Good weekend

Rain. Friday evening brought it. Saturday morning started out overcast for the opening ceremonies of the Cal Ripken Baseball season. The clouds kept moving east to allow blue sky the chance to take over the sky. After the ceremonies it was off to practice for a 1.5 hours. Decided to go watch one of Philip's friends play ball that afternoon. Headed home after a couple of innings and then went for a nice bike ride towards Troy with Eric. It was a nice and well deserved easy ride. Ended the day going to St. Mary's Center for a wine and cheese.

Saturday night it decided to rain and we even had some lightning and thunder. Darn, that meant that biking was not in the cards for the next day. Wake up to see sun shine and the Chipman Trail calling. Made it to Pullman and back on the Vandal Bike in pretty good time. I really need to clean off the worm guts. The rain caused a lot of worms to come out of the ground in the night. Tried my best to dodge but it just was easier to stay in a pretty straight line to keep from crashing.

Sunday Ramblings

Wow! What a day. The breakfast for Lady Chavez went really well. People where so generous to help the family out. I helped her husband wash a lot of dishes.

After the breakfast I was able to ride to Troy on the Vandal bike. Stopped in to see Susan, Ryan, Rio and Summer. Had a nice little chat and then headed back to Moscow. It sure is a nice trail. I could do without all of the dog bombs along the way.

Commuting

This morning was the first official day of getting back on the Giant bike with the trailer and commuting to work. First it was drive the kids to school and then go home to get the bags into the trailer. I place the 30 pounds of flat weights that is in an old laptop case in the bottom of the trailer for something extra to pull around. The rest of my bags go on top of that. It was cold ride but it felt great to get back into riding to work. The Vandal bike will not be used for commuting with the trailer. The attachment is a little harsh on the bike frame for doing that.

Blustery Day and a Plea

Blustery day today riding towards Pullman. I was expecting Pooh and Piglet to come flying at me. Only got in a little over 4 miles (to the WalMart turnoff) with the wind blowing almost 25 mph in my face. The ride back home was a lot quicker. Ran into a little bit of what seemed like snow falling out of the sky. It is sure Spring in Moscow by this weather. At some point maybe it will start warming up. Really need to get out and ride more everyday.

Now for a plea to everyone that reads this. I am riding in a ride this August that supports Multiple Sclerosis. It is a two day ride in the McCall area. We cover 60 miles on the first day as we ride to the Burgdorf Y north of McCall. This is a very beautiful and scenic ride that has an ascent of 1590 feet over ten miles. The next day we take a little flatter approach to the ride as we travel south of McCall towards the Tamarack Ski area. This is a 50 mile round trip ride not on the highway.

Day One Map
Day Two Map

All that I am asking is that you consider donating to this cause by supporting me as I ride. This will be my third year doing this and I feel real strong about this cause.

If you want to support me then you can go to my personal page on the MS Society site to donate.

Thank you to those have supported me in the past and thanks to those that will support me this year.