My little channel where I post videos to document some of the fun I have. I enjoy making videos and will continue to film my adventures skiing, biking, hiking and everything in-between!
That’s a really nice comment and good suggestion - thanks! I mostly just do these videos for fun - in addition to for my friends, family and to preserve my own memories. Of course, I love it when people beyond that enjoy my videos! Thanks again for taking the time to write!
Hi Mike, Are you and your friends riding RAGBRAI this year? I wanted to ride a mile or two next to Lindsey on our Wiliers but my Wilier is having front derailleur problems so I'll be on my Trek instead. Boohoo, I'll just blend in with the crowd. My wife will be on her Wilier though. Perhaps we'll see you there.
Hey there! No plans to ride this year for any of the folks in our little group. Hope you have a great ride and enjoy the miles even if they’re done on a Trek rather than your fancy Italian bike!
Thanks for watching and Pepper is especially happy with your comment about her. She works hard to maintain her shiny black coat and is always appreciative when people take note!
@@AGNT997 ~ I can’t take the credit for that one. I watched your video on the big 📺 screen and my boy, actually named Tuxie, requested the edit after he saw her. 😸
Watching wildlife is so calming, very positive to see such a healthy family of bears! Taking videos/wildlife viewing is the best. The images of mom's face at 3:32 is just amazing you can truly see her personality she seems very mature, wise and focused on being effective day to day.
Thank you so much for the comment! I absolutely agree - these bear moms are so obviously deeply dedicated to caring for their children. Just don’t get between the mom and kids!
@@AGNT997 Yes bear moms are highly engaged focused and deeply dedicated to caring for their children, and never get between them and their cubs especially Grizzly bear moms! Great video you really obtained such poignant imagery of the mom's facial expressions, she is looking right at the video camera, so much intelligence in her face!
Thank you! It really depends on the bears…they’ve walked through a few times this week but I’m waiting for more footage prior to posting any additional bear videos.
Absolutely! (Most) black bears are easily startled by humans with loud noises, etc but brown bears are certainly a different animal! I encountered a mother brown bear and two cubs that were on the other side of a stream a 1/4 mile away while hiking in Montana and was STILL nervous despite the distance!
Neither did we! The replacement hummingbird feeder is hanging 20 feet off the ground from a wall the bears can’t access. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Thanks! I’m having quite a bunch of fun with this AI music. It eliminates any copyright issues and while it’s no masterpiece, the music is just fine for the background of a video.
I don’t know for sure, but she looked like she was 7-8 years old but she was the youngest one I saw riding her own bike. (It’s also unclear if she rode the entire ride or just the day/portion of the day) There were others that age that rode tandem. Of course, every individual is different, but there was boy in my extended group that was about 13-14 and he did fine. Thanks for watching and good luck on your ride!
I use the “FoodSaver” branded bags. One other note - I’ve found that breaking up the sauce into a powder in a blender works best (rather than just tearing it up into small pieces like I did in this video) for when you rehydrate the mix as it dissolves faster.
How was the heat in April for you? That is my biggest concern about a start date in April. I would like to start earlier but I don’t think I can, but I am worried about the heat. How did you manage it?
I’ve done section hikes of the AZT twice in the month of April. This particular one (first week of April) wasn’t particularly bad. The first one (we hiked Loma Alta trailhead and planned to hike to Summerhaven but were cut short by injury) was mid April and it was cooking with highs in the 90s at lower elevations. The real challenge both times was water…you end up having to carry quite a bit of weight in water in order to make the stretches if you’re not really speedy on the trail.
Hands down, one of the very best videos of Ragbrai L out there on YT, with just the right balance of bike, food & Ragbrai life for the perfect summary of an epic ride! Thanks for putting in the time to record and edit this. Great music choices too.
Thank you for watching and the comment! The 360 camera is great for this sort of thing - no need to worry about aiming it until you edit…sure helps when you’re riding a bike!
@@AGNT997 I’m also curious: do you have the extra long selfie stick or the “standard” size? There’s a shot at the first tire dip that looks incredibly high. Thanks again for the video!
@RideAlongAdventures I have both. I used Velcro to strap the extended version to my top tube and was able to fit the standard one in the handlebar bag I used to carry all of my stuff for this ride. The extended one is awesome and I regret not taking the time to use it more.
@@AGNT997 thanks for the reply. Yeah, I have the standard one too but I was just too nervous to use it very often on the ride...I was fearful of taking my hands off of the handlebars! one rider actually swerved in front of me and ran into the camera. ;) per your recommendations, I'm going to look into the extended stick. Again, I really liked how you pulled together those shots--very cool. You had one shot where you not only changed the view but also the perspective. Very cool. And the small planet shot during one of the stops was very interesting.
