MORE COWBELL! day one

while there was a whole bunch of folks wearing red & congregating in downtown Lincoln for some reason, the COOL KIDS were watching cyclocross action on Hooligan Hill!

besides the cowbells there was this hanging bmx frame gong

the masters lining up...

...and their off!

HUP, HUP, HUP!

come on man...you know you want that hot dog!

the legendary Darkside

the Darkside's bob trailer cleverly converted to do double duty

that's my boy Lane taking off the line of his first ever cyclocross race, 3rd from the right

use your skillz to pay the billz!

lookin' purdy good!

by mid race he's the third one out overall & leading the junior division by a landslide

sprinting for the finish...

...for some 1st place loot!

the man, the myth, the legend, cvo

a honey with some money!

come on boys, don't be afraid to grab ya some of THAT!

UHHH...ok...if the first one's not your style then you can get ya some of this, & if you have your doubts about it, that was an Andrew Jackson to make it a little easier!

come on MG, you know you want to! LOL!

Cornbread getting some handouts

it's an excellent combo for cross racing, beats the hell out of those powerbars!

DUUUDE! Fire it UP!

doggone hot dog thievin' dog!

$$$ TREE

Cornbread rockin' the ss class

with a little help he's OFF!

Nate Woodman flying his own Monkey Wrench Cycles kit

yooou caaan dooo iiit!

MORE COWBELL!

need a break before finishing that last lap? Hooligan Hill is the place to do it! this was day one & Lane & I had so much fun we decided we better stay & do it again on Sunday, so stay tuned folks, we have more good stuff to come this week, don't want to drop the whole load in one sitting

GAME TIME!

With football season a past memory oldest son Delley is back to playing his favorite game, to the victor go the spoils!

Delley, "Bubba" & Spencer limiting out by 9:00 am in the middle of a cornfield lagoon

Spencer, Delley & Justin sporting a a few ducks including a couple of woodies, Delley & Justin's first!

Delley, Justin & Spencer again, this is what they do when school get's called off the night before because of 12" of snow, get up at 4:30 am & drive to the duck blind in a raging blizzard, AHHH YOUTH!

Delley, Jordan, Spencer & Tim, DANG, they ran out of shells on this one so didn't limit out! Can't wait to start cooking duck jambalaya to fuel some hunting trips & bike rides, if you don't ride a bike then go shoot some ducks, IT'S ALL GOOD!

Elusive hobo camp...FOUND!

An overcast, blustery day found me pedaling the canal, again, heading west.

the canal is barely knee deep this time of year for maintenance

this "Old Crow" apparently bit the "Bulleit"!

this is called the flume & it's where the canal crosses a large canyon, like a bridge for water, how ironic

this is a shot of the flume from the top side, years ago we had a couple of 2000# herd bulls get into a tangle about 1 mile upstream from this & one of them ended up in the canal & was unable to get out due to the steep, cement sides. The canal was running brim full & he went shooting through here like he was running the rapids, shortly after this the sides go back to rock sides & not as steep & he was able to climb out on his own, he immediately laid down in the middle of the road for the rest of the day, totally spent!

no room for error here as it's a long way down there!

got tired of fighting the wind & needed to head up a canyon to get out of it for awhile & "SCORE"...a great little hobo camp complete with picnic table, chairs, firewood, shovel, even a can of gas to start a girl scout fire!

this is looking straight up from where the firepit was & there's somebody taking up residence in that hole. We used to always see these holes in these canyons while horseback & one day I was curious as to what was doing all the white washing so I rode up to one on my horse & stood up on the saddle to peak inside, heard some hissing & once my eyes adjusted to the darkness in the hole saw a group of baby barn owls with mom & she was not happy, what was cool though is the entire hole was lined in fur from rabbits & whatever else mom brought home for the kids to eat, I remember my horse not being real impressed with the smell & the hissing of the owls but he tolerated it long enough for me to enjoy the moment.

these hobos apparently have good taste!

with fighting the wind I needed to re-fuel before my trip home

AHHH! the life of a hobo...good times indeed!

Practicing for some cowbell!

Lane's opted to skip b-ball this winter to spend more time on the bike, cyclocross bike to be exact. He'll make his debut in Lincoln in a little over a week for his first ever cyclocross race, meanwhile it's practice time.

hup, hup, hup!

Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball!

Yep! If you weren't in downtown Paxton for Halloween you missed a GRAND time!

Halloween party at 5 Trails Winery after after about 100 kids paraded through the downtown business's for ticks & treats.

music by Paul "the Furnaceman" Siebert dressed as a wild mountain man playing some great classic hippy music

Jill the Genie & Disco Dale were there

Raphael the Teenage Mutant Turtle showed up to fight some crime

besides the great wine there was some ghoulish treats, yeah, that's a caramel covered purple onion hand delivered by a sneaky witch

there was even cheerleaders gone wild

yes folks, it's hard to beat a Saturday night in small town America with good friends, good music & good times, come on down & join us any weekend, we'll show you what fun's all about!