R. Bumblepoint Badger
@rick-bie.bsky.social
I wrote a novel! "The Freakin' Destination," a fictional account of a thru-hike of Wisconsin's wondrous Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Get yours! http://thebumblepoint.com
Packers getting torched by Rooney Doodle, smh...
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Packers getting torched by Rooney Doodle, smh...
Happy #NationalCatDay to Lily, our 15-year-old, diabetic, mouse munching, beer swilling best bud.
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Happy #NationalCatDay to Lily, our 15-year-old, diabetic, mouse munching, beer swilling best bud.
I saw you in Rudy’s
You were very high
You were high!
It was a cryin’ disgrace
They saw your face
You were very high
You were high!
It was a cryin’ disgrace
They saw your face
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I saw you in Rudy’s
You were very high
You were high!
It was a cryin’ disgrace
They saw your face
You were very high
You were high!
It was a cryin’ disgrace
They saw your face
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
October 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
I'll be signing copies of my Ice Age Trail novel, The Freakin' Destination, at the annual Central Wisconsin Book Festival's Local Author Fair this Saturday, 9/27, 8:00-9:30 a.m. at the Portage County Public Library, downtown Stevens Point. If you're heading to farmers market, stop by & say hi!
September 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I'll be signing copies of my Ice Age Trail novel, The Freakin' Destination, at the annual Central Wisconsin Book Festival's Local Author Fair this Saturday, 9/27, 8:00-9:30 a.m. at the Portage County Public Library, downtown Stevens Point. If you're heading to farmers market, stop by & say hi!
October means #MammothHikeChallenge on the #iceagetrail. Hike 45 miles, visit 3 trail towns, discover the Badger State. Or, just read about it in my novel, The Freakin' Destination. But for safety's sake, don't do both at the same time like this knucklehead below. Visit thebumblepoint.com for more.
September 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
October means #MammothHikeChallenge on the #iceagetrail. Hike 45 miles, visit 3 trail towns, discover the Badger State. Or, just read about it in my novel, The Freakin' Destination. But for safety's sake, don't do both at the same time like this knucklehead below. Visit thebumblepoint.com for more.
Halcyon Vestige
2025
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The ceiling of my EZ-Up Tent. Struck me as a JMW Turner/Cy Twomby collaboration.
2025
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The ceiling of my EZ-Up Tent. Struck me as a JMW Turner/Cy Twomby collaboration.
September 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Halcyon Vestige
2025
Photograph
The ceiling of my EZ-Up Tent. Struck me as a JMW Turner/Cy Twomby collaboration.
2025
Photograph
The ceiling of my EZ-Up Tent. Struck me as a JMW Turner/Cy Twomby collaboration.
Graham Greene is trending.
September 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Graham Greene is trending.
Fellow Cheeseheads! Stop on over to Point Beach State Forest near Two Rivers, WI, on Saturday, September 6 for Authorfestaramapalooza! I'll be among several terrific authors there, chatting about this spectacular land of wonder, and signing copies of my Ice Age Trail novel, The Freakin' Destination.
August 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Fellow Cheeseheads! Stop on over to Point Beach State Forest near Two Rivers, WI, on Saturday, September 6 for Authorfestaramapalooza! I'll be among several terrific authors there, chatting about this spectacular land of wonder, and signing copies of my Ice Age Trail novel, The Freakin' Destination.
Having our roof redone all day today. (Tomorrow too.) Sounds like London during the Blitz. The cat is freaked, I have a headache. Ahh, for the good old days - last week - depicted below.
August 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Having our roof redone all day today. (Tomorrow too.) Sounds like London during the Blitz. The cat is freaked, I have a headache. Ahh, for the good old days - last week - depicted below.
If you had to pick the one song you've heard more than any other, what would it be?
Mine? "More Than a Feeling." Which is sad, because it's pretty middling.
Mine? "More Than a Feeling." Which is sad, because it's pretty middling.
July 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you had to pick the one song you've heard more than any other, what would it be?
Mine? "More Than a Feeling." Which is sad, because it's pretty middling.
Mine? "More Than a Feeling." Which is sad, because it's pretty middling.
I'm heading up to the Home of the Hodag this Tuesday, 7/29 to chat live with Up North at 4 about Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail, and the novel it inspired me to write. Tune in to Rhinelander's WJFW Channel 12 at 4:00 p.m. CDT.
Hoping it goes more smoothly than my last trip up there, pictured below!
Hoping it goes more smoothly than my last trip up there, pictured below!
July 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm heading up to the Home of the Hodag this Tuesday, 7/29 to chat live with Up North at 4 about Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail, and the novel it inspired me to write. Tune in to Rhinelander's WJFW Channel 12 at 4:00 p.m. CDT.
Hoping it goes more smoothly than my last trip up there, pictured below!
Hoping it goes more smoothly than my last trip up there, pictured below!
Burning the brush pile for the first time in 2025. Finally not raining.
Libation: O’so Hop Dinger IPA
On iTunes: Talking Heads-This Must Be The Place
Book: Death on Cache Lake by Dan Woll
Mosquitos: nonexistent right now
Skies: storm brewing?
Mood: c’est si bon
Libation: O’so Hop Dinger IPA
On iTunes: Talking Heads-This Must Be The Place
Book: Death on Cache Lake by Dan Woll
Mosquitos: nonexistent right now
Skies: storm brewing?
Mood: c’est si bon
July 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Burning the brush pile for the first time in 2025. Finally not raining.
Libation: O’so Hop Dinger IPA
On iTunes: Talking Heads-This Must Be The Place
Book: Death on Cache Lake by Dan Woll
Mosquitos: nonexistent right now
Skies: storm brewing?
Mood: c’est si bon
Libation: O’so Hop Dinger IPA
On iTunes: Talking Heads-This Must Be The Place
Book: Death on Cache Lake by Dan Woll
Mosquitos: nonexistent right now
Skies: storm brewing?
Mood: c’est si bon
I hope to see lots of you at Stevens Point’s Riverfront Rendezvous Market this Friday, July 4. I’ll be signing copies of my novel, The Freakin’ Destination, and offering survival tips for hiking the Ice Age Trail. Including which country taverns to visit, and to avoid, on the CRs.
July 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I hope to see lots of you at Stevens Point’s Riverfront Rendezvous Market this Friday, July 4. I’ll be signing copies of my novel, The Freakin’ Destination, and offering survival tips for hiking the Ice Age Trail. Including which country taverns to visit, and to avoid, on the CRs.
Five favorite films in black & white
Manhattan (1979)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Porky in Wackyland (1938)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Manhattan (1979)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Porky in Wackyland (1938)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
June 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Five favorite films in black & white
Manhattan (1979)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Porky in Wackyland (1938)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Manhattan (1979)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Porky in Wackyland (1938)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
On this day in 1944, my Uncle Willie Bie (shown here) landed on a beach in Normandy to help defeat the Nazis. Here's to his memory, and to those he served with who didn't make it back home.
June 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On this day in 1944, my Uncle Willie Bie (shown here) landed on a beach in Normandy to help defeat the Nazis. Here's to his memory, and to those he served with who didn't make it back home.
We've got to take the bastards down!
April 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We've got to take the bastards down!
I am psyched about next week's Ice Age Trail Annual Conference, where I will be giving a talk about my hiking novel, The Freakin' Destination, on Friday. If you're in Wisconsin for the conference, I'd love to have you stop by. Beach casual attire is suggested.😜
April 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I am psyched about next week's Ice Age Trail Annual Conference, where I will be giving a talk about my hiking novel, The Freakin' Destination, on Friday. If you're in Wisconsin for the conference, I'd love to have you stop by. Beach casual attire is suggested.😜
Three inches of springtime and counting here in central Wisconsin today.
March 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Three inches of springtime and counting here in central Wisconsin today.
I finished the 5-mile Point Bock Run yesterday, despite having trashed a hamstring skiing the Birkebeiner last weekend. Took it easy, listened to my body, and made it to the finish without any lasting damage (I hope!). #runchat
March 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I finished the 5-mile Point Bock Run yesterday, despite having trashed a hamstring skiing the Birkebeiner last weekend. Took it easy, listened to my body, and made it to the finish without any lasting damage (I hope!). #runchat
Four-mile run in central Wisconsin in January in… shorts! Record-breaking 50F temperature. Aloha!
January 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Four-mile run in central Wisconsin in January in… shorts! Record-breaking 50F temperature. Aloha!
Tough but enjoyable ski today on the Razorback Ridges Trails near Sayner, WI, just up the road from St. Germain. Took a wrong turn onto the aptly-named Long Rider loop, turning a 6-mile workout into 11 miles. Birkie fever is feeling more like Birkie flu tonight!
January 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Tough but enjoyable ski today on the Razorback Ridges Trails near Sayner, WI, just up the road from St. Germain. Took a wrong turn onto the aptly-named Long Rider loop, turning a 6-mile workout into 11 miles. Birkie fever is feeling more like Birkie flu tonight!
Jenny Wilton was falsely accused! #FreeJennyWilton
January 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Jenny Wilton was falsely accused! #FreeJennyWilton
"You may call aggressive and gadget plays, Mr. Dan Campbell, but you are no Super Bowl winning coach."
December 31, 2024 at 2:29 AM
"You may call aggressive and gadget plays, Mr. Dan Campbell, but you are no Super Bowl winning coach."