Happy Halloween!

It's that time of year again, and we already had our first snow. Which incidentally caused some catastrophic tree problems with our neighborhood.

This was just a sample, in what turned out to be an "all day" cleanup to the carnage. The trees hung on to thier leaves, and the snow did the rest. The landscape of our backyard jungle will change a bit next spring, but honestly, it was a bit dank, so the added sunshine will be welcome. It's like a natural "trimming". On the other side of things, I am foolishly going to try and compete/qualify for the "Leadville 100" race in 2012. It's a 100 mile mountain bike race. The killer is, i built a new bike (yet to be ridden), and she's a single speed! So i will be attempting a 100 mile race for the first time with 1 gear. I like to punish myself. Added to this is my recent lack of excersise, and my certain fat gain.

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I have always said that i'm the short, fat version of Lance Armstrong. Maybe i will walk on my lunch break?

We also moved the kiln, and she's waiting to be used. I have 1 (yes o-n-e) pot that i have thrown in the last six months, so i need to make them start to multiply, like "pigeons"

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Business Cat

Next stop, Winter?

This past summer has been the "Road bike Summer" for us. We have ridden long, short, up, down, and everywhere i had never been in the area. This is good, and bad. The good part is getting outside, and riding. I don't think in the 8-9 years we have been here, that we have spent so much time outdoors. However, it's taking away from part of the reason we moved to the "old town" area.

We need to get back to casual rides, to the store, restaurant, or just because. I really think that most of the individuals that we do these group/long/organized rides with, don't understand. They always want to gear up, and ride 20-50 miles. Don't get me wrong, I like a long ride, but there's more to it than that.

On top of not riding just because, the titanic infusion of 10 tons of road biking has taken me away from Mountain biking, totally. I have not ridden 1x this year on a mountain (I guess it didn't help that i parted my Mountain bike). Due to the killer weather, i'm working on balancing my bikes out again (I think my better half is also). I want to nail it down to my 3 bikes, Road, City, Mountain. I'm not saying there is not room in there for a Beach Cruiser, or a Mini Velo, but i feel like i need the right tool for the job. If i have a bike that's comfortable, and good for short rides, then i'm more apt to do it. It goes down the line.

Also, there is no time to waste (I'm building a 29er now, in hopes of qualifying for the Leadville 100 next year. YAY punishment!).

Oct 3rd:


I have a feeling it will be warm on Halloween. Hello Fall!