Get me the duct tape

It was so warm that I rolled my window down in my car the other day and it stuck down. Somehow it came out of the track. So, with a flashlight and a screwdriver, Derek took my door apart to fix it. Half an hour in I heard the dangerous words, "Get me the duct tape." I can't complain though, he fixed it and saved us money!

I think I'm opposed to the proposed law where cyclists don't have to stop completely stop at stop signs if a car isn't coming. I mean, it's not that big of a deal to me to stop and then start back up. I have a bigger objection to stopping at a stoplight when there are no cars around.

Ride on.

Mountain Bike Race in February?

I'm toying with the idea of trying to race a new mountain bike race here in Oregon in...February! It's out east in Echo, Oregon and I think it would be fun to race it on a tandem with Derek. It would be more just for something fun to do. We'll see.

Last night we went to Webcyclery movie night and watched Bikecar. It's a movie about 4 snowboarders who build a pedal powered car and ride from Moscow, Idaho up to Silver Mtn, across Washington to some mountain, to Mt Hood in Oregon, and then on to Mt Bachelor here in Bend. It was just the kind of adventure that I would LOVE to do and I really enjoyed the film.

What a beautiful week! My rides to and from work were under unseasonably warm temperatures and my lunchtime rides were down right warm. It's still slightly dark when I start out in the morning but the sun rises as I quietly spin through the neighborhood. Some mornings the colors are magnificent and it's those mornings that I pedal a little slower so that I can admire the lasting effects of the sunrise.

Winter seems to have taken a break so with temps nearing 50 we we went mountain biking at Horse Ridge.



Last night we had dinner with a big group and everything was yummy!

I'm sure the topic of conversation all over town is the weather so I'll spare the discussion other than to say...what the hell is going on and where is winter?

I passed by a new store in the Old Mill Marketplace...just says ELECTRIC BIKES. Pretty self explanatory what they are probably selling, but I'll have to go check it out.

So far I haven't noticed an increase in people swimming at Juniper but the gym sure looks busy when I walk by. I wonder if any studies have been done regarding the average intelligence level of people using saunas. I have the most interesting discussions in there - surely the average user is smarter than most people.

That's about it - is it Friday yet?

Awesomeness

Yesterday we were up early and went to Meissner to skate ski. The lot was only partially full when we got there and one of the high school teams was leaving so it was relatively quite. The conditions were pretty nice and we did the Tangent Loop with ease. Great weather, good skiing.

We bought some ingredients to brew an amber ale so that's our next project.

Happy New Year

New Year's Even was great - we met up with a bunch of people and cross country skied out to one of the shelters. With the wood stove going and the music pumping we celebrated. Good times.