Hardcore vs. Stupidity

I am one of those nerdy outdoors types who tends to refer to himself as being "hardcore". I can't remember when it caught on, but am pretty sure that it was Jack Black in The School of Rock, "well you're not hardcore, unless you live hardcore - and the legend of the rent was way hardcore!" - like I said, nerdy, but I still love referring to myself this way. Isn't that what going out into the outdoors is all about anyway? Hiking to the middle of nowhere to "live off the land" (eating freeze dried food) and sleeping under the stars (in a down bag rated to negative 20) IS hardcore in my opinion, but that's just me.

Take this story though...
A dad decides that it would be a great adventure to put his four kids on a five-person bicycle and go on a 7,000 mile ride from Kentucky to Alaska. Sounds like an awe-inspiring thing for a dad to do with teenagers, probably not a 7, a 5, and a 3 year old...



I am not quite a father, but will be in a few short months. There are certain thoughts which leave me feeling a little apprehensive, and road trips are one of them. I have been in a car with a screaming child before and can only imagine what it will be like to attempt a 13 hour road-trip to my favorite vacation spot, so it is beyond me to think about this father attempting such a feat with three kids under the age of 8, one even as young as three. How does he even get on/off the bike? I am picturing this guy putting the bike on it's stand, getting all of his kids situated, and then ,one by one, his kids start screaming and he is never able to actually make it to the front of the bike to even start the journey. It is beyond me...

You can follow them on their journey HERE. Looks like there is actually a lot more to their trip than I thought when reading the original link. Averaging more than 25 miles a day? Pretty impressive

Blog number two???

Why, you may ask, am I starting a second blog when I never even update my first? Good question. The truth is that I may neglect to update this one as well. I am a champ at starting AND finishing projects, but it appears that I am a master procrastinator when it comes to blogging...

The main reason I chose to start a new blog was a privacy issue. I wanted all of my friends to be able to follow my blog without having to log into blogspot, but don't want any creepy stalker-ex's to be able to see all of our personal photos and read about our latest.

This blog, as it is so appropriately titled, is an outdoors blog. While I may have random posts as well, the "theme", if you will, is the outdoors. My first blog will be for our family updates, while this will be dedicated to my outdoors adventures and those which I hope to one day experience. I have a feeling that I will get just as many followers with this blog as my last (thanks for reading Kylie) but I see this as another outlet to express my love for the outdoors. So, for all (meaning the one or two of you) who read - I hope you enjoy...