Friday Afternoon Grab Bag

X-mas robots.

Good night, Keith Moon.

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Today's Topic - Holiday Food

So, certain holidays are upon us and other are coming up. Each has specific foods associated and some have overlapper foods. For example, pumpkin pie. Do you really know where pumpkin pie comes from? You might be surprised.


Not what you expected is it? Just keep this visual in your mind when old Aunt Sara asks you if you'd like pumpkin pie for desert tomorrow.

Happy frickin' Thanksgiving.


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Today’s Topic – No Baby, But, Singletrack

I am somewhat happy to report that I’ve not pissed gravel yet. I am optimistic I won’t. It seems, or it is my hope and / or opinion, kidney stone Buck has dissolved, exiting under the radar. I’m continuing to hydrate well consuming at least one (1) gallon of water, in the form of water or coffee, per day. Beer is a bonus.

This past weekend we had a singletrack announcement meeting. We are very nearly all systems go. At the meeting that crazy Minuscar fellow gave a history of our involvement with the park and the City and touched on websites. I gave an update of our pending club formation, IMBA affiliation, corporation formation, and the related.

I also talked about trail building. It looks like we’ll have an expert trail builder here on the kick off date next spring. He’ll review my layout and design and also conduct a trail building school for the volunteers. This is a great development.

Messing with the trail layout, forming a corporation, filing for non-profit status are all things that will keep me engaged over the next winter months. I’m thankful for that. If I have nothing to do, I get bored and anxious. We can’t have that.

So, the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday to some of you, I’ll be tromping around the park taking notes, making squiggly lines on a map, and enjoying this nice fall weather. If you’re in my neck of the woods, having nothing to do that day, and are in need of some park tromping, shoot me an email and we can meet up.

Lastly, our City has put up a page on the official website about the singletrack project. You can see it HERE. Please note, the links found on that page are somewhat representative of the final trail layout. Final design / layout will likely resemble what you see. Those visuals are a fair representation of our intentions only.


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Friday Afternoon Grab Bag

Frogger, train style.

Creepy bubbles.

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Today's Topic - Sad Truth

Why anyone would want to spend a large portion of their paycheck to own something that begins depreciating the moment you buy it, costs lots to run, costs lots to insure, indirectly causes deterioration of health, contributes to planet melt, and causes stress is beyond me.




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Today’s Topic – Nope, Not Yet

I have not pissed gravel yet so Buck has not shown up. I did a follow up visit with the doctor on Friday, though. It was productive in the fact that she gave me an increased dosage and quantity of Vicodin.

I have found, that after taking one (1) of these, waiting the requisite amount of time, and then consuming a glass of red wine, makes time feel like if you took a 45 RPM vinyl record and suddenly switched the turntable to 33 RPM. Things really, really slow down.

Aside from that, I’m really not in any pain. So, I’m working on singletrack stuff. There are a few things left to hammer out before the meeting on Friday, the meeting with the Parks and Recs the following week, and the neighborhood meeting the week after that. There’s never a dull moment. Unless I want one (1). In which case I can always take a Vicodin and drink some red wine.

Looking ahead to singletrack stuff and actually having some to ride on, I’m thinking of building up a single speed mountain bike over the winter. I gots to has one (1)! Yeah, I’m thinking Surly 1 x 1. I’ll build up some wheels and then get the rest of the parts, etc. and put it together.

It’s not even winter yet and I can’t wait for spring. Geesh, this could be a long season, regardless of how severe or not it really is. The cooler mornings have different riders scrambling for different things. Some have now dusted off their trainers. I have got my full wool on. I don’t mind the cold. I layer up and ride.


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Friday Afternoon Grab Bag

Moments.

Killers on the roam.

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