Iceman 2019. The story this year was the mud. The story every year is that I have a nemesis. Hour 1 At 46 minutes, I was still upright, but as I approached another section of single-track hell, I moved aside to let riders pass. “Go,” I said, waving them on. I knew I would slow them down […]
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Motocross Camping
When Covid canceled all the races in the world, one rare breed persevered: motocross. So when our son Nelson, 16, wanted to take on bigger races in Michigan, we had nowhere else to be. It was good timing. And I was thrilled that we would get to take our camper for our first ever weekend […]
The Dodge Ram
I’ve never found a more willing teenager than one who is on the verge of buying his first truck. After months of COVID chaos and virtual driver’s ed, Nelson finally got his Segment 1 permit at the end of August. He had his class done and his drives—and instead of the predicted three-month wait to […]
Sleeping with the enemy
It was a camping trip I threw out there on a whim—hey, let’s just head over to Interlochen State Park for the week—we can do “lake living.” Tim could commute to work, and I could work online from a picnic table overlooking Duck Lake. Little did I know I wouldn’t sleep the entire week. Prep […]
The Wedding Dance
When we heard there was going to be a wedding, the first thing I thought was: How am I going to convince a couple of teenage boys to get dressed up for the night? But it turned out that it would be the beginning of an adventure involving bow ties, elastic and Kohl’s cash. Oh, […]