Back in the salt pit.
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Back in the salt pit.
Gotta make some coffee. Another full proper night of sleep. Would like to ride today, but rain may prevent such an activity. My son loved Jeff's riding demo yesterday. He even cruised around the bike shop on a 16" pedal bike.
Sleep was not working last night. More deck work today. Yesterday was mostly spent on putting in connecter screws where nails were coming out. Didn't even make a dent on the number that need to be replaced. Giddy.
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Rode with buddy this morning, he was on his new bike we demoed yesterday. I am just a bit short of 30 miles this weekend, not bad. It was nice and chilly outside, the only challenge being my hangover from too much slivovitz too late last night. Now headed to Rockport for brunch.
Blargh. hammock is just too small for me my back is freaking stiff need to go ride
Rain is falling, but relatively light. 58°F. Debating ride or trainer.
Rode yesterday now yard work. How does one get rid of a mole? I’ve got two tunnels started in my mulch and the little fucker is starting to get in the grass. Tried a sticky mouse trap which worked last year but they seem to have caught on to that game.
Rode 25 miles on the tri bike yesterday, then ran 6 miles at the track this morning. Cold temps and rested legs make for fast running. I was dropping 6:20 miles and assumed my watch was acting up again, which it wasn't.
tried to go to be early. didn't work. awake until 2, then on and off until the kids woke up at 6:30. coffee, planting fall stuff in the garden, soon off to participate in a panel discussion for work.
Going on day 3 with no power. Luckily, a buddy lent me a generator, so I can run my fridge and charge my phones. Have a camp stove for cooking, and luckily my coffee shop regained power today, so I'm back in the land of the living. Still, I'm thankful for my manual grinder and aeropress.
Getting picked up in 20 minutes to go for a ride. It's nice and cool out.
Getting picked up in 20 minutes to go for a ride. It's nice and cool out.
Woof. Mind said wake up at 3 am and didn’t lemme go back to sleep until 8:30. I’m a wee bit foggy this morning.
Try leaving the mole undisturbed?
Negative. I work hard on my yard and don’t want a bunch of moles fucking it up
Got all my gear packed to go to Pisgah for the day, went to bed way earlier than usual, but couldn’t sleep worth a damn. So no Pisgah epic today. Trying to salvage the remains of the day and the last official day of summer.
Who said that?
Cooked my ass off for about 50 people. Homemade chili. Coneys Michigan style for lunch pregame (not a fan of steamed hotdogs). Eggplant parm fried and baked with sauce and cheese. Ortega Mom style tacos (for the kiddos). Homemade Pico from the Garden. Tomato salad and grilled corn. Everyone walked out the door with a doggie bag and a Oatmeal cake with a cinnamon maple glaze. Melted Maytag Blue Cheese is awesome on grilled corn by the way... Totally nailed it. $500 tip. Sometimes its you. And sometimes it is Garden fresh ingredients.
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That's an all-day affair... I ain't done it since about 1997.
nicely done.
Took kiddo on his longest and most challenging ride to date...he was a champ. He is ready to start shuttling Phillips Ridge (but he is nowhere near ready for Phillips Canyon.)
But now I have a riding partner for some big descents!
Soon enough he will be able to drive, and then we can really shuttle!
But now I have a riding partner for some big descents!
Soon enough he will be able to drive, and then we can really shuttle!
Got in some sort of ride...
"do you feel the way the shit clings to the air?"
It was a long one, particularly with the wife not feeling it at the start. Traffic east of the tunnel on the way home made it a longer day too.That's an all-day affair... I ain't done it since about 1997.
If I were to do it again I'd probably skip coming down Galena Ditch and ZL and instead suck up the extra climbing and mileage by staying on the Colorado Trail back to Breck.
Galena and ZL just dragged along. Although I thought the houses they were building up above Eagle were excessive. Some of the properties and construction above Breck are ridiculous...
When I did it we started at Keystone/Soda Creek area, headed over to the dredge, over/around Gibson Hill, up to French Pass, got lost on the far side of French because the trail just kinda disappeared, climbed GA Pass road because we were running out of time, and returned eventually to Keystone after dark.
Our girlfriends (now wives) waiting for us at the restaurant in Idaho Springs were... less than amused.