Not quite as good as Riverz End.

Anyway, srwalshon had a nice retrospective of his year, which I thought was quite nice. So a bit of my own. I kinda did one for 2003, but it was mostly statistics anyway. I'll do some of those too ( Read more... )

Does running into a barbed wire fence require a tetanus shot?  I think I had one 2 years ago, and the fence seems to be stainless steel...

This was caused by a rut I went into to avoid the water on the trail...  And this is why I'm a bit terrified about going downhill too fast...  I had to walk down this section.

On the plus side, I saw 2 kitties ( Read more... )

Man, I've had some fun and seen cool things this past week, but I just don't have time to put up the pictures and spin the tales!
Some highlights:

• It wasn't the emperor in town, but, rather, a prince.
• I took my camera around the day he was supposed to arrive, but didn't see anything. The following day, I didn't take it, but when we got back from ( Read more... )

I'm packing away things I'm not taking to New Jersey... trying to take less crap than I usually do.  Since I'll probably come back in the next 2 months, I'm not taking my bike until then... so I'm packing away the odometer.  Final stats from Taiwan:

From 19 November 2003 - 28 February 2004:
Total Distance:509.3 km (318.3 miles)
Total Time:1 day, 2 ( Read more... )

Sweet merciful crap, I'm a lazy bastard. A bit bored this evening, a list of things I want to write about, but I don't feel like writing... but I want them written.

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From this last weekend's ride:

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I'm not in the first page, but I'm featured in 2 pics on the 2nd page!

Wow, I've never been so utterly tired after only 4 hours of biking. We did about 10 miles on the nearby mountain. Started at 8am. Great ride, although we stopped more than I would have preferred, and for longer than I'd want as well. And there were so many riders (nearly 20 of us) that I often got stuck behind someone slower than I'd want. ( Read more... )

So, I went on this bike ride. Ended up being exactly 100km. And, dear god, the pain, make it stop. My quads are this close to being utterly smashed (as an alternate, they've cramped up... yay!). But I finished. The last 20, were killer, as I expected, but, like I said, I finished. (I'll put up stats in an edit in a couple hours). Right now, ( Read more... )

When I was first told that there was a free washer/dryer in this place I thought it was pretty cool. And I was in dire need of socks, so I did it this evening. Unfortunately, the guy before me set the dryer at 150 minutes right when I started the washer. Alright, I can wait. I can still get to bed by 11pm. So, I came back 2.5 hours later, and ( Read more... )

Just got back from biking. Longer (time and distance-wise) than I expected, but worth it ( Read more... )