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Two wheelin’ (the hard way)
Oh, I’ve been waiting for these. You know how, whenever you participate in a big run or bike ride, professional photographers set up near the finish line? Well, at El Tour de Tucson they set up cameras at both ends: That’s the start. I’m in that gaggle, but even with a magnifying glass, I can’t be […]
I predicted it would be a lost weekend, and so it was. I rode in a competitive event yesterday . . . although, to be sure, in a less than competitive manner . . . then rode again this morning, just for fun, with some hashing friends. Sore and tired? You bet. But it’s a good sore and tired! […]
I have to retract an earlier remark: I’m no longer the only member of my cycling group to sign up for El Tour de Tucson . . . my friend Darrell’s joining me for the 35-mile event tomorrow. Good, now there’s two of us who won’t get any sleep tonight! Why am I freaking over […]
Another birthday come and gone. Thank God the goodies last longer than the day itself. Speaking of which, here’s my new bicycle: Pretty pretentious, eh? So pretentious it came with clip-in pedals, which in turn forced an investment in high-tech bicycle shoes. I rode it for the first time today, mainly to get the knack […]
The blogiverse managed to survive October without much input from me. I’ve been hashing, and what little I’ve written lately’s over at the other blog. But I feel I owe this blog something, even if only a summary of events and a couple of cheap shots at our betters. So far this month I’ve set two hash trails, one the […]
Our Saturday morning bicycle ride gets earlier and earlier. In the winter we started at 9:00 AM. Today we started at 7:00 AM, but it was already 95 degrees by the time we finished, so next week we’re starting at 6:30 AM. I suppose by the time daily highs reach 110-115 degrees, we’ll be meeting […]
Okay, I cede the battle. Our ground squirrels and pack rats are smarter than the traps I set out for them. For now, they have the run of the property. For now, they scoff at me. Vermin take note: I have not ceded the war. Yesterday’s news today: our first 100-degree day; regular gas finally […]
Those Hav-a-Hart animal traps? Not half as clever as the vermin they’re meant to imprison. Our score to date: Animals trapped: 1 Trap set, bait missing, no animal inside: 3 Trap tripped, bait missing, no animal inside: 6 Trap tipped on side, bait still there, no animal inside: 1 Faint sound of rodent laughter in background while […]