Category: Rides

Daddy Days

Fridays are daddy days now that the first four days of the week are child care days.  At this point it is still just a recovery day for the both of us.  Today was a quick ride to dump off the compost, take a look at the ocean and then home for the rest of the book marathon.

And yes our jackets now match, she has made it to a point where such things really make her day.

The Masu / Bike project hit a turning point today where I think we are about to make a big jump to the next step.  Monday is going to be a busy day, and the week to follow is going to fill up fast.

Timing and Surf

I have spent over two-thirds of my life as a surfer, and never thought that life would get to busy to make time to get into the water.  The last few years have proven that wrong in a big way.  Looking back it is hard to figure out exactly what changed.  The biggest thing with surfing is the need to be completely flexible in timing so that when the swell, wind, tide and free time all converge it becomes the obvious choice.  It seems that finding that convergence, or making it happen, is harder than it used to be for some reason, even living about two blocks from the beach.  At least there has been a bit of a replacement with the bike.  I get the glide, and the benefit of transportation, and the convenience of the bike being there when I want.  I still miss getting in the water.

Today the swell was good, really good, but the wind was howling, and the choice of getting out for a bit at lunch fell back to the bike, not a bad thing at all in the big picture.

Radio Silence Ending

It has been a long 10 days or so in the household.  One of the widely known fringe benefits of childcare, the germs, hit hard.  We have been adapting to the low level persisting cold bug over the last couple of months, but this one wiped us all out.  Fevers all around, like  dominoes we all had are turn, I even got my chance twice.  We are all on the upswing now and finally am catching up on last week, getting this week going and working in a few surprise developments.  I wrapped up the day with a trip to the post office,

Then it was off to get the munchikin, who brought the party home and was first to feel better.

We headed off to meet mommy at the beach before heading home.

Really a fantastic way to cap off the day.  We are all looking forward to a more productive week.

Regular posting and bike news to follow.

Vintage Silver Economy Vehicles

Only mine is powered by kale, eggs and dates.  Made it out between winter storms to grab some veggies at the farmer’s market.  Great weather considering we had an inch of rain yesterday, and there is more on the way tonight.   I ran into some friends, there was a tailwind on the way home and got to check out some giant surf at the harbors en route.  All in all a fun mid day ride.

Hope you all were able to squeeze in some winter miles too.