2020
Years ago, we bought a bunch of bottles of wine and penciled on the label the year they would be at their best. This one, a 2008 is for 2020, the last of its litter, and we simply cannot remember when it was purchased. Cheers!
Month: March 2019
The GT Moves On
The GT was actually my second mountain bike. The first, also bought used through the same eBay seller, had to be returned due to a fork issue. It was for the best as the Zasker was far superior and helped me enjoy miles of fun trails. Today, it happened: M…
What Is Actually Coming?
I’m buying all kinds of oddities, perhaps for propane usage in an enclosed space or running water. New tires too. While no doubt finite, the list is too long to write and honestly is at odds with my ideas of living in a sustainable manner. The bus is after all…
P is for Packing
Loading the bus…. this is the first time we’re doing it from empty since the initial departure and the major config changes. Of course, when we left last year on April 4 it was in the truck with the wonderfully light Rocky Mounts rack (RIP). Who knows what is actually…
Transitions
We went biking in Joaquin Miller! It was great fun. The bus is in the shop getting 4 new tires and repairs on some non-engine related items. Along the bike path, returning from the garage. You remember all the people you see who in some way aren’t doing what you’re…
A Quality Day
Met up with M L and M J for a ride at Skaggs. Fir to Methuselah to North Leaf. At the bottom. The most M J has ever seen the creek flowing. Actually, this is where I first mountain biked like ever, golly it is years ago now, on a…
Returning
At last! A load of sun this week has made for decent trails and, therefore, today’s partial JM shuttle. Specifically, at the end of Big Trees I rode back up the paved road and turned back to go again on the trail I’d just finished. I’d never done quite that,…
It Arrived Today
The bus fridge came this morning. So early, actually, I was barely up. I took apart the nearly trashed outer box to find a better looking inner box. That means April 4, when the thing was estimated to ship and thus surely still some days from our departure, is, currently,…
The Machines
We’ve both been on the bike trainer a bunch since coming back and both agree it is more about strength than aerobic fitness than being on a road or trail. I remember the same experience on a rowing machine as compared to being on the water. What is behind this?…
New Places
The mudslide we pass on the Sibley wet day walk has a creek running down it and the runoff excavated several additional feet to where the water runs along the trail. Don’t fall in – it’s probably 4 feet further down. Also windy! The two crows and hawk we saw…