At Work
I work at home providing Internet Services.  This is me in my office playing Tetris.  Shhhh!  My wife thinks I am working.  Ha!  Actually I do not play that much Tetris.  Usually I am playing Digger.  So... you ask... "what's with all the old-school computer games???"  Well, I just don't get the point of the games my boy's play.  Some of them scare me!  Falling blocks on Tetris and those cute little Hobbins and Gobbins on Digger.... I can handle those guys.  I also play a little bit of chess on the Internet, but really get my butt whupped.     

Recumbent Mountain Biking

I have built myself a recumbent mountain bike!

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Rock Climbing
I have dabbled in Rock Climbing in the Ouachita Mountains over the past three years.  This is a challenging sport and certainly takes some different strengths and skills than mountain biking.  To the right you can see me climbing the Eastern Face of the Y City Rock.  There are a lot of Rock Climbing areas in the Ouachita Mountains.  With the obvious dangers involved with this activity, I strongly suggest that if you are interested in Rock Climbing, that you get proper training, use good equipment, and use common sense.  Click Here to see some more Rock Climbing Action. 

For directions to the Rock Climbing Areas in the Ouachita Mountains, go to Ouachita Rock Climbing Adventures.

Trail Building
I love to build hiking and mountain biking trails.  It is a good way to spend some hours in the woods and get some fresh air and exercise, while creating something that can be enjoyed by all.  I contribute around 100 to 200 hours each year towards trail building, repair and maintenance.

I have adopted two trails through the U.S. National Forest "Adopt a Trail" program.  The Trails are Earthquake Ridge Trail, and the Ouachita Trail at Highway 71 heading East for 7 miles.  I have built new trail for the Womble Trail in Oden, Arkansas, the trails for Camp Pioneer in Hatfield, Arkansas,  and the Earthquake Ridge Trail in Mena.  I have provided maintenance on the Earthquake Ridge Trail, The Little Missouri Trail, The Wolf Pen Gap ATV Trails, Charlton Trail, Womble Trail, and the Atilla the Hun Trail.

For more information about the Mountain Biking Trails in the Ouachita Mountains, go to the Ouachita Mountain Bike Adventure Page. 

For more information about Mountain Bike Advocacy go to the International Mountain Bike Association Web Site.   

Paper Airplanes
I love to fold Paper Airplanes.  I have been folding Paper Airplanes for over 25 years.  My particular design which I dub the "OmniWing" took many years to perfect.   The OmniWing has won two Paper Airplane Contests in the "Distance Category. 

Click Here to go to the OmniWing Web Site to read all about my Paper Airplanes.

Racquetball
Sue and I have played Racquetball all our adult lives, and used to play at the Arkansas Health and Fitness Center.  It closed down a number of years ago, but now there are courts available at Don's Sport Center in Mena, Arkansas. 

Hang Gliding
I am in the process of returning to my roots.  And those roots are firmly planted in the air.  I have purchased a hang glider, and am in the process of retraining after a 20 year lay-off from flying.  Training flights have gone well.  Just like swimming, I guess.... you never forget how, although I did never learn how to swim! 

Click Here to see all my gliders through the years plus my new glider.  Actually it is used, but is still a great advance from what I last few in the early Eighties.  . 

Skateboarding
It was the early 1970's when Sue and I dabbled in the Southern California Skateboard scene.

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Poetry and words of wisdom by Mike Kelsey
My Poetry is usually inspired by an event in my life.  I will assemble words in a simple and usually pretty corny rhyme or a song to be sung to the tune of TV shows from the 60's and 70's.  This is done to convey my thoughts and feelings about the event, to help bring "Closure" or to simply to serve as a bad example for young writers everywhere. 

Click Here to read the inspirational works of Mike Kelsey!

My Potato Rock
Some call it a "Freak of Nature", some say it "Came From Another Planet", I say it is just a rock.  But this is no ordinary rock.......   I have now set up the Online Potato Rock Museum, where the largest collection of Potato Rocks can be viewed. 
Click Here and be amazed!

Photos of the Potato Rock
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My Performance Cycling Wear
News Flash! The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team "Team Discovery" will be wearing my line of High Performance Cycling Body Suit for 2005.  5 years in the making, we are awaiting the Tour de France Judges ruling on the Suit.  The French of course have already filed protest for this state-of-the-art, full body racing suit. 

I of course have concentrated on designing a suit that is as aero-dynamic as possible.  The DuraDown Matrix material not only provides for proper cooling, but also will keep riders warm at altitude. 

The biggest technological advance has been to deal with the issue of rain.  When it rains, water droplets form on the clothing and helmets and shoes of the riders.  The droplets disrupt the flow of air over the suit.  Getting rid up the droplets, increases the efficiency of a cyclist traveling 25 mph by 1 percent.  The DuraDown Matrix is coated with MallardMax which allows the water to slide right off the suit... similar to what happens to water on the back of a duck.  

Expect the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team to be unbeatable. 

Links
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
Lance Armstrong Home Page
Lance Armstrong Foundation- Cancer Advocacy and Research

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The MallardMax