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Welcome to Strasburg Rocks!…a site celebrating a small, friendly town in the Colorado plains east of Denver….
That would be Strasburg, Colorado. 🙂
We aim to be the hub for all things Strasburg! Even now you can find a ton of info via our “About Strasburg” menu. Also, if you have suggestions for what to include, businesses to recommend, and so on…please contact us.
What a beautiful fall day! Which means it was a great time to bring the RC car, with a GoPro on top, to the Strasburg Community Park. Key times for crashes:
P.S. The slow-motion isn’t near as smooth as I wish. I thought I was recording at 1080 and 240FPS, but it was 2.7K and 30FPS.
But, it is what it is, and still fun. 🙂
So, admit it, you’ve always wondered what a car feels like in a car wash.
🙂
Well, here is your chance to find out! Last night, around sundown, I put my GoPro HERO6 Black in a waterproof case, hooked it to the front of The Orangutan (what we call our VW Tiguan), and gave The Orangutan a much needed bath.
Now, I’m not saying I want to go through the car wash outside of a car, but it didn’t seem to frightening. 🙂
P.S. The car wash is brushless and does pretty well. The full works costs $15.
P.P.S. Hat tip to the Mrs. for the idea of GoPro’ing a car wash.
It was a teacher workshop day, so we quickly snuck over to the zoo for a quick visit. Augie got a bunch ‘o Pokemon in Pokemon Go along with hanging out with a friend. It was a beautiful day, and although the GoPro isn’t zoomed in, you’ll still see some neat views (close and distant). On the right is a bird that decided to nest (with eggs?) near the fence.
Hope summer wrapped up well for you and yours!
No bicycle video today, but how about seeing how the awesome sub I eat whenever I ride to the Byers Country Store is made?!:
Actually, what you see there is two subs being made (kind of three actually). This time my wife and son met me at the store and we had lunch together. So, first is her sub…and then his and mine (he eats the half with no vegetables).
A big five bulls recommendation for the Byers Country Store!
My oldest son is in down for a few days, so he an I beat the heat today by heading for a bicycle ride before the temperatures got into the 90s.
Yes, he made dad feel old. (I used to “pull” him along on bicycle rides back in New Hampshire. No longer.)
Either way, here’s a quick couple minute version of the ride. (GoPro Time Lapse at 30x.)
Happy Monday!
P.S. “Lucky Day – Instrumental” by Zac Nelson (from Storyblocks Audio).
I just returned from another bicycle ride (and a yummy Byers General Store meatball sub midway). As I was cleaning up the remains of my lunch, I received a storm warning for Strasburg.
Now, the adult thing to do would have been to wait it out. Instead I unpacked the GoPro, climbed on my bicycle, and started videotaping in case I got caught in dope storm. (I have been told that “dope” is the new “rad.”)
I got a little rain on me at the end, but, alas, nothing worthy of showing you the video. Here’s a snapshot of the south, though, as I stopped to guzzle some water…
Although it’s a little deep into the celebrations to begin a running Strasburg Hometown Days post…better late than never, right?! Updates will be added on top (right under this introductory paragraph).
From yesterday, here is a quick bicycle Time Warp video from our home in Strasburg to the Byers General Store:
Byers General Store has awesome food! 🙂
(And great people too…)
This is the second trip where I enjoyed a meatball sub as my halfway reward.
Hot day. Hovering around 90 degrees the whole time. Beautiful otherwise.
This was filmed using the GoPro HERO7 Black’s Time Warp feature at 15x.
The music is “My Baby Moved to Denver” by Lance Bakemeyer. Used by permission thanks to Storyblocks Audio.
Climb on your bicycles folks! The world is waiting and it’s a lot less boring than jogging. 🙂
Oh, and please be sure to check out our new site, GoPro Monster (https://gopro.monster).
Ride on!
We previously had the Inaugural Chewie Bicycle Cam, but this is the Inaugural Chewie Cam (no “Bicycle”) thanks to a GoPro dog harness we purchased from…of all places…Circuit City (on eBay). Yes, that Circuit City. 🙂
Here is your chance to see life from a dog’s perspective. This is a short neighborhood work in Coyote Ridge:
Chewie is a half Standard Poodle, half Australian Shepherd (Aussi-doodle?) He’s a medium/large dog, coming in around 65 pounds…and full of life and love. 🙂
Although he’s also a brat and barks when he doesn’t get what he wants. Nobody is perfect, right?
Music thanks to a subscription to Storyblocks Audio (https://www.audioblocks.com/).
Sure…I get up way early to provide everyone with a sunrise video of Strasburg, and…
🙂
Instead, you get to see a fog bank roll in and it thinning and thickening over about an hour (which is still pretty neat):
Using a GoPro HERO7 Black’s Time Lapse Video feature, 1 frame taken per second (so, this took about an hour to film).
Background music is “After Sunrise” by Adigold thanks to Envato Elements.
P.S. This is what the camera looked like after being in the fog for 60ish minutes:
A week+ ago, my body was tortured into better shape by camping six days with Bennett Boy Scout Troop 30, so I am trying to keep my exercise up so as not to lose it. On Monday I rode back-and-forth from the General Store in Byers…and today it was McDonald’s in Bennett. This is a 15x Time Warp video from my GoPro HERO7 Black.
Perfect day…except…the wind was horrible, especially on the way out. I had to downshift for even downhill grades. Ugh. 🙂
But, McDonald’s French Fries make up for almost anything. 🙂
Yesterday, our Lucky Dog bicycle pet bicycle trailer arrived, and although it was late by the time I got home and had dinner, I had to try it out.
You are rewarded, however, by being able to watch the Inaugural Chewie Bicycle Cam!:
Please zoom to 6 minutes in, because initially Chewie tried to climb out…so it isn’t until then I opened up the trailer so you can see him in all his glory and happiness. 🙂
I was very impressed about how easy the carrier was to assemble, how sturdy it is, and its features (e.g. it can also be used as a walker). It’s also inexpensive.
If you are interested in the trailer:
Finally, a shout out to LIVE4 GoPro, which allowed me to stream this live on the Strasburg Rocks! Facebook last night.
As I continue to try out the features of my GoPro HERO7 Black, here is an example of a Time Lapse Video (.5 seconds between images and 30 FPS). It was a very calm night…with stationary clouds. If you are able to watch it at full resolution, it’ll be 4K:
It’s worth viewing full screen as long as your bandwidth allows you to see HD+.
Later this week I figure I’ll try again, using Time Lapse Photos instead (allowing more control: e.g. locking the exposure so it gets darker at the end).
In either case, a beautiful, serene sunset in our awesome little town. 🙂
P.S. Music from Bensound (“Summer”).
I’m a bit tuckered tonight…but I wanted to sneak this out before my day wraps up.
10x GoPro Time Warp bicycle ride from Byers to Strasburg, Colorado.
Happy Monday everybody!
I’ll be away for a week at Boy Scout camp with Augie, so here are the last few bicycle rides before we leave tomorrow.
Today (when it was greater than 95º when I left):
Beautiful day…and the ride wasn’t bad. Low humidity rules! 🙂
This was Tuesday’s ride in two parts (out to the Strasburg Convenience Store and back). The “back” is in the dark. It’s not 100% clear, but you can see a cool light that makes a rider safer by putting a green LED bicycle image in front on the road.
Now, the best video from my GoPro HERO7 Black (at this point) is the GoPro Time Warp Bicycle Ride. If you are someone thinking about moving our way, you’ll see most of downtown Strasburg at the equivalent of 50 MPH. 🙂