iowa's  East Coast answer to the BRR Ride.

I thought some zip ties would help customize my slicks for a little more traction in the new fallen snow.

 By the time we had reached the Track Side bar all the zip ties had popped off.

That's what I get for buying the cheapest zip ties I could find.

 The riding conditions weren't the best but I wasn't too long before we had made it to the first roadside stop at a rural cemetery.

 Matti and the rest of the Davis Family Band took on the added chore of hulling two trailers.












One was loaded down with split fire wood and the other with a portable fire pit.

 B0B got hydrated and warmed up by the fire and then we were ready to move on down the road to the next stop.

 Good sunshine and little to no winds made the low air temps bearable.

 Epworth and Farley both provided warm gathering spots to kick back, watch the basketball games, USA vs Korea soccer and have a cup of piping hot homemade chicken noodle soup.

 We also made some plans for next weekends Curling event,  B0Bs on Ice II.





Greg was geared up and ready to ride.

 When it's winter in Iowa you can either hole up inside the house by a nice fire or get together with some friends and do something outdoors.

Cross country skiing, hiking or taking the dogs for a walk it all helps to make winter more enjoyable.

Keep the home fires and the  portable fires burning!

 Here's some more stuff that makes Iowa a great place.

Home to the most crooked street in the world, the largest strawberry and the biggest bullhead fish head statue–Iowa, “America’s Heartland,” has a reputation for being boring. Although, many residents will genuinely dispute that. One of them being photographer Sandy Dyas. She’s been journeying through her home state of Iowa for years in search of the complexities in the oft overlooked midwest.

http://astillworld.com/photographer-captures-portraits-of-life-in-the-midwest/