At the parents house

Golden Beach, OR

View from the Motel 6

LiveBlogging the roadtrip

Yukon bean and basil burger with fried asparagus and aioli dipping
sauce at Burgerville near the WA/OR border.

Fresno Bound

It's official, I am headed home for the first week of June!

I haven't made all of my plans yet, but here is the outline:

Leave Seattle at some point, potentially as early as Saturday.
...if I leave early, I will spend a day with family then head up to the mountains for a couple days of quality camping and hiking alone time

Wednesday dinner with the parents, and Team Kliewer at Fresno Pub Quiz

Thursday in town for Art Hop and the after Hop show at Tokyo Garden. I am excited to finally see Rademacher and the Fay Wrays.

No plans for Friday

Saturday watch my adorable niece at her dance recital, then spend the evening with family.

Sunday pile my crap back in the car and drive drive drive.

In other cycling news...

Sounds like Floyd Landis admitted that he was doping back when he had the Tour de France victory revoked, and he's naming a bevy of other American riders. Not just riders from the pack, he's pointing fingers at Armstrong, Hincapie, Zabriskie, and Leipheimer.

It will be interesting to see how this shakes out as all four are riding in the Tour of California at the moment.

Tour of California

I've been glued to the Tour of California this week. Sad to see that it isn't going through Fresno or Clovis this year, but tomorrow' stage starts in Visalia and ends in Bakos, so it's still giving me a taste of home.

Speaking of home, sounds like I'll be making a trip down in a couple weeks. Looking forward to hitting up the Fresno Pub Quiz and catching some First Thursday with friends. Hopefully there is a good show at Tokyo. I'm eager to hear some of these bands TVLGFHF keeps going on about.

(I might also add that I am still cheering on Garmin, as I did in last year's TdF. Zabriskie has the yellow jersey for the second day in a row)

How not to lock up a bike

What would you do at a busy bike rack?
Of course, lock up your bike in a way that takes up at least 5 spaces!
jackass

Orcas Island

Rented a Cabin

with a view

and friends

and a boat (to see some cool eroded limestone cliffs)

and purple starfish

Summer Project

The last of my year end bonus was spent at the Seattle Bike Swap

All stripped down for cleaning, we'll see how it gets built back up. I'm thinking riser bar, single speed, with some black deep V wheels and a black Brooks saddle.

Parade of Species

Visiting Leah in Olympia
Old Skool Pizza and an Olympia



Got to meet Liam, he's a cutie.