Wet

Woke up this morning a little bit later than a normal. Julie got ready for her every other Saturday trek to the office for a 1/2 day. Sam and I were going to do a charity ride for cancer sponsored by the local hospital. We didn't pre-reg and the plan was to show and make a double donation for the cause. Unfortunately, the weather is being less than cooperative. The picture here was taken before 9a this morning, and, yes, that is a street light glowing. Didn't get a pic of the harder rain. But, we've certainly had some downpours where it's been difficult to see the neighbors' houses. The lawn needs this as do the water tables.

Happy Saturday, all y'all.

CB chillaxin' during his extended weekend after the 24/9 win.

Julie and Sam along for the ride.

Ouch

Beechwood got me tonight. Yup, it hurt. Monster bruise on the knee should arrive by tomorrow morning.

24/9

I went to the 24 Hours of Nine Mile this year, but as support instead of racing it. Was a completely different experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Got about 3 hours of sleep in a 40 hour period. The drive to Door County for a few days of chillaxin' after the race seemed to take forever. At least CB was able to get 1 song on the playlist before he crashed hard in the passenger seat of the toy. I'll throw up some pics from the weekend soon. As far as race write-ups, CB said it best here.

Mt. Trashmore aka Crystal Ridge

I had no front brake for ~1/2 the race in tight twisty singletrack, big ring singletrack and a rough ski hill downward double traverse. Lots of skidding. Slower pace than normal. Skidding changed my lines in the ST resulting in numerous and various sized branches to the arms, shoulders and head. Was seeing stars for a bit and couldn't always remember where in the course I was. I finished, not quite DFL. But, it was Sam's 1st race venue ever. He did great. He truly just loves being outside where the action is.

Counting the hours

until I'm outta here. Very limited saddle time as of late due to some issues. There are things that are more important that riding, but it's not always easy to accept that the rides won't happen, especially when riding has very much been my release lately.

As I type, CB is enroute. Heading to 24/9 tomorrow to support JB and CB in their 24 hour duo effort.

Then off to the water and beach in Door County for a few days followed by meeting at the Beech for Tuesday night. Quiet Wednesday with a trip to the airport to send Chris back to AZ.

Good luck to those of you partaking in any Superweek activities and a safe weekend to all.

Saw the Beach Boys last night. They still sound pretty much the same. One of the few "old" groups that I've seen that haven't dropped their singing by an octave.

Private fenced area with food, silos of beer, advertising Fuel, comped whirlpool suite at the hotel. Was a good night.

Today, although a vacation day was back to reality. Work on the Toyota. Hopefully it will be dependable. Really need it for the next couple of weekends. Still hasn't let me down as many times as the Heep grand cherokee did.

Tore apart the vacuum cleaner to fix it.

Yup, life is good.