What We Do Is Secret - Friday Ride

Friday night ride and a few beers at the chill spot.

White Lighter

The novelty of seeing live music again still has worn off yet - lets hope those who refuse to get vaccinated don't ruin it for all of us again. Anyways - White Lighter played a show at the Matinee in Akron for our friend Alley's 35th birthday. They never got to play a show for their record release so this kind of worked for that too.  The Matinee is usually tough for photography but a little bounce flash and the fact that it was still light out made for some great images. Also - the R5 is just killer for this kind of thing.  

Downtown at Dusk 2021

I've been going to Downtown at Dusk at the Akron Art Museum as long as I can remember. I enjoy the live music but also the chance to be outside on a Summer evening and hang out with friends and run into acquaintances. Last night checked everyone of those boxes.

Tunnels and Fireworks

Our buddy Mike was heading back to LA after hanging out here in Ohio for about a month. We sent him off with some tunnel riding and fireworks. Video of the experience at the end of this post.

Riding Across Ohio

For the last 4 years I have spent 4th of July riding my bike and camping and the last three of them across Ohio. We have done the Ohio to Erie Trail and this was similar but we modified the route to skip some of the less interesting sections and to explore some new territory - towns, trails, parks and roads. We spent 5 days and rode 380 miles. A friend dropped us off in Cincinnati and we rode our route back home. We were in some heavy rain for the first few hours but other than that we had great weather and a great time. Bike camping is my favorite way to travel.

New Sign Day

My friend Mike Marras is a metal artist who mostly fabricates metal sculptures from pieces and parts of steel. He worked with my buds over at Dirty River Bicycle Works to design and install a sign on their new building. I wanted to document the process so I took some photos and made a video. Again - the Canon R5 impressed - the slow motion footage looks fantastic(bottom of this post).