tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164838922024-03-27T03:46:41.603-07:00Jay RichardsThe happenings of Jay, Jonell, Jake, Jon, Jack and Jens Richards and a little behind the scenes of being run by a resort, I mean running a resort.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.comBlogger936125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-89204697166927141852021-02-01T10:50:00.001-08:002021-02-01T10:50:48.719-08:00Cross Country Skiing <p> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv13KXrrfzXcb6kMhEf0lggzpsPY2Vr3gOOeB8AkAJpw0Oexsc9aC1GGOrSrj_WBz1pwuzcUMjM6W4sDXlj5rB4w_7r6HaXUKx8SKvM3sPuvKoy0YtJeoFkL46bPaA9RZrRpyB/s640/GPTempDownload+3%252819%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="640" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv13KXrrfzXcb6kMhEf0lggzpsPY2Vr3gOOeB8AkAJpw0Oexsc9aC1GGOrSrj_WBz1pwuzcUMjM6W4sDXlj5rB4w_7r6HaXUKx8SKvM3sPuvKoy0YtJeoFkL46bPaA9RZrRpyB/w461-h392/GPTempDownload+3%252819%2529.jpg" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brainerd skiers in the Moorhead Nordic Invite Skate Race, January 22nd, 2021.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It's been a long time since I've updated the blog. Instagram taking precedent but many thoughts don't go published, and probably rightfully so in this recent election cycle. But I've decided to try and get back into it, this is more of a test post with much more thought on the state of Cross Country skiing when time permits. Stay tuned.....<br /><br /></p>Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-18727612429600636042019-10-02T07:51:00.000-07:002019-11-16T07:53:38.228-08:00Chequemegon 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The first season I raced mountain bikes in 1990, the last race I did of that year was the Short and Fat which was part of the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival. I returned for a number of years, missed a few years when we lived in Norway and lived out west but when we moved back to Maplelag, we went every year that we could creating a lot of great memories. </div>
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It worked out on the schedule to go this year. It wasn't planned as I never pre-register for a race more than a week out as things always change last minute, more so it seems. There were still registration openings when I checked in August so I signed up and Jonell and I made plans to return, staying at a B and B we have stayed at a half dozen times in years past.<br />
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We snuck over on Thursday, first stopping in Duluth to hook up with Jake and Anna for some pre-wedding things and a dinner in a rainy evening.<br />
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The next day I waited until the rain stopped but it didn't last long as the skies opened up again during the ride. All good, I was stoked I didn't have to worry whether or not the race would happen as the Chequamegon always runs rain or shine, unlike most races now today.<br />
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Jonell enjoying peace and quiet while I was out riding.<br />
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I did about 15 miles of the course, making a loop off the "00" road. As I turned off to head back to the car. I came upon a group of people and lo and behold it was the original race director for 30 years, Gary Crandall. Gary was directing a group of Canadians from Winnipeg for next days course marshaling. Many have been to Maplelag so it was pretty unreal to bump into them and Gary. Caught up quick than made it back to the car.<br />
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Jonell and I have stayed at the Spider Lake Lodge and number of times and it was good to be back. New owners and a few minor changes but the isolation peace and quiet the main attraction.<br />
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Saturday morning was race day. The sound of a couple thousand bikers rolling out is like nothing else and kept attentive to avoid any early race crash.<br />
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Had a super fun racing, working with a group of guys and had a blast with the wet sometimes muddy conditions.<br />
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Jonell has always been so supportive and great to have her waiting at the finish line.<br />
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Catching up with team members Ben and Keith post race. It's been great logging rides with these guys during the season. Keith and I had some great rides later in the season, even after full day of trail work (or cross training I would tell Keith)</div>
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Always fun to see the variety of bikes at Chequamegon including the retro rides people still use. All good if the wheels keep moving.<br />
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Post race we stopped at Main Street Tacos for a massive spread of Mexican eats. Great stuff.<br />
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Couple shout outs....Local bike shop owner Dave Langworthy who always is good to help with last minute repairs and equipment needs. Waving the Laddies Loppet flag, thanks for the support.<br />
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Shout out to the rider who flatted out and provided his bottle for me after I missed a feed. It was about the halfway point and was a race saver. Didn't find out who it was. If by chance you see this, please reach out to me. <br />
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After lunch on main street, we booked it over to Alexandria to see Jens play. He is in his second year at the NorthStar academy playing hockey. The above photo is great to see. Every single game these guys play in, <br />
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Great weekend! Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-8194999496717027552019-02-11T21:07:00.000-08:002019-05-13T21:07:59.646-07:00Ski Camp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ski season at Maplelag officially kicks off with a high school ski camp the middle of December. This past season we enjoyed skiing for almost a month before as snow came early on November 12th and stuck all the way through until April 19th. Having enough snow for skiing for a dozen people versus enough snow for 200 kids that ski multiple laps are two very different things. It takes year round prep to have the trails ready for high volume and hard skiing. It's a challenge I enjoy and a great reward when you can pull it off early in the season. After that first weekend, HS teams will come up for a month, mostly on the weekends or during the break until the last weekend of January and the week before Sections.<br />
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T-shirt for this years Ski Camp.<br />
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Preparing the base before the first weekend. Over the years you learn what areas to build up before the season starts. Corners, turns and, of course, south facing areas. This year Paulo from Brazil was here for the season to help out and was a absolute blessing.<br />
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Waxed up and ready to go. St Paul Highland Park Nordic ski team has been coming for over 10 years now, lead by coach Brad Moening. They will come regardless of the snow conditions and have always gone home improved. They really are a model program to me with the "Just Ski" mentality. With snowmaking and the capacity to have "perfect" conditions, people get in the mindset that you can only ski. Unfortunately, the opportunity to get better is lost when you don't open yourself to be challenged by adverse conditions and become better in the process.<br />
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A full day.<br />
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Coach Paulson and Moening. I have the the utmost respect for Nordic coaches, coaching in what I feel is the toughest sport. Finding time to train on snow, dealing with all levels of abilities, two types of techniques and throw in waxing...takes special people to make as season works. The teams always have great support from parents to volunteers.<br />
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There is always a time trial or a race on the weekend and one of the highlights for me to witness. Racing on a ski trail much difference than training. The deck has to be rock solid and if possible not icy.</div>
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With a full day of skiing for the kids, grooming gets a bit tricky. Most of the preparation is during the week to have everything set but staying on top of the grooming and touching up the deck is needed after 200 skiers make 5-6 passes on one trail. Most grooming has to be done between midnight and 5 am. Even then, I've often run into groups that early out for a morning ski.<br />
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Moorhead Nordic team set for a early morning headlamp ski.<br />
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With most metro schools getting early season training in on the machine made snow loops, there isn't natural snow skiing. It's pretty neat to see kids adventuring in the woods, off the beaten path. Many kids haven't been in a deep woods environment and the opportunity to experience nature in a different way.<br />
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The ski camp weekend can be a season maker for many kids. A opportunity to ski big time kilometers. Highland Park skiers proud of 100km skied on the weekend! Included in this group are family friends Cole and Jack Johnson. The first weekend always set the bar for teams later in the season as kids try to out do the others. Think the biggest km weekend was 150km. Having good conditions and the right weather is a big factor though. Kids might put in the same amount of hours but if cold and slow snow, tough to go big.<br />
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More adventure skiing. Good stuff.<br />
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With most teams coming up on busses, there is always bus issues. Not starting or gelling up and getting stuck or hung up the biggest problem but it always works out. Above bus "stuck" despite a hard pack surface. Warm tires on warm silky snow not the best traction. The cloud of smoke is burning rubber!<br />
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After the second weekend we noticed black marks everywhere. We couldn't figure it until I discovered a black "glob" in the parking lot. The above bust that was burning rubber was throwing rubber pieces in the parking lot. When the sun came out, the rubber softened and picked up on ski boots when people walked through. Tracked into the lodge and cabins. Crazy stuff. Not sure we found all the rubber pieces but snow falling soon after took care of the problem for good.<br />
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Not a pleasant photo to post or to deal with but every year there is always something like this to deal with. Want to run a resort, be prepared to plunge toilets anytime of the day and clean up messes like above. This year was the worst with a virus spreading around and definitely a learning experience for the future.<br />
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Above team wasn't one that came to Maplelag but the team son Jake helped coach this year. Duluth Marshall made their first ever appearance at state and had a solid<br />
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Jake waxing skis the night before.<br />
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We always cheer a little louder for the teams that have training camps at Maplelag. St Paul Highland Park girls taking second at State. Love the post season photo playing hockey!<br />
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It wasn't a surprise that St Cloud Cathedral won state, led by the Nemeth brothers. Congrats to all teams this year. Nice job to all coaches, volunteers and everyone that helped make it a great year!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-27486142495293674172019-01-05T20:18:00.000-08:002019-04-05T20:19:14.401-07:00Christmas 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Christmas was extra special this year as all four boys were home. First time since August.<br />
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Family photo Christmas Eve.<br />
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Crazy how fast time flies and where they are all at now.<br />
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Skiing with all four boys at the same time always a highlight during break.<br />
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Morning ski Christmas Eve has become a nice tradition.<br />
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Pre church and back to normal threads.<br />
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Always good conversation with family at Grandma Judy's after church before dinner.<br />
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Good times continue into gift opening.<br />
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Before everyone went back to their respective places, a good sauna and jump in the lake the night before. Special suits thanks to yours truly, given to all nephews and nieces for Fourth of July. I'm counting on it!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-24514796875752814002018-12-18T19:44:00.000-08:002019-03-14T20:23:33.004-07:00Pilot Mound, MB. Canada Road Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jens and his <a href="https://www.nscacademy.org/athletics/roster-and-player-stats/" target="_blank">team the North Star Knights </a> had their only trip to Canada early December. Worked out for me to road trip up there and catch both games. Always enjoy going to Canada and checking out the smaller towns on the prairie. The hockey culture is strong, obviously, and the small towns take pride in producing NHL players all across the Great White North.<br />
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Also enjoy visiting with parents, grandparents or in this case, the goalie coach. Goalies are a special unique breed and probably could say the same about the coaches. All good.<br />
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The arena was a combination of a multiple of buildings and structures put together. Like many older rinks, nothing else like it.<br />
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Banners from teams past.<br />
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Priceless catching the conversation between coach and player.<br />
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Snow in Miami. Next morning took a little road trip making way to Ski Birch or Birch Hill. Nordic area with some sweet mountain bike trails I raced on back in the day.<br />
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There was about 6" of new snow overnight. Probably should of had the skis and definitely should of had the bike set up with fat tires, not plus.<br />
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Still had a great ride. Lot of push a bike but the downhills were super fun.<br />
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The original logo.<br />
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Pilot Mound would give Callaway a run for its money on population but there is some great folks to come out of PM and like many small Canadian towns, they have a good Chinese restaurant.<br />
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Memorabilia in the arena.<br />
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Women's Olympic team member.<br />
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After every game with this team.<br />
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Jens's lineys. Great guys.<br />
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I was able to take Jens back to Grand Forks with me. Great to catch up and highlight of the trip.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-29395812772484863042018-12-04T21:38:00.000-08:002019-03-14T16:33:15.942-07:00Duluth Ashland Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First Midweek game was in Ashland vs Northland. Worked out for Jake to come over as well so we all hooked up. New rink for us and loved the atmosphere and energy from the student section.<br />
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Had the opportunity to check out a new lodging establishment and garner some new ideas making it a successful business trip as well.<br />
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Winter had't arrived to what many refer to as the "Northland" and was able to check off a few more areas to ride on the bucket list. Above being Max Fierak's "Hidden Gem of the North". A Enduro track built by Max and friends that had a fantastic rawness to it. More so with the leaves and wet conditions on the day.<br />
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Hit up Mount Ashwabay for the first time. Great system, really liked the recent builds that were a mix of hand and machine built.<br />
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Spent a night in Duluth and caught one of the longest ships ever to glide under the lift bridge on the waters of Gitchi Gummi.<br />
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Sampling the local artesian. Filled up before hitting the road!<br />
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Sneaking in one more ride at my favorite trail in Duluth, Piedmont, before shut down for dirt riding on the season.<br />
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Jonell loves setting up and decorating and every year is different, always unique, special and amazing.<br />
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No lack of laughs with Madeline.<br />
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Deb and her donuts.<br />
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Winter came early. Ice for skating and snow for skiing. Helps burn off those calories!</div>
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Morning ski with Jake, and Jack and Cole Johnson. </div>
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Sunday of Thanksgiving celebrated Jens's confirmation. Super positive Pastor Steve.<br />
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Robin big part of all four boys lives.<br />
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Big changes in our house this fall as all the boys are off and Jonell and I are empty nesting!<br />
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Rare moment all four boys home and together this summer before heading off to different locations.<br />
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Has become a tradition now to do a ride with Jon the day before he leaves. Rolling through a rock garden on the Maplelag course.<br />
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Ready to depart for a fresh start at <a href="https://www.blugolds.com/sports/mice/2017-18/roster" target="_blank">University of Wisconsin Eau Claire</a> where he will be playing hockey and majoring in business.<br />
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Up next to depart was Jack. He is attending the <a href="https://www.ciachef.edu/cia-new-york/" target="_blank">CIA (Culinary Institute of America) in Hyde Park</a>, NY. Jonell and he drove out.<br />
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Stopping at Niagara Falls along the way.<br />
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Ready to depart!<br />
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At school getting the whites. Jack and I visited the campus last fall. Beautiful setting and top notch environment for culinary arts.<br />
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We didn't expect to have the house cleared out this fall but Jens made the decision to attend the new <a href="http://nscacademy.org/prephockey/" target="_blank">North Star Christian Academy in Alexandria, MN.</a> He didn't leave until mid September but started online classes late August.</div>
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Incredible new facility. Locker room above.<br />
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Staying with the Tim Jackman family along with another teammate. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Jackman" target="_blank">Tim played 13 years in the NHL</a>.<br />
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Started games the end of September, praying with the opponent after. Not often you see this today. Fantastic stuff.<br />
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Although Jake has been out of the house for some years, big news for him and his girlfriend Anna as they became engaged on a late September trip to Red Lodge, MT!<br />
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Labor day weekend at Maplelag marks the annual mountain bike weekend, Laddies Loppet. It is a weekend we look forward to each year as we have established some great friendships from not only the race but the years of racing mountain bikes and the people we met over the years. As has been the case in recent years, Laddies Loppet is the only weekend we get to see some of these folks.<br />
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The first race was in 1990. I started mountain biking that year and got hooked. On days off from working as a cook for the Concordia Language camps in Bemidji, I'd come home and build singletrack, mimicking the trail I was racing on. Figured it would be good for training and skill building. That fall decided to put on a race and there were 29 people. Flash forward to 2018, we are now part of the Minnesota Mountain Bike series and over 300 riders compete over the two days. .<br />
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Thursday night gathering with friends and family. The Matt Johnson family has been coming a day early and always nice to catch up with them in person. Matt handles all the sponsorship and promo work for me after volunteering a few years back and I am extremely grateful for his efforts. John Wessling flew in from California to join us for the Wednesday night TT we had to pre-ride/test the course and gap student Livia helping out this fall. </div>
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I've put a lot of hours on the leaf blower over the years and it was time for a new one so last minute pick up by Jonell and Meredith which turned out to be a good move. The new one works like a charm. Starts quick, clears everything in its path (relatively speaking) and makes for a sweet riding surface. </div>
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Blowing out singletrack.<br />
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Best part....testing it later!!<br />
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Takes a lot of work and help to pull off the race. Good friend Denny who I've posted before about helping out the final week, day before and than racing as well. 69 years young machine!! Thanks Denny for all your help.</div>
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Most of the Maplelag team. We were very close in taking the team title this year but came a few points short. All good, great group of people and very proud of each and every one.<br />
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Good friend Steve Wenzel racing every Laddies Loppet since 1990.<br />
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Scott Olson out for a visit with his shirt from 1990. Always good to see him. Scott still riding, hasn't been on mtb for a few years but keep trying to get him out. Pounding miles on the road. All good.<br />
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One of the highlights of the weekend is riding on the course with some of the riders after it's all buffed from racing and trail work. Sweet ride with Calvin Sandberg, Ben Olson, and Tucker Hibbert.<br />
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Thanks to everyone that came, helped out and the sponsors of course. <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=45346" target="_blank">Recap on Skinnyski.com</a> Thanks to Bruce for the great photos and behind the scenes tech work.<br />
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It looks like this summer will go down as the first one I haven't pinned a number on for a cross country race. I was really hoping to hit up the MNMBS series race at Cuyuna, but life came up. All good. The weekend before I did get over to Duluth for the Bike Festival there that was two days of downhill, Enduro, cross country and short track cross country. Enduro has a feel of the old days of cross country racing but not the 2 hour steady suffering. The only time xc races haven't been sufferfests for me where the mud races. Those days appear to be long gone with the regulation of riding on wet trails stricter than the border patrol. I made plans to race the Enduro and it worked out to go so I went over late Friday night.</div>
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I didn't get a chance to inspect any of the courses the day before which was tough as two of the stages were gnarly rocky downhill tracks, including the techy rock face on "Calculated Risk". However, the way things worked out I was able to inspect the two super tech stages that were helpful but didn't get the confidence to try and clean the rock face on Calculated. <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=45266" target="_blank">Wrote a recap on Skinnyski.com if interested in more details</a>.<br />
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Riding clean through the upper Greenman run, crazy rock tech section, being hunted down by super fast Casey Krueger.<br />
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Jake launching off the rock face on Calculated. Jake would go on to take second to Sam Kemp who is a classic hard core fearless downhill dude.<br />
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After a full day of Enduro, we switched over to the XC bikes for the short track. I couldn't get out of the third gear but we wanted to support Mason Bacso and crew for the efforts they put forth to put on. Surprised not more STXC, especially in the cities. The Buck Hill series mimics the effort somewhat as STXC and hard to be equal to the goodness there.<br />
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Refueling at OMC Smokehouse with Anna after a full day of racing before heading home. Boy that hit the spot. Great place to check out in Duluth.<br />
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Another reason why I maybe haven't done any xc is the energy put towards trail work on the Maplelag mountain bike course. This summer has been great for trail work, especially when I get the kids to help. It is a total body workout and saps a lot of energy, especially when dew points are high like this summer. Add horrendous deerflies and mosquitoes it takes a lot out of a person but I still love working in the woods.<br />
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We've also cleared more deadfall this year than other years, again boys have been great help.<br />
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We burned a lot of firewood last year so we had a lot to replace.<br />
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Cutting deadfall, dead trees and widow makers probably more a risk than regular planned logging. We've had many close calls, of course the two accidents with my dad, and can never be to careful.<br />
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Green truck taking a hit from a birch that didn't fall as planned.<br />
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Not a bad spot to split wood.<br />
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The tops of birch trees that are dead but have good bottoms for firewood are the most dangerous. If we left alone, they would eventually fall on the ski trail.<br />
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Another fallen oak. Day before Laddies Loppet bike race. Should of been taken down earlier but missed this one. Bottom two thirds cut up into blocks, firewood for the winter.<br />
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Thanks for the great help this summer boys!<br />
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Mid July Jens had the opportunity to go to the east coast with a hockey team for a week compete in the <a href="https://chowdercup.proamhockey.com/stats/player-stats/1746/124?playertype=skater&position=skaters&rookie=no&sort=points&statstype=standard&page=1&league=6" target="_blank">Chowder Cup</a>. He participated with the group earlier in the summer at a tryout camp for a new <a href="http://nscacademy.org/" target="_blank">Academy team starting in Alexandria, MN</a>. Hockey is a crazy world now days and to explain the process, the leagues, division etc. would be complicated. Like every sport now, even mountain biking there is so much more focus and options which seems to be both good and bad. </div>
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Since it was a off weekend at the resort and we were able to find super cheap fares to Boston, Jonell and I were able to sneak away for the weekend and watch 3 of the 4 games.<br />
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The team he was playing for was part of the FCA group. They would take a knee to pray after every game. The last game the opposing team joined in.<br />
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Jens second to left with a few of the team mates.<br />
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In between games, Jonell and I tried to get around the Boston area a bit in not fun traffic.<br />
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Fun sign that you might see at Maplelag.<br />
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Last meal before flying home. Some great small restaurants, fantastic eats.<br />
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We drove down the coast a bit and found a secluded park which was a nice break from the crazy traffic out there.<br />
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The last game was 7am in the morning which allowed ample time to check out Boston a bit before flying out later in the afternoon. Stopped at the John F Kennedy library. Was interesting, nothing noted about Marilyn Monroe.<br />
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Chilling at the harbor, listening to Beck do his sound checks. Fun quick trip.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-51111610524794225772018-07-16T14:12:00.000-07:002018-07-19T14:12:07.893-07:00Fourth of July 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The actual holiday was about ideal as far as weather goes. Kids enjoying the growing in popularity game of spike ball at the lake cabin.<br />
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Twin Lakes was maxed to the gills once again for the Holiday.<br />
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The picture perfect turkey compliments of Mom's favorite.<br />
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Sisters on the pontoon.<br />
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The gang. Great to see everyone together. Missing is Jack who was in the middle of a six day workathon at Hotel Shoreham pizza shack.<br />
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Cheezin' on the Fourth.<br />
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The rest of the week we had our niece Claire. Jonell really enjoyed having her help do homemaking things.<br />
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Also visiting over the Fourth week was my uncle Stan and aunt Ginger. Jens in deep conversation with Stan.<br />
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We had ice in town and hockey camp was going on for the week. Open hockey one night and the above cousins all skated together for the first time.<br />
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Post dinner visiting. Fun having former staff member from summer language camp visit.<br />
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Happy Independence day!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-2580571528527883092018-07-13T20:54:00.000-07:002018-07-13T20:54:02.318-07:00Iceland 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two summers ago, <a href="http://birdman6blog.blogspot.com/2016/08/iceland-summer-2016_20.html" target="_blank">Jonell, Jake, Jens and I took a trip to Iceland </a>to visit Steve Gromataka who worked at Maplelag for a few seasons and his fiancee Hekla. It was a awesome trip and I wanted to go back someday. Steve and Hekla made an announcement in the spring they were finally getting married and set a date for June! We didn't think we would be able to make it but the pricing was incredibly low so we couldn't pass it up. Jack was up to head over and made for a great senior present/dad son trip. Jack couldn't take too many days off from work and same for me so we made an extended weekend out of it. </div>
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Checking out the scene seaside the first day.<br />
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The day we arrived, there was a <a href="http://marathon.is/midnight-run" target="_blank">midnight sun longest day of summer run</a>. Steve said a bunch of people were doing it so we signed up. Running is not kind to my body so I tried to run 2-3 times a week a month leading up. It never was comfortable running but the race was fun and a great atmosphere. There were close to 3000 runners with almost half from other countries. A bucket list run I guess. It was also Jack's longest running race as the cross country races are 5km.<br />
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Downtown Reykjavik before the race. <br />
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The World Cup of soccer was going on and everyone was in to it, of course, with Iceland playing and just the general interest in soccer and Nationalist pride.<br />
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Every town and small village had a soccer field. Most of the larger towns had indoor facilities as well.<br />
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The next day we visited some of the area attractions including the Gulfoss waterfall.<br />
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Jack digging the jacked up off road vehicles.<br />
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Icelandic meal.<br />
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Wedding day! It was great to witness a Icelandic wedding. There were fun "events" during the reception with lots and lots of laughs. Everything I expected at Steve's wedding, and more.<br />
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Met some new folks including the baker from Isofjord. A avid, skier, mountain biker and general outdoor enthusiast.<br />
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We took a few hikes in the spare time. The landscape, scenery is simply awesome.<br />
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Cod heads drying. Kinda spooky.<br />
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More soccer fields.<br />
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Photo booth fun at the wedding.<br />
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Jack at the lighthouse on the far most western south point in Iceland.<br />
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Strolling through downtown Reykjavik at 11pm. It's a crazy feeling having light all through the night. We kept on Minnesota time, staying up to 3-4 in the morning than getting up at 9-10am. </div>
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View at top of state church.<br />
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Short hike in the mountainside.<br />
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At the base of the Espers hike.<br />
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Turned out to be a very wet hike as it rained the entire 3 hours. Still a awesome views. Thanks for the fun trip Jack and Steve and Hekla for having us at your wedding.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-54146905136103994252018-06-24T18:41:00.000-07:002018-06-24T18:43:31.125-07:00Red Lodge Summer 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have always been keen to summer ski in the Red Lodge area, especially off the Beartooth Highway and <a href="https://beartoothbasin.com/" target="_blank">Beartooth Basin</a>. Red Lodge is just a awesome mountain town to boot and if the skiing is off, there are tons of old school mountain bike trails. Jon has missed joining us on the family trips to Red Lodge over Easter the past few years and he was up for a quick trip in between work so we went out mid June. The Basin had been getting really good reports and the skiing looked awesome. (<a href="https://beartoothbasin.com/media/" target="_blank">Check out photos </a>and c<a href="https://beartoothbasin.com/conditions/" target="_blank">lick here and scroll down for Beartooth Highway clearing video</a>)<br />
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We got in the night before in time for a mountain bike ride as the area got socked in and rain started to fall. Up high that meant more snow from the day before and a closure at the pass unfortunately. We rode about a hour up than enjoyed a sweet 20 minute descent.<br />
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The next day reports were not good up high at the pass and the pass remained closed. Six foot drifts and winter conditions. Although the road could of been open and been fine for larger 4WD vehicles, there are too many motorcycles and people not used to driving that makes it a nightmare for the highway departments. Despite the conditions up high, the weather broke and turned out to be a gorgeous afternoon in the mountains. We did what a lot of skiers that were out there did and decided to do the hike and ski in the gully off a headwall. Scoping out the scene from the parking lot.<br />
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Steep climbing halfway up. We weren't fully equipped for the hike and ski but got up fine.<br />
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Keeping an eye on the prize and watching other people come down.<br />
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Short break before more climbing.<br />
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Finishing up the run. Great fun!<br />
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Refueling at Mas Tacos. Great stuff!<br />
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Later that afternoon we got out for another ride checking out some new trail.<br />
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Clouds and rain moving back in again.<br />
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Tight turns and no berms! Classic old school mountain riding.<br />
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Stayed at the historic Yodeler. Rain continued through the night and next morning. With the pass still closed and rain forecasted to fall all day, we hit the road with plans to take advantage of the long day by stopping midway on the way home at Medora, ND.<br />
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Heavy rain earlier in the day created some surprise trail features. Borderline peanut butter. Dried out just in time.<br />
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Small creeks were flowing.<br />
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Classic Badlands. Despite not being able to enjoy the lift service at Beartooth Basin, we had a great trip. The hike and ski being a highlight. Hope to get back some day to check it out!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-20645604422237025962018-06-21T17:59:00.000-07:002018-06-24T18:01:21.840-07:002018 Duluth Enduro Series #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Went over to Duluth for the first Enduro Series. This is the third year I think they have been doing the Enduro series in Duluth and they are a ton of fun. The Duluth Series is a Wednesday night race series. Each race has two stages, both timed and the combined time from both stages determines the winner. I really enjoy doing them, the courses remind me more of the old school cross country races when I first started racing mountain bikes. The racing doesn't gas you out like the high speed fast rolling cross country races in Minnesota now. Plus, I get to see Jake and Anna and I usually try to spend the night and get a ride in the next morning before heading home. </div>
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The first race of the season was at Hawks Ridge and Lester Park. The Hawk Ridge segment is rocky, bumpy and feels like more climbing than it is. The downhill guys grumble with any pedaling but to me that is what defines Enduro, a little bit of climbing and "endurance" en route to the bottom finish from a higher point.<br />
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Racers gathered in the parking lot before hand.<br />
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Max Fireak, Jake and Maplelag team member Eleanor Bacso. Jake and Eleanor have been dominating the series. Even though Jake has the eyewear, the blinky disease prevails.<br />
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After the race I got to see my grand dog, Jake's girlfriend Anna and Jake's sword he now uses to protect his family. He won the sword at a 12 stage Enduro race put on by Max the weekend before in Duluth. A legit sword!<br />
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The next morning I went out for a solo ride on my favorite trails in Duluth, Piedmont and the Kissing Booth trail on the Brewer Park trail system. I flatted on the super rocky trails at Piedmont than limped in to switch bikes to finish out ride in Brewer. Running full suspension this year and it is really nice.<br />
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Met up with Jake for a quick lunch ride, hitting up some new trail near his house. Crazy how fast new trail is being built pretty much daily.<br />
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Fun following Jake as he knows the trail system so well and just flies through the stuff.<br />
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Can't wait to get back!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-44745315020501326782018-06-18T17:44:00.000-07:002018-06-24T17:44:58.211-07:00Fargo Force Camp 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tryout hockey is probably some of the best hockey to watch. There are a lot of games in a short amount of time, there aren't many whistles so the play keeps going and fun to see kids play from all over the country as well as Europe. Jon did a handful of junior tryout camps before going to RPI last year and this year Jens did his first one with the Fargo Force. Since he is still too young to play Juniors, he did the "exposure" camp. He did well enough at that to advance to the main camp. It was 8 games in three days, all high end, high paced hockey. He was gassed by the end but a great experience and exposure.<br />
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Exposure camp rosters.<br />
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Four of the eight team main camp rosters. Last game Jens played was against the green team and the three commits were all on same line. Fun to watch.<br />
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Fargo won the Clark Cup this year, the championship for the USHL. Cool to look at all the names and see the handful playing Pro today.<br />
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Spectators.<br />
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Nice job Jens!<br />
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It was a big year for graduations. For Jonell and I, our third son Jack graduated from high school. We also had two nephews graduate from High School. And Jake's sister, I mean girlfriend, Anna graduate from CSS with a Master of Occupational Therapy. There were many graduation parties spanned between the 6 weeks.</div>
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Heading up to International Falls for nephew and cousin Joey's graduation. Traditional stop in Bigfork at the falls with Jack, Jon and Jens.<br />
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Jonell and I with nephew Joe.<br />
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The boys with Joe. Joe not only graduated from International Falls HS but also from Rainy River Community College.<br />
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Graduation celebration at church.<br />
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Not often all four boys together these days! Having fun on Jack's graduation party day.<br />
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Proud parents.<br />
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Nephew Ripley, Grant, and Garret joining the graduation with the bros and sister Anna.<br />
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Jake with Anna at her graduation at CSS.<br />
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The last graduation was middle of June, nephew Grant from Rosemount. Proud of you all!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-4421333803479540102018-05-22T18:37:00.000-07:002018-06-24T18:42:03.698-07:00Mexico Spring 2018<br />
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Jonell and I were fortunate to take a quick trip to Mexico this spring, heading to the Puerto Vallarta area. The same area we have been going to for 25 years now. We have thought about going to other places but the people, the places and familiarity bring us back. </div>
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Beach side Old Town.<br />
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Street tacos on the Malecon.<br />
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Enjoying the tacos.<br />
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Grilling fresh meat. I rather eat what I can see.<br />
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Navy band performing on the Malecon. The Malecon is a walk area along the beach in the heart of the original Puerto Vallarta that has only improved each year. Always fun to take in the sights, sounds and smells of local food vendors.<br />
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I brought my road bike along. Every day when I headed out the worker helping keep the road clear where construction was going on would cheer me on. Great way to head out.<br />
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Rolling along up to the mountains.<br />
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There is a great category 1 climb, recently paved. Not much traffic, makes for very nice riding.<br />
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Had to stop and get a selfie with the guy. His english was about as good as my Mexican but we shared some laughs. Everyone we visited with, from hotel folks, taxi drivers, street vendors, people take pride. America seems more divided than ever and true pride isn't like what it used to be.<br />
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Post dinner golden hour walk.<br />
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Local bmx crew getting ready for a urban assault.<br />
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Even though Trump has been Trump, you pretty much isolate 50% of Americans, maybe more by having this shirt outside your bar. There was on one there when we walked by compared to the bars/clubs next to that had patrons.<br />
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Great evening scene in old town PV.<br />
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Jonell having fun with the street side vendors.<br />
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Up for a hike in the nearby hills.<br />
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Checking out a puppy on evening walk.<br />
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Fantastic trip. Always goes by too fast but grateful to have the time with Jonell. Every time go, we appreciate it more and more, the time alone, the great food, weather and fun experiences.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-72373411180448776862018-05-18T18:44:00.000-07:002018-05-18T18:48:12.496-07:00Red Lodge/ Easter 2018 >58 Days of Skiing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Easter break we ventured out to Red Lodge again. Like every year the group varied and we even had Sully dog along! (eyeing a deer below) We had great weather, snow and fun times like usual. </div>
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The crew before departure. We left a day early with storm coming in which seems kind of crazy but a 10 hour drive turned to 20 not fun on the interstate and kids needing to get back to school.<br />
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Stop at the Wurst Shop in Dickinson, ND. which has become traditional. Great eats!<br />
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Got into puzzles big time this trip.<br />
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Easter morning shanagains. Easy Anna.<br />
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The trip coincided with <a href="http://30daysofskiing.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">31 days of skiing</a>. After alpine/telemark skiing the first few days of the trip, I ventured out for a solo ski in the backcountry for the final day along Ingles Creek.<br />
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Froze down hard the night before making for great crust skiing.<br />
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Making a turn on the way down. Would be a fun trail to mountain bike in the summer!<br />
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Venturing off the main trail on to a side slope for some turns.<br />
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Lift service skiing with the boys on the first day.<br />
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Carving through the trees.<br />
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Skiing with Jonell the second day.<br />
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The day we got home we returned to full on winter. Since we were still in Red Lodge the start of April, logged a ski on the first. Decided to keep the daily skiing going and kicked off day 33 skiing with the family.<br />
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Fun ski, testing out some new skin skis as well.<br />
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Skiing continued into April and managed to make it 58 days straight. Crust cruising with Denny on area lake.<br />
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Still great skiing into the end of April, incredible silky corn snow corduroy on April 28th with Peder Arneson.<br />
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Fun ski with Jon when he was home from college for spring break.<br />
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Spring skiing can't be beat with good snow, sunshine and long days. Highlights were skiing with the family. Can't remember such a cold April before the the weather records reflect.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-50683170026871741232018-04-07T06:59:00.001-07:002018-04-07T07:00:08.517-07:002018 Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Once again we hosted the Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships at Maplelag. Section 8 is scheduled for Camp Ripley but low snow in that area forced at change to Maplelag. I always keep in the back of my mind we might host sections so I stay on top of the grooming for the courses, snow farming etc. and brush clipping and clearing, thanks mainly to Denny Barry.</div>
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Defending boys Section 8 champ Hunter Zupko ready for the day. Cold temps forced an hour delay, not surprising consider the cold winter we had.<br />
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Jack ready for his final ski race in High School.<br />
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Skate race was first. Climbing the last long hill with Zupko.<br />
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Giving pursuit in the classic race.<br />
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Coaches Nikki, Dan and Jim. Thanks for your help guys!<br />
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Last high school race of career! Combined with Jake, think it was 9 consecutive years of Sections. Nice job Jack on finishing it out, proud of you!<br />
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The morning of was just like any other morning. Grooming. <br />
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I had been talking to Bemidji coach Mark Walters about grooming and what not earlier in the year and found out the Bemidji Ski Club that grooms the area trails up there was looking to move a old Skandic as they acquired new equipment this year. Mark brought the sled down and I was a new owner of a used two stroke! They had done some tweaking for grooming and was just what I was looking for early season/low snow grooming. After grooming and taking care of some other chores, I headed down to the cities. Seemed strange to leave mid afternoon to go and race but my first heat wasn't scheduled until 7:30.<br />
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To make a trip out of it, I went to Theodore Wirth to get a hour ski in before the races. I knew there wasn't any place to warm up, not that it mattered much, but figured be good to ski out the car legs. The ambient light from the city with snow falling made for a awesome ski. <br />
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I took Uber to the start area as I didn't want to monkey around with driving. The driver wasn't able to get me to the start area so I had to walk 3 blocks...with my ski boots, skis over the shoulder among a couple thousand people. It was such a surreal experience for me from basically being in the woods all winter. The big lights highlighting the snow falling was extremely cool.<br />
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One of the first persons I bumped into was the girlfriend of Jakes's girlfriends brother Ben. Kate was on the super bowl committee. <br />
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I made my way to the start line after some direction from my good friend Bruce Adelsman who was taking pictures for his site. Again, it was an incredible atmosphere to see skiers racing downtown Minneapolis with people lined up watching along the sides. <br />
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The racing was short and intense and managed to be in the top 2 in my first wave to make it to the final. <br />
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Racing under the city lights, fresh snow doesn't get any more epic.<br />
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Definitely one of the highlights of ski racing for me. Kudos to the Loppet folks, the Birkie folks for pulling it off. Pretty crazy they brought the<a href="http://www.birkie.com/bridge/" target="_blank"> Birkie bridge</a> to the city, closed off a street and had <a href="http://www.birkie.com/2017/12/american-birkebeiner-international-bridge-coming-super-bowl-live/" target="_blank">people racing on it.</a><br />
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My finish wasn't the most graceful but held on to third in the final to make the podium.<br />
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After the race I hooked up with Bruce and he brought me back to Theodore Wirth. <br />
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Thanks Bruce!<br />
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As I left Wirth, the full moon was just coming through lighting up the city even more. Drove straight home buzzing on adrenaline. What a trip!!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-7649225447818560252018-02-10T09:34:00.002-08:002018-02-10T09:35:21.269-08:00Merry Christmas Happy New Year 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It was great to have everyone together for Christmas. The days we are together are less and less. Its always busy the Holiday season so we try to enjoy them the most we can.</div>
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Ready for Christmas Eve service!<br />
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Morning ski with the boys. Definitely the best ski so far this season!<br />
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Jack cornering Kamikaze hill.<br />
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All the cousins Christmas Eve.<br />
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Jonell and I celebrated a quarter century of marriage in December. Every year keeps getting better!<br />
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Doesn't take along to go through a bottle of Aquavit like it used to. Think the first bottle took seven years.<br />
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Mom and daughters.<br />
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Christmas day puck with the boys. Another great moment and memory.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-40402440258348302362017-12-21T22:04:00.000-08:002017-12-21T22:04:27.146-08:00Bismarck Tourney<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jens in the circle for the ceremonial face-off for first game ever in the new <a href="https://www.bisparks.org/new-capital-ice-complex-grand-opening/" target="_blank">Wachter arena</a>.<br />
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8am game in the VFW arena.<br />
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Full moon over the ally before pre game adult beverage.<br />
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We stopped as a whole family at Arnaldo's on way to Red Lodge one year. Authentic family Mexican restaurant. A must stop off the interstate if passing through not just for the food but total experience.<br />
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First time I've seen a game played on a half zamboni sheet of ice!<br />
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Saturday night we went to the Bismarck Bobcat and Austin Bruins JR hockey game. Jon played for Austin last year and a half dozen players still on the team this year.<br />
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DL Bantams cheering on the Bruins after a goal. It was a crazy game as middle of the third period, something happened I've never seen before, the coach started throwing sticks in protest of the officiating. Took about 20 minutes until play resumed. The officials didn't want to pick up the sticks and finally a few players went and picked them up.<br />
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Catching up with goalie Al Schilling after the game.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-76948869410984896492017-12-07T19:50:00.003-08:002017-12-07T19:50:46.932-08:00Thanksgiving 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Once again we hosted family and friends for Thanksgiving.<a href="http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2017/11/23/mens-hockey-faces-no-5-clarkson-in-friendship-four-opener.aspx?path=hockey" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://friendshipfour.com/" target="_blank">Jon was playing in Ireland with RPI </a>and we had thoughts of going but didn't work out. </div>
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We had another good size group this year.s. Most noticeable is the guys at the head of the table, my dad. He was home after 2 months plus in the hospital. Involved in a tree cutting accident that put him in the ICU and on the edge of death. Remarkable recovery and biggest story of Thanksgiving this year.<br />
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Apres Turkey.<br />
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Always good to visit and catch up. Every year is different who comes and cannot. Great to have all!<br />
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The lake froze over early this year and with the little bit of snow we had melting off than freezing again, great conditions for skating and fun post dinner activity.<br />
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We would have almost four weeks of lake skating this year. Fun times!<br />
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Early September, my dad was cutting this birch, it fell, hit another tree and the top broke off and hit him. He laid for 2 hours until we found him. Amazing he survived the accident and even more amazing he was home after some scary moments in the hospital for four weeks.<br />
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Sunrise the day after Thanksgiving. Much to be thankful for!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483892.post-77877175528801020682017-11-26T21:32:00.001-08:002017-11-27T06:09:55.627-08:00East Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last weekend Jack and I met up with Jake in NY for a weekend of watching Jon play vs Notre Dame, early season turns at Mt Snow and a check of the <a href="https://www.ciachef.edu/" target="_blank">Culinary Institute of America</a>, school Jack plans to attend after high school. </div>
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Post game after game one. Despite outshooting Notre Dame, RPI took the loss. Good fast hockey.<br />
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The next morning Jake Jack and I went east to enjoy early season skiing at Mt Snow. Only a few runs open but was great to be skiing! Impressed with the length of the runs. Mt Snow just "dumped" 30 million in to snowmaking.<br />
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Bunny hill action. The second day we went, wind shut down the lifts in the afternoon unfortunately.<br />
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Jake and I had been to MT Snow in the summer and was fun to visit some of the places we visited when we were there this time with Jack.<br />
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Stopped by the candlepin bowling alley. One of the times we were there, we <a href="http://kyiabikes.blogspot.com/2008/07/sometimes-racing-is-uninteresting.html?zx=d53c648687f8f13f" target="_blank">played a few games with Kris and Kyia Anderson.</a><br />
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Candlepin and ball used.<br />
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Fun stop near Hoosick on way back.<br />
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Bros watching bro during warm ups.<br />
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Monday Jack and I went south to Hyde Park to check out the CIA. We had a tour and visited for 3 hours. Very impressed and Jack was very excited after seeing in person.<br />
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Great views over the Hudson river.<br />
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Checking out a local diner on way home before heading home the next morning.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0