I refuse to turn the heating on in June, but it's going to be close if we don't get some sunshine soon. It hasn't been above 50 for a few days and it's 64 freedums in here...
Sunday no funday
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Our house in Kansas is also not warm. But fuck turning on the furnace in June.
25 mile ride done. Speaking of done, my hip flexors are screaming at me. 45 miles in 2 days may have been a bit much after not
riding for a couple of months
Rode with a colleague from work at a new-to-him trail. Funny enough, he grew up in a house next to the forest where the trail is located in and had played all the time in the woods during his youth. Hadn't been in there for the best of 20 years he said.
I switched us back from AC to heat last night
meanwhile Watz has no doubt neither heated nor cooled his house since March
been cool and grey here all day. couldn't motivate to get up and ride. did some yardwork. did some sitting around. took kiddo to gym. drinking a beer on the porch. thinking about dinner. prepping and picking stuff up downstairs as they are coming to finally begin replacing our floors tomorrow.
that first shot looks like Fuller's (surf spot) go for lunch at Nepenthe's. I'm about 2 hours ne of where you are
passed out in my hammock post ride for a few hours. It's a glorious 91F out but cooler under my redwoods where the hammock is
91* and no humidity in the shade in a hammock...maybe with a little breeze? that's epic napping weather, my man.
In.
what he said
I think I did some heating in April, just to keep the marital harmony.
Yeah, those look really good.
I should take a crack at homemade tortillas some day.
I should take a crack at homemade tortillas some day.
Making them is very…de-pressing.
once you make your own, you realize how crappy the ones in the store are. Start to finish it takes 20 minutes to make 8 tortillas. If you want more add 2 minutes of cook time, one min per side. A tortilla press is only about $20
Go.
Tacobout judgemental, yeesh.
It's been about that long here too. First phase water restrictions are already in effect.
How is sleep even possible at those temperature's?
I prefer about 64 degrees, with a light down comforter. I couldn't survive in the South from April-September.
beer and exhaustion. then again I have slept under a fire engine mid day in 100+ temps (only shade around). I am one of those folks that if I close my eyes I fall asleep.
We've got 6" deep standing water in the ditches along side the roads in our hood. The only time you ever get any water is during the snow melt after some hot days.
Next up: SKEETERS
Autocross Sunday. Not great, wasn't very fast, but didn't hit any cones either in 8 runs.
Got the Saturday Gravel Grinder results back. 11th overall...on a freaking fatbike. 6 min off the top pace and about 7 of those riders were only a second apart. Gotta be a mind-f*ck when someone rolls in 6 min later on a freaking fatbike, not last, not mid-pack, but f*cking right behind you. We got split off the front peloton when we had to wait for a bear to clear a long boardwalk over a swamp...we were seriously all lined up on the boardwalk with the bear about 50 feet ahead. I'm not sure what the hell the guy in front woulda done if the bear charged, but I have to imagine it would have been a fight to push each other off the boardwalk and into the swamp. But from there 3 of us grouped together and stayed together the rest of the 30 miles or so and just worked it.
The next one is the only other one I do, it's pretty cool because the course is even more gnar (for gravel) with much looser stuff, steeper hills (they have to push, I just keep going), rutted pothole dirt roads, etc.
Got the Saturday Gravel Grinder results back. 11th overall...on a freaking fatbike. 6 min off the top pace and about 7 of those riders were only a second apart. Gotta be a mind-f*ck when someone rolls in 6 min later on a freaking fatbike, not last, not mid-pack, but f*cking right behind you. We got split off the front peloton when we had to wait for a bear to clear a long boardwalk over a swamp...we were seriously all lined up on the boardwalk with the bear about 50 feet ahead. I'm not sure what the hell the guy in front woulda done if the bear charged, but I have to imagine it would have been a fight to push each other off the boardwalk and into the swamp. But from there 3 of us grouped together and stayed together the rest of the 30 miles or so and just worked it.
The next one is the only other one I do, it's pretty cool because the course is even more gnar (for gravel) with much looser stuff, steeper hills (they have to push, I just keep going), rutted pothole dirt roads, etc.
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That's fucking awesome.
Got a flat out in the middle of nowhere. Bacon stripped it, that let loose a good ten yards later. Put a tube in it, had a leak. Tried to patch the tire, pump broke. Despite the parking lot being an absolute zoo, didn't see a single person until I was damn near back to the car so got in a short ride and a long walk today.
I had the Loukaniko dinner. $16 with a salad and extra Tzatziki
I got the MB3 repaired and painted. I celebrated a little. I finally got to utilize the XT 8 speed shifter I have been holding on to for 14 years. Dart and Smoke have been reinstalled. Flat bar also. XT thumb Shifter has finally been takin out of service. XT parallax hub still going strong! Its a great bike. I love it. I put the wheels in the stand. Spot on. DX derailleur is 19 years old. They still make coolstop brake pads. They still come with that plastic clip to properly tow them in.
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Well then, the major plant and boulder removal and trimming on my side yard it officially done. Now to buy a rototiller and figure out what I’m planting
But first, ibuprofen and mezcal. For anybody wondering, rocks are heavy.
But first, ibuprofen and mezcal. For anybody wondering, rocks are heavy.
I feel you, I am kind of having a year like that.
