BetterBill Photo Blog

This is a new blog. I will discontinue using the hwyone handle as it is now outdated. This site will now become my photo site where I will post my favorite photos. The new url for this site is: http//www.betterbillsphotoblog.blogspot.com. For my TransAm blog visit: http://www.betterbillstransamblog.blogspot.com/  To view all of my photography visit BetterBill Photography: http://www.betterbill.smugmug.com/

Thanks for visiting,
BetterBill

Cold spell snaps!

It has been brutally cold this past week, but today the sun was out and temps were in the twenties. Good day for a run, right? The most running I have done lately is three miles at an indoor fitness center. Today I went out to Shawnee Mission Park and dodged snow, ice and slush, went up and down hills, challenged the winds and temps and played dodgem with cars for four miles. I was gassed when I finished, but boy was it great to be outside. I am going to increase my running mileage until the roads are safe for cycling again. My goal is to complete a 10K run on St Patricks day.

Betterbill

New Year

Well here it is, 2010 and I am now officially on Social Security! My actual retirement date will be April 2nd unless I get fed up and quit sooner. I have some great plans for this year which I will fill in on a later post. My only real resoloution is to be more dilligent about my posting.

The photo is the sunrise on January 1.

Betterbill

It's been a busy week: Albert Lee, MN and Des Moines, IA, and I have taken no pictures. Today it was 75 degrees! Went for a 25 mile bike ride and wanted to keep going. Attached are a couple of favorite photos from the past. Enjoy

It has been awhile, but since no one is reading this anyway it doesn't mater. Maybe I'll start doing better. Here are two of my latest good photos. I hope you like them.

Last Great Day

Saturday may have been the last great day. I see nothing in the forecast but rain and chilly weather, but hope springs eternal and I'm sure things will improve. It's just hard to train for long rides when it rains all the time. Guess I should take up canoeing. I was in Iowa this week and came upon this cool bridge. Remember Bridges of Madison County? This is one of them, the Roseman Bridge. I also spotted this old green barn. Unusual color for an old barn. My favorite pic. of the week is the old building in Humeston, IA with colors that really pop and, as luck would have it, a darling stooped little lady shopper. This is rural America as I find it. Hope you enjoy the picts. and it will have been a good week.

Rock On - Better Bill

Great Day

Today was a good day. One of the best days I've had this spring. This morning I cut the grass and trimmed the yard. I think it looks pretty nice for early in the year. I then went for a bike ride. Perfect temps in the 70's, cloudy, but windy and humid. God sprinkled on in Olathe and the ride south was into tough 30 mph headwinds. On the way home I had a big tailwind so with that at my back I rode down my favorite downhill - an 8% grade. Top speed - 48 mph, yeehaaw! I maybe could have gotten more, but I was passing cars on the right and the speed limit was 45 mph. After all the work I sat on the deck and had a refreshing beverage. The fun was not over, I still had more yard work to do, but there is always more of that. All in all, a great day.

Later, Bill