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Plan A: was to hit the road and make the 6h out of the desert in the cool of Sunday evening.
Plan B: was formulated until I woke up Monday morning having not made plan A. But I was showered, had slept 9h, and my belly was full of some Ames Famliy BBQ. Not to mention that I spent 2h in the pool, ‘cooling my core’ temperature, and otherwise cavorting with my homies Emily and Colin.

Before I even got to Vegas my butt was cramping, probably a combination of the worn out seat, and the racing. Subie, is possibly due for a timing belt change, and as a precaution I purchased the required belts, and ratchet set.. sitting as preventative measure in the shotgun seat. (more…)

Everything was steaming along fine in our deck renovations. Once Kev and I had finished 3 weeks of procrastination and started work. We also fabricated and painted cupboard doors to complement last winters back-splash.

Long story short, I was 2 days late, and starting to scheem up very complicated methods for ‘biking’ (car ride, train, bus, fed-ex) the 500km to Justin’s (yet to be organized) Stag in KW. Tracy who was (thank muchas) flying my suit up to Thunderbay for the wedding, called to see why I hadn’t dropped my shoes off, and then suggested ‘wouldn’t it be easier to car pool with me to Toronto tomorrow?’

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Well it’s going, and fairly quickly. I headed back to B.E.A.U.tiful Bakersfield, and repacked my life possessions. Which I was dismayed to find has swollen to the size of 2 full subaru loads. 1.5 of these were stowed in Evil’s storage unit, and the other half load (which is about a quarter load more than I need) I couldn’t be bothered to sort through, and brought with me, just ’cause.

So 10pm I gassed up and hit the road for the 19h drive up to Victoria BC. 4.5h in and I made Sacramento, found the WalMart, and rolled out my sleeping bag in front of the Subie. 4h later the sun woke me up, so I moved around to the shaded side of the subie, and slept 3 more hours. (more…)

Assault on Wolverine

woke-up, packed my gear, kitted-up in the Lifa, and then read, and cooked lunch. At lunch I was informed the hiking wolverine takes 3h in the summer, and will take me 5h today. So with 4h to hike, I was told to wait for tomorrow, so I left. But of course forgot ‘my’ trekking poles, since I didn’t put spikes in my shoes, I figured poles would be smart. (more…)

It looks like 2007 is shaping up to be a busy one as I’m planning (but not limited to): train for the Olympic nordic ski team, climb Denali, bike tour South America , guide in Italy, race bicycles, bicycle tour to the Arctic, race Idita Sport, build a house, build a canoe, go on a longggg canoe trip…

Last weekend I just skied, and saw 7 more moose. Which is what you’ve gotta do up here in the AK.

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Before I start on the story, I want to underscore, that, as always, any illegal
content of this BLOG is purely fictional. Also that, though consider myself to be smart, I generally don’t plan ahead and think of possible consequences.
Just 2 minutes ago I made myself cry. (more…)

So.. Well my 6 week ‘marathon’ work schedule has officially ended, and there is one more house on the market. In our time, we replaced every floor, re-painted every wall and ceiling, as well as replacing all the countertops with Travertine/ Marble, (more…)

Hi there,

People keep squawking that I haven’t been posting anything up. So now you can shut-up! AH HA

12 days of travel and I caught up with the Subie (stories in it’s own right - I could write books about the things that happen between the diary entries). They might make a diary entry later this week, though I doubt it. (more…)