Where do I start? What a great weekend. Photo #1 is D with 1/2 of a Clif bar in her trap...we were on the uphill side of a long, hard ride in the Dixie National Forest in southern Utah.Photo #2 is of the bird sanctuary outside of our room in Boulder, UT. Sweet serenity for me.
Photo #3 is my wasted face after I don't know how many miles of climbing and descending - I was even more tired than I looked, but it was a good tired - you know - the kind that makes you want to eat a 2 pound burrito, and vomit at the same time. Yeah, that good kind of tired. I bet I could have placed 5th in that Coney Island hot dog eating contest after that ride, but I would have taken top honors in the vomit volume contest.
Photo #4 is the top of the pass heading down then towards Capitol Reef National Park. We started climbing at 6,400 feet - and 11 miles later - VOILA! 9,600 feet. The 8% grades hurt me, but D said "I just can't go that slow" and pedaled on past me to take the KOM points at the top...grrrr.
Photo #5 is the new dawgg - Bodhi. I named him after this guy because he's 3-toned and he's kinda small, but D liked the name and decided that it meant this. I agreed to meet in the middle since I'm about as spiritual as your next door Agnostic, and D is into the yoga stuff. It's all good. He's a great dog, and a hella fun to have around with our old dog Jamocha.
#6 is Lyza after a hard day of playing. You could say she falls asleep like this about every night.
#7 is D and Lyza re-enacting a rat that they chased out of our kitchen. A rat you say? Yeah - I said the same damn thing. We live in a city with about 7% humidity year round - and I can count the field mice I have seen in the forest after a rain. Turns out, it was a neighbor's pet. Lyza and D scared it so bad, we think it had a heart attack on the front lawn and died in a pool of sprinkler water less then 1/16" deep. Kinda tragic really....but the re-enactment cracked me up.
Shit! 4 weeks until Durango. I better keep on keepin' on. Actually, I'm feeling pretty good about my chances and I'm in pretty good shape right now. I may look like crap, but I can ride kinda fast for 3-4 hours. I hope you're having a great summer - this one has been memorable so far for us.
Great photos, pallie. I like that you can see your reflection in Dana's shades. As for Lyza being completely wiped out--You either are 1.training her for races Bela Karolyi style, or 2. you got that kid signed up for indentured servitude or somethin'!
ReplyDeleteShe was tending to the family garden - and making us some new hemp shirts, she rode her bike to get groceries with my BOB trailer (including a pony keg of Fat Tire), and I had her pour a concrete slab for our garbage cans - all in a day's work for a 5 year old, right?!
ReplyDeleteYeah, right - try playing for 12 straight hours and that will kick yer arse.
That explanation of the "rat re-enactment" photo cracked my sh*t up, Shek Mo!
ReplyDeletePoor pet rat died of fright in a kiddy pool. Isn't that what happened in the 1971 film "Ben" (theme song by Hee-Hee Jackson)?