• 2012 Helvetia Half Marathon

    Just completed the Helvetia Half Marathon.  I didn’t hang around to get my official time, but I’m pretty sure I achieved a course PR; beating my time from the last run.  Not by much mind you, but while I was out there slogging through it I had my doubts if I would be able to.…

  • Moment Of Silence

    A moment of silence please for the title transferring of one 2004 Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012. It will always be remembered fondly as the first motorcycle.  The motorcycle that helped me through obtaining my riders endorsement.  The motorcycle that went camping with objects bungee tied to every exposed pipe.  The motorcycle…

  • 2012 Chicago Marathon

    It’s official.  I’ve gone and registered for the 2012 Chicago Marathon.  Registering for that triggers a search for a Spring/Summer half-marathon to work in for training.  And of course since I’ll be all trained up in October, why not do another half-marathon afterwards? I wonder why I do this to myself. My goal is to…

  • New iPhone!

    Finally that day arrived and the iPhone 4S that I ordered showed up.  Prior to today both Angie and I had been s..l..o..w..l..y using our iPhone 3g phones (ack!).  We learned what patience really meant as our apps would take seemingly minutes to open up.  Ultimately resorting to disabling Spotlight Searching, Location Services, and nearly…

  • Dad’s Passing

    My Dad passed away on Friday September 30th, 2011.  I miss him.

  • Day 10 – Astoria to Renton

    Angie and I were leaving our room to go get breakfast and I happened to look out the window and saw another motorcycle.  The rider was putting on his vest and ear plugs, etc.  I was just about to turn away when a small poodle poked its head out from around the back of the…

  • Day 9 – Coos Bay to Astoria

    The bed at the hotel last night definitely left something to be desired.  It was nearly broken on the side that I was sleeping on so there wasn’t much sleep to be had.  That was unfortunate as we were planning on heading out early in the morning and had the most miles of any day…

  • Day 8 – Arcata to Coos Bay

    Back to the hard miles as we make our way back north.  The big prize today was the miles between Crescent City and Brookings.  That was the lone stretch of US Route 101 that we didn’t do in our rides last year so it felt good to get that taken care of.  So now we…

  • Day 7 – Redding to Arcata

    Today could have turned out horrible.  When we were in Susanville a cyclist that we’d met at the hotel had told us about CA Route 299.  I hadn’t really planned on coming out to the coast mainly because we’ve ridden most of it already and the weather can be a bit flaky.  However, there is…

  • Day 6 – Susanville to Redding

    We had planned another short riding day to give ourselves a break.  Our plan was to leave Susanville and stop at the Lassen Volcanic Monument to check out the visitor’s center and maybe swing by the sulfur springs.  After that we’d head into Redding and call it a day. The volcanic gods wanted to keep…

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