Great Rides....

I had the greatest ride tonight. Went hard for the past 2 nights so I decided to take it easy and do a simple recovery ride. Rode for only 1 hour and kept the HR down and pedaled SUPER easy. It was the warmest it's been all year (around the low to mid 60's). By the time I got out, the sun had started it's downward trend towards setting and there was a soft breeze blowing. Cranked up the Ipod and listened to Heavens...I don't think there was a more perfect album I could have listened to this evening.

I love feeling the cool and warm air swirling around each other at twilight. It's an amazing feeling to be at the bottom of a hill (slightly chilled) and feel the air temp warm up and change as you ride up. That combined with the glazed over sunset made for an amazing ride. The only thing that could have made it better would have been not seeing a soul in sight. Can't always have what you want. Spring smells are beginning to come out...the days are getting longer.....

Pop-Lock...

An eventful weekend! FTE punk rock craziness on Fri night, and a rad B-Boy battle up at UConn last night. My homegirl Ginger let me know about the battle that went from noon to midnight! I showed up after work in time to catch the crew finals and the pop-lock finals. The pop-lock finalists were unreal! They ran about 5 different 'final' battles before they could choose a winner. It definitely wasn't an easy decision. Mix in work (the busy season is here!!!), and a lack of sleep. Went for a two hour ride after work today...was pretty damn cold! My legs were cramping because of the cool weather. An overcast, gloomy New England day. Typical. Just wait 5 minutes....I'll have more photos up later this week.


-During the crew finals. Managed to get a few shots in before the nazi-mc yelled at me to put the camera away. I find it humorous that the people involved in the hip-hop community weren't standing up to the guy acting as the authority figure telling everyone what they couldn't do.

F.T.E

Went to go see Steve's band FTE play in Bristol for CJ's 30th B-Day bash on Friday night. Had a great time and ran into a bunch of friends. Hung out with Karp, Ken, Pete & Michele, Duffy, and met a bunch of other cool folk as well. FTE played rocked the place out and almost got shut down by an angry French woman. Here're some shots:




-I think Ken had the best quote of the night when referring to Karp, "He looks like he's from the Bible."


-Did you know that Steve can time warp/meld space when he plays?

Back! VT was fun. Drove up in a small snow-squall, rode on Monday in clear, sunny skys with plenty of snow, hung out with Pa-Dukes, drank some beer (the best was a chocolate, oatmeal stout!), ate food, relaxed, drove up to Jay Peak, watched TV, learned some VT folklore, listened to a ton of great music, headed home in blue-bird conditions, saw cars off the road, eluded MA troopers' radar, and got home before 3! Here're some random snaps whilst driving.






-This sign means you're "Way the fuck up there!"




-"Don't drive angry."


-Did I mention I'm going for the 'Lumber-Jack Chic' lately? Trying out the Jerk Beard....

Escaped!

Yep...I've escaped. I'm up here somewhere near the Great White North...I came out of retirement for the day and actually strapped a snowboard to my feet, surfed a mountain for the day. It was tough to swallow the 50-some-odd-dollar lift ticket, but the beautiful conditions made it a bit easier to choke down. It's been snowing pretty steadily since I've been here, looking forward to warmer weather so I can ride outside on a consistant basis. See you when I get back in few days. I'll have a few photos to post when I get back.