JACKPOT! Well, not really

Continuing with the "No, I Didn't Get a DUI... " alcohol-related cycling theme post, I found these unopened 24-ounce tall boys today during my travels.

It's not my brand but you can't argue with free beer.

Image © 2010, Daniel Staudacher || Bay County, Michigan.

"No, I Didn't Get a DUI..."

...I replied, amused, after a neighbor of my parents asked if I lost my license.

Funny, some folks just assume people riding during the winter are either "the have-nots" or had their license revoked.

Didn't even try to explain.

Image © 2010, Daniel Staudacher || Bay County, Michigan.

End of the Season?

About a year ago someone told me that they never learned how to ride a bike.

I was, and still am, astounded.

After riding pretty much every day for the last four months, it's probably time to hang it up for the year. With the temperature at 19˚ and a wind chill just above zero, it's really starting to get miserable out there. It's not so much the temperature or the wind chill, but pedaling into a 30-mph wind. Like just about any other outdoor activity, it's quite comfortable if you dress for the weather.

Can't wait 'til Spring.

Image © 2009, Daniel Staudacher || Bay County, Michigan.

Thumb Road Trip

Image © 2009, Daniel Staudacher || Huron County, Michigan.

Limestone

Image © 2009, Daniel Staudacher || Mackinac County, Michigan.

A Triptych back to my Past

Once upon a time, before I became a newspaper photographer, I made photographs somewhat like these images, but I used film instead.

Image © 2009, Daniel Staudacher || Bay County, Michigan

Modest Sphinx moth

Last week while kayaking in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula, I found this large moth with a fur-like body floating in the St. Marys River. Nudging it with my paddle I discovered the moth was still alive so I scooped it up onto the bow of the kayak.

After returning to shore, I scrounged a piece of birch bark, set up the camera and tripod, and made this photo.

A week later, with a somewhat lengthy search on the different kinds of moths, I'm surprised at just how many species there actually are.

Image © 2009, Daniel Staudacher || Chippewa County, Michigan.