Our Explorer decked out for the ride
Day 0
Cow Palace registration Day 0 of AIDS/LifeCycle is finally here! I’ve been clenched up with preride jitters for a few days but woke up at 5 feeling like me again…
Scott's packing style: Using a lot of gear from my bike packing trip.
The Dog Days of May
The start of the ride is this Sunday, just a few days away. Kathy and I can't train any more. Rather, we need to taper our riding. Our last training…
Looking forward to Day 1
Well, I'm sure all you faithful readers will be relieved to hear that Scott and I have mended our fences, patched our differences, licked our (own) wounds, and generally are…
Scouting the Course
I've spent the past four days scouting the ALC course: Checking road conditions, confirming map cues, evaluating unofficial rest stops, and locating supplemental restrooms, food, and coffee. Admittedly, this exercise…
Shifting Gears
Scott's right to be pissed off. I did promise him I would engage in nothing extra-curricular in these last critical weeks, and then I went into a theatre to help…
Disharmony
I'm angry with Kathy. I don't think I'm right and she's wrong. Which is to say I totally think I'm right and she's wrong. But that's just because I'm angry.…
A picture is worth a thousand words
One visit to urgent care…
...two hours with acupuncturist, three sets of x-rays, a whole bunch of tape, handfuls of anti-inflamatories, several lost days (and counting)...... thanks to one litte teeny weenie itsy bitsy millisecond…
Cache Creek Nature Preserve. We find the coolest places when nature calls!
Back in the (back) saddle!
As Scott mentioned in one of his posts, I lost a few weeks due to a tooth abscess and subsequent extraction, an issue that's been interrupting my life since January.…
Kathy enjoying ice cream after a long LA ride
Back in the (Tandem) Saddle
This past Saturday (April 13) should have ben a milestone for Kathy and me. We were scheduled to ride the Paul Hulse century, a 104-mile out-and-back ride between Santa Clarita…
When the Love Bubble Bursts
The day after I completed my first AIDS/Lifecycle ride in 2016, I woke up in my own bed, stretched and basked in the afterglow of being done with the ride,…