Bedrock & Paradox

The grass is always greener, as they say. So, why is it that I spend so much time driving elsewhere? Doing an audit of our first quarter spending yesterday reveals that the petroleum companies, and the gas stations in Flagstaff and Moab, like us a lot. I want a free ice cream sandwich. So, I…

So, the laptop isn’t back yet: the silence continues. Yesterday I (hopefully) finished up my NCLB highly-qualified silliness, taking the high school Government test. I also ripped up both heels with my new shoes running that morning (in Flag). Hope it’s just the socks and breaking in shoes, and not having two new pairs of…

It’s cold today, which is wonderful. Any weather where you need to wear socks in the evening to go put wood on the grill is good. It helps me sleep. More such weather on tap for the weekend, which is very good. Eric and I may face near-freezing temps Sunday morning. Variety is good, why…

Yesterday my Weirwolf finally came in, so I got some parts and rebuilt the fleet. Julie got a new rear shoe, My God (M’s SS) got the Race Face 165’s and a 34t ring, and the Psurly fixie got built. Pics whenever the laptop comes back. Riding a fixie is fun, and hard. It’s 44:18,…

Because I get a gun. I learned this morning that I have an elk permit, zone 10, October 19-25th. Not the first choice, but a good one. It’s also on our anniversary (sorry dear!). Zone 10 is south and west of Grand Canyon, a bit of pine forest and lots of high desert scrub. It’ll…

Epic day in Zion Saturday: navigation errors and various complexities put us in the Narrows at 2020, at the end of the road a bit before midnight. In season at Zion, one can only use the shuttle in the main canyon, and the last bus leaves at 2200. Ergo, we bivvied in the handicapped bathroom.…

Rollin’ out after work for a weekend of Zion canyons with Phillip, who is currently 1.5 semesters into figuring out how to manage outdoors habits whilst being in school full time. He used to be my partner in crime, working at Second Nature and living out of the trucks. Life has grown more complicated, but…

..for victory is mine. List of victories today: -not having fucked up digits -finally setting up for use my year of the family time share (damn that sounds yuppie*). It didn’t work out for the CB 100, rather we’ll be in South Tahoe from 9/3-10. Freeloaders may be welcome, provided they either climb or ride…

Post rant yesterday, I did get out for a ride. Took a bottle and street clothes and spun around the hood for an hour, exploring the miasma of dead end streets. We live near the edge of town, in a large wash leading to an even larger wash a mile and a half east. All…

Bike shops can be a pain in the ass. While there are few things more satisfying than a mutual exchange of competence, experience, and respect between bike shop employee and customer, this is in my experience the exception rather than the rule. To whit, my own local options and the alternatives: 1) Small one-man local…