If you do, could you tell the whale that I’m tired of seeing him? Thanks.
Are you tired of this yet?
I sure am. That’s why I’m here (Plurk.com) more and more.
This is one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes. Besides the fact that it’s simply funny, sometimes I don’t feel like doing things just because everyone else is. Like wearing the ribbon.
I think I rode one of the more beautiful rides of my life today.
I’m in Oregon for the week and brought my roadie along so that I can get some rides in. I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be a great week for riding.
This morning I left my parent’s house in Tualatin, Oregon and headed west through Sherwood, linked up with Kruger Road that rose and up over a small mountain to finish up in Beaverton. Along the way I passed by this beautiful Bed and Breakfast called the Chehalem Ridge. I’m jotting this down for a get-away.
It was only a 30 mile ride but the views of Mt. Hood, Saint Helens, Mount Adams and even Rainier combined with the picturesque forest roads that were winding and beautiful made this ride a definite repeat! To top things off I saw 2 cars on Kruger Road and not a one coming down from Chehalem Pass.
These low quality shots from my soon to be retired cell phone don’t do it justice, but imagine the type of road that BMW would feature in a commercial - winding, ups and downs, 180 degree curves, tree canopy with sunlight cutting through…and you’ll get the idea. Add to that the bluebird skies and I was in heaven.
It’s nice to come home.
It’s the first annual (sounds so much better than first, even though it may not become an annual) bumper sticker photo contest. Send ‘em in and you could win some stuff.
Guidelines
Winner gets?
The winner will get some cool gear from me. (I’ve got a DNA hoodie, a sleeve of Nike golf balls and a brand new Backcountry.com organic cotton tee shirt up for grabs so far. I’m making this up as I go so bear with me - trust me, if anyone can round up some free gear I’m the man!)
Here’s my entry which I’ll start things off with.
All entries will be posted to my Flickr Bumper Sticker Contest set of photos
I don’t care about the haters.
I don’t care about the critics.
I do care about the cheaters but I still believe that Lance was clean.
There I said it, I took a stand, drew that line in the sand.
I was looking at KSL.com the other day and saw these two interesting notes regarding Ogden on the front page. (click image for a larger more readable image)
Seems to me that the #3 rated best town in the country wouldn’t be the type of place for gang shootings. And since when did “towns” have a university, 2 freeways, a small airport, urban sprawl and a few dozen traffic lights? Come to think of it, that sounds a lot like Heber.
Just a bit of irony that these two things were on the front page together, not to mention the word “town” is used to describe Ogden.
Cyn was up in the Uintas hiking Kings Peak with the boys from Thursday to late Saturday which meant that I was a single dad with Annapurna during that time. Whoa! That single parent stuff can be stressful. Props to all the single parents out there making it happen, and to Cyn who with grace lets me play more than any married with kids dad I know, hence being a single mom on occasion.
Around 7:20pm on Saturday night I got a call from my princess who says when I answered the phone, “Get your cycling stuff on we’ll be home in 20.” She really knows what buttons to push.
So I got Anna bathed, dressed for bed and dinner started and when they arrived home. After some long overdue hugs and kisses I had just enough time for a quick out and back up the Mirror Lake Highway to my 10 mile turn around point. It’s a ride that I try to do in less than an hour which means I have to average just over 20mph even with the 1100′ of climbing.
As I was nearing the turn around point the sun was setting behind Beaver Ridge and I had to snap some shots with my soon to be retired cell phone. Sunset cycling is so enjoyable!
As for the riding conditions, they were pretty good for a holiday weekend Saturday evening. I had a few miles without cars which was nice.
I imagine the fly fishing is great right now since I inhaled a half dozen or more bugs. They are thick out there. Did I say that sunset cycling is enjoyable? At least there are views of this to remind me of how good the ride was, despite the extra protein.
Oh yea, my time? I managed 1 hour and 2 seconds with the stops for photos. They were worth it.
This is my friend Derek. He likes to ski pow. A few of my winter adventures each year include him.
He also likes to shoot video using his remote control heli. I’ve had the chance to be his camera operator from time to time which really means that we argue and shout at each other like a married couple in controversy. But, things work out and we capture some great shots.
He just got back from Colorado where he was shooting for a documentary in Aspen about water conservation. I couldn’t help but feel a tinge of jealously knowing someone else was operating the camera. But these images are so clean and amazing I’m more stoked than anything else for the success he’s having with his trade. Congrats Derek, this is just the start!
Aspen Aerials from piton productions on Vimeo.
Le Tour kicked off today and Valverde took the Yellow Jersey after basically stepping to the plate and signaling to the fence before the race began. Good to see a guy deliver in such fashion.
One of the things I hope for on this years tour is a “clean” tour. Although disappointed that Levi or Contador won’t be in the race, I don’t really care who wins but that it is a clean tour. It’s time for cycling to regain it’s place in the eyes of sport.
Check out this interesting perspective from Jens Voigt as he talks about the degree of testing that has, hopefully, cleaned up the tour.
