Bacheolor party = excuse to bike tour and…

My favorite Cousin, X-opher, had his Bachelor party down in Newport Beach over the weekend.  To get there I had the choice of a 150mile drive on the interstates, and through LA traffic (At 3:30am on our way home there was a traffic jam… there is always something there).  I certainly didn’t feel like driving both ways through LA traffic, and taking the train round trip seemed expensive.  The next most logical step was bicycling 240 miles around LA.  There were not convenient mid route stops, so I opted to borrow a Ibex trailer, and camping gear from Sam, screwed around packing and ended up leaving at the crack of 10 am.
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Orange you glad that Julia didn’t say Banana

Evil lent his truck out a few weeks ago and when it came back there were 90 lbs of 3 day old oranges in the back.  That’s around 150 plump juicy, fresh-off-the-tree-they-do-not-taste-like-this-in-Canada oranges.  They are wonderful.  My Dr. had just prescribed to me, of all things, eating oranges.   I have now been eating 4 oranges (at least) a day.  I’m some place in the 1/2 to 1/3 of the way through, but they are starting to go downhill.
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… ah the Race

After I finished my post on Friday, I started out for a run.  Only I found that my legs were not functioning.  I made it 1/2 way down the driveway before pulling the plug on that idea.  Which was a little disheartening.

From there I went over to Action Sports for a few final bike adjustments so that it was running tip top.  Went to my fav grocery store and stocked up on $140 of organic veggies, rice, nuts, salmon, etc.

At this point I had a decision to make.  Either head to Sams house (where everyone would be waking up at 6am and heading to the race) or Kerry’s, where the food needed to go, and there were guests over, and no one would be waking up at 6am (they woke up between 9 and 11am.

So that was it, we played Reindeer Games – which essentially was doge ball with 6 people, 4 bowling ball sized nerf balls, no teams, with strobe, no, or low lighting.
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Jan 16 Race?

Tomorrow could be the first race of the season.  If it is, it won’t be pretty.  I’ve just gotten down south and in a distraction free environment.  In my second ride over 3h since IM Canada (that’s in August if you’re counting).  I tried a few efforts to open the legs up this morning.
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Merry Christmas – Jelly Shed

Happy Holidays.

I hope that everyone is having a great time regardless of your beliefs.

Remember that the spirit is joy and happiness – not stress and debt.  Even if Americans spend more on Christmas gifts than the military costs for the entire year… have FUN.
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Tiger!? Winter Roofing

Like every other clown on the internet, I thought that I would chip (get it ha-ha) in my 2 cents on Tiger Woods situation.  Today I’m almost caught up on things, and got around googling Tiger.  As even my parents have heard about this I’m assuming you have as well.

Down in Florida I’ve ridden past his house a few times, but to clarify, that gives me NO insight what-so-ever.

Anytime something like this comes to light, there are always fake confessions.

What makes this different?
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Saugeen Triathlon Club: Nov 29th Banquet Speaker

Boys aren’t from Venus, don’t try to change that

This past week I have been hanging out with my Dad while my mother has had a chance to enjoy her first ‘care-giver’ break in 16 months.  After our trip to Stratford, we briefly stopped in KW to trick-or-treat with my nice, unpacked Mother and then eventually headed back to Bracebridge.  After 5 days with her granddaughter (what more could a Grammie want?) mom has been entertaining us with stories of little Natalie, and contrasting it to my own youth.
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