Strasburg Rocks!

Celebrating Strasburg, Colorado, a small, friendly town in the plains east of Denver...

GoPro Time Warp Bicycle Ride

Welcome to Strasburg Rocks!

Strasburg Rocks!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.

Congratulations 2020 Strasburg Graduates!

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Graduates in car throwing hatsStrasburg won’t let the Coronavirus get in the way of us celebrating our awesome 2020 graduates!

Congratulations Strasburg Seniors! Pat yourselves on the back!

We were lucky enough to have this start in our neighborhood. Some cool cars were involved in the parade. 🙂

To all the 2020 graduates…in Strasburg and elsewhere…I know this was a suboptimal way to end your secondary education…but you made it.

Great work!

Music thanks to Envato Elements:

  • Pomp and Circumstance Theme” by Edward Elgar
  • “Remember These Times” by StudioMonkey
  • “Won’t Stop Dreaming” and “I Found Something I Was Searching For” by pinkzebra

Remember to Look Right When Flying

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Bad news:

I wasn’t looking right in the second flight tonight. Crash. Boom. Bang.

Good news:

After popping a couple pieces back and getting the gimbal unstuck, it flew again (as proven from the last flight).

Even better news:

I purchased DJI Care Refresh, so I’ll send it in and get a replacement. 🙂

The videos use DJI’s Quickshot feature (in this case, one where you identify an object, and it flies around it).

Boy do I love my DJI Mavic Air 2…oh, and how easy DJI made it to set-up the replacement!

I Didn’t Crash It the First Day!

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Drone snapshotOkay, I’m sold. Well, I was sold before, since I already bought the DJI Mavic Air 2. 🙂

I never flew a drone before today, and this is like the second or third flight…once I got to play with it after work and dinner.

Initially I just wanted to record the sundown (since we have houses blocking our western view)…but it quickly became clear that wouldn’t be an exciting video…so then I tested moving it around, going higher, etc.

Probably still mostly a practice video, but still kind of cool…if I do say so myself. 🙂

Update: Or the second day:

It was really windy, so my bravery with the drone was reduced. What is amazing is that the jerkiness here and there is all on me as I’m trying things. The DJI handles the video in a way that strong wind is imperceptible.

Of course, it has its limits. 🙂

RC Car at Strasburg Community Park

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During the crashWhat 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:

  • 1:55 (basketball court)
  • 7:49 (baseball field #1)
  • 9:06 (baseball field #2)

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. 🙂

A Car’s View of the Strasburg Car Wash

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Video snapshotSo, 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.

Quick Trip to the Zoo (Summer Is Almost Over)

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Bird at the zooIt 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!

Making Subs at Byers Country Store

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No bicycle video today, but how about seeing how the awesome sub I eat whenever I ride to the Byers Country Store is made?!:

Strasburg Rocks! Recommended!The sub is almost done!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!

30x Bicycle Ride to Byers

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Dad and MikeyMy 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).

Racing the Storm

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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…

Storm clouds

GoPro Time Warp to Byers General Store

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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!

Inaugural Chewie Cam!

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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/).

Sunrise Video? No. Fog Bank Rolling In? Yes!

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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:

Wet GoPro camera thanks to the fog

Strasburg to Bennett Bicycle Ride Time Warp (15x)

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Thumbs up for McDonald's!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. 🙂

Inaugural Chewie Bicycle Cam

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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.

 

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The sole purpose of Strasburg Rocks! is to celebrate Strasburg, Colorado, a small, friendly town in the plains east of Denver. It does not exist to make money. However, should Strasburg Rocks! produce any net income, it will be donated back to the Strasburg community.

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