Bedrock & Paradox

..reading.Good stuff from Ed, as usual. Looking forward: it’s almost June, which means it’s almost July, which means Crested Butte is around the corner!

…and digging, out from a huge pile of grading and paperwork. M helped out huge grading a massive pile of Africa tests last night, so a very public thanks is in order. We also skipped out in the afternoon and saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, which was a worthwhile diversion. (Unlike the…

..and all I got was this shitty hat. Unlike certain hats for which this great territory was known a century ago, this one comes in metric. I know I wait. For the lab. For this evenings plane ride to Cleveland via Vegas (little sis is graduating from Oberlin). For the fun to begin. M and…

I am convinced now that the desert has no heart, that it presents a riddle which has no answer, and that the riddle itself is an illusion created by some limitation or exaggeration of the displaced human consciousness. -EA I did not know what I was inviting, and now I’m paying the price. I slept…

Photo by Ak Pete, looking down the sand coming off Yellow Jacket. Only one of me on course of which I’m aware. Thanks Pete. Pete bivvy’d in the sand near our campsite at Sand Flats, and then rode pavement back to Curiak’s house in Junction that next day. Watch the GDR fireworks next month!

Full meal deal tomorrow, first thoughts for now. 20:47, not what I hoped but for now I’ll take. I need a suspension fork, and better shoes. The scene with the BLM was unfortunate and complex. For the KMC we will be fully legit. For real. If you rode and partook of the scene and haven’t…

Mostly packed. Laundry done. Bikes ready. Leaving tomorrow afternoon, crashing north of the rez. Hanging and errand running in Moab, maybe a trip down Joe’s Ridge in the afternoon, then eating and few hours of sleep before zero hour. Hopefully M and Marni can snag us a campsite, and then kick back and take it…

Some trails are just excellent, and today I got to ride one. Tapering is good for having energy at work, but the mind demands some fun. So I skirted out right after the kids cleared out, a blessing allowed to me by coming in early and working hard to finish everything off. It was a…

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So dinner will have to do. -Orange jasmine rice (1/2 water, 1/2 juice) -Sauteed shrimp, jalapeno, garlic, bell pepper (sriracha, soy sauce, OJ, brown sugar)