i thank the...

creator. i actually went out on a ride on saturday. interesting. however the ride started about an hour later than planned.

monkey and i left my house and went down into the valley. sorry no pics, but i was riding light. the smoothie was the only thing up and running. so all that could be heard was the illustrious sound of knobbies on the street. after some hills, we were down in the valley. we decided to take the tow path to stay away from traffic. riding was going fine. until i hit some funny goop. interesting.

up the hill to the bike and hike. gu stop. then it was time for the nut house. riding down onto the nut house it was all mud. after that it dried up and was easy going. i seemed to glide over logs. around trees. good stuff. we happend upon a hiker. pleasantries were exchanged. we wished each other well. and on our way. the question was brought up..."why can't all hikers be like that?" my thoughts...because too many people are assholes. anyway...we continued on. over two creeks. coming up to the down hill. by this time the trail became interesting. still covered by all the fall leaves. the down hill begins. eyes open. after the first downed tree. a sharp right turn around the other downed tree. and let it go. i knew monkey was behind me. and those of you that know...you don't want him behind you when you are going down hill. over the 'bridge.' i know i should be turning left to make the quick climb. but where? crap. i missed it. monkey followed me. one eighty. back on the trail. up and over. over and out. a police car. crap. not a park cop. should be fine. i don't think he saw me, or he didn't care. but monkey was wearing bright yellow. you can't miss him. pays him no-never-mind. good.

back on the tow path. didn't want to risk a run in. that's when it happened. head wind. not just some normal head wind. winds had to pick up to about fifteen to twenty miles per hour. this sucks. ran into an old friend of ours. chatted. moved on. at one point we stopped for a drink. the next thing i hear. 'snow.' crap. thankfully that only lasted for five minutes. we move on. i was glad to hit the climb back home. it ment that we were out of the wind for the time being. two miles left. and they sucked. got home. quick change. hit the saw. food. beer. the saw was the saw. the impeccable service. for those of you that know the saw...you know what i'm talking about. i'm really not sure how that place ever made it. the food is good, but the service is lack luster.

the wind sucked. the company was good. so that more than made up for it.

enjoy...