Juan Pelota

I had no idea who he was or why Lance would name the café in his shop
after him.

A lttle research was in order. Now I get it. Hee hee hee. Lance has a
sense of humor.

Mellow Johnny's

Found it.

You know...

...you need to lose weight when your Lincoln doesn't sit level.

Shiner

Texas favorite in a frosty mug at Railhead. Oh, and the BBQ was good
too!

Fort Worth

Hot. It might be hot at home but it feels much hotter here.

Tuesday Night Results

I kinda like this track stuff.

http://www.ridethetrack.com/blog/res_tues.html

In The Air

The fires are making it really smokey here. I woke up this morning to
dreams of camping out. On the way to the airport I had memories of LA
and the smog. 800+ fires...yikes.

No Good Deed

This guy was doing a little sunbathing. I tried to shoo it out of the
road but he reared up and took a fighting pose. Ballsy move for a
little lizard.

Screw it....dumbass.

Assume the Position

Thanks George.

I guess the truckers aren't happy about fuel prices?

WOW

What else can I say. It was a beautiful day that ended with this
spectacular sunset.

New Orleans Favorite

Coolest Backpack

This guy is winning so far!

Filler' Up

Naked

Before we transfer airplanes we take all our squadron markings off.
This was 208. It will eventually work its way back to the Navy in
Oceana, VA. The last F/A-18 I will ever fly.

You want to see a Marine fighter pilot cry? Take away his toys!

NASCAR Country

Where else would you start a bike ride with Georgians?

I hope they have post ride refreshments! Though I'm not a Bud fan, it
is 90 degrees and 90% humidity.

That time of year

In search of heat. Sadly, for me, it stayed cloudy today, so the
street likely didn't get very warm. But perhaps that saved this guys
life as he soon crawled back off the road (I know this because I went
back and forth on Canada 6 times doing intervals).

Going to Disneyland!

Yuk

Rain in May? Not that we can't use it but not on the weekend.

I was half way to Rancho Cordova when I turned around. I'm sure it
will clear up and be dry for the race.

Santa Cruz Fires

Taken from 12,000' on my way home from LAX yesterday.

2 Cats and a Dawg

This is a copy of Sabine Duke's post on Bella Babble.  Best wishes to her and all affected by the SC fires.

Thats all I had time to grab.

Left for work this morning and thought it was just super foggy. Started driving up Hecker Pass and saw the full fire and just about flipped.

Uh...thats over my house.

I foolishly went to work, then turned right back around and came home. By the time I got back to Eureka Canyon, they were not letting any more cars up the road.

"Downtown" Corralitos was mayhem. Traffic jam, camera crews, police barricades and a stream of cars coming down the mountain.

All I could think about was my little Kuku and the husky Pupu. So I took the bike out of my car and rode it up to my house. I just hopped on, no shoes, no helmet. I pedaled up a very smoky and windy Eureka Canyon in my work clothes and Danskos. Cars going in the other direction yelled "Where are you going?"

I'm going to get my cats.

Luckily two of my neighbors were still home. One was leaving in 5 minutes and one was staying until he saw burning embers. I don't need to see burning embers, so I had five minutes to pack. I grabbed my cats and stuffed an overnight bag with bike clothes (figured I could get regular clothes anywhere) and then had about 1 minute to decide on which bike to bring (My neightbor had one spot on his rack open).

1 Minute to choose between a bikelifetime of bikes?

Luckily, the Bonny is out on loan, so she is safe.

And Michael's has one or two in his car.

That left all of my Steelmen, my track bike, my xc bike, my Kona road bike, some other bikes I couldn't quite identify and my Dawg.

My Dawg was the bike in the car and the one I rode up to get the kitties. We sorta bonded in the smoke. He got me here safely and I just couldn't leave him behind. So, I chose the Dawg.

So, that pic there is all I was able to take with me (except the neighbor, he's not mine). And except for the fact that I smell like a bbq, I'm feeling okay.

But don't laugh if you see Michael and I in my mom and Theo's clothes.