big ring beverly

i met up with bev for a ride tonight. we thought it was going to rain as we headed south on hwy 77 but it never did and it really turned out to be a nice evening. we ended up getting in 30-35mi before dark. i hope she doesn't hate me tomorrow (i made her use her big ring).

la paz tuesday

gotta call from supah G, 'you hungry?' heck yes i said, and off to la paz we rode. she wanted to use up some gift certifs that she won. thanks for the hookup G!

look who's back

critical mass friday

tipsy

remembering sam

i saw this little guy on panama road tonight as i made my way back to lincoln. it reminded me of the baby bullsnake that my brother john found while out fishing one time when we were kids . he brought it home and kept it as a pet for a few years. he named him sam, and man he loved that snake. no one else could hold him except john. sam would curl up in his hair and hang on his shoulders like it was nothing. sam grew to be pretty big and it'd freak my mom out everytime he got out of his cage. we'd turn the house upside down looking for him. finally mom said enough and john had to let him go. we took him out to the scottsbluff monument nearby because we figured it'd be a good place for him, and we would go up there a lot so we thought maybe we'd see him again. a year or two later the park rangers at the station there said from time to time they'd hear a loud scream from the women's restroom and they'd have to go in and remove the same huge bullsnake that seemingly was not afraid of humans. we'd like to think it was sam.

get your capitol fix

last thursday i went on a tour of the capitol with moníka. she had never been before and it had been a long time since i'd been in there, at least a decade or more, so i was eager to go too. i'd have to say it's one of the states best architectural treasures by far. there was hardly anyone in there so it was just moníka and i, and we lucked out big time by getting a really cool tour guide too (if you go ask for jamison). the young kid knew his stuff, and we spent almost a half hour alone discussing just the details of the murals in the vestibule. most of the observation deck was closed except for one part, and we were bummed that the very top was close but still it was pretty cool. all total we were in there almost two hours and we didn't see everything. if you haven't ever been, you definitely should check it out. they have free tours every day of the week.

le gustan bianchis y ferraris

i met up with some peeps at the roller derby tonight. congrats to our ladies on two wins! after the bars and before heading for food, megan wanted to take a spin on my bike (and i must admit she did better than the last time). she then proceeded to commandeer a green ferrari.

journaling

black cat monday

coming home this afternoon i discovered someone on my steps. he didn't have a collar, spooked easily, and wouldn't let me get too close so i'm thinking he might be a stray. he sure is a pretty kitty. i wanted to make him feel welcome but i was a bit worried that he was living his last moments because right around the corner beechum was outside lounging on the back steps and apparently unaware that another kitty was in his territory. when they met face to face it was a bit tense. big ol' beechum chased off the interloper a few times before i ran upstairs and grabbed a few cans of fancy feast that i had for just a situation such as this. i finally got them to eat together... though ten feet apart. they kept a close eye on each other as they ate and then the new kitty made his exit. i'll have to get some more catfood just in case the little guy comes back again.

powered by espresso

cafe indigo is a good spot to fuel up before a ride, especially on sundays. after a few shots we rolled north out of town for a nice 40-50mi spin.

high noon

ashlee had sent out the word earlier in the week that she wanted to come down to lincoln to ride. lis, lindsey and chris, and yours truly decided to join her. after meeting up at lindsey's house at noon we then headed downtown for some pre-ride fuel of the caffeinated variety.

g & c

i was hanging out downtown at the shop when gina stopped by with her baby chiot. she really likes riding in her trailer.

sabado routine

leaving the terminal building downtown after my radio show. now to oso for some nachos.

art walkin'

checking out some rad art by pankowski. you could spend hours looking at all his drawings... all are wonderfully bizarre.

6'2" of loveliness

i consider myself lucky to have friends who want to ride bikes with me, and i feel extremely lucky when they want to do the same thing while wearing a dress and heels! it's the first friday of the month art walk and kate came down from omaha to hang out. she said she was going to wear a new pair of heels, which suprised me because she had told me before that the last time she wore a pair was seven years ago! well if you ask me i think she should buy a few more pairs. :)

miercoles miles

lis tries to get a signal in a pitstop in denton...


i took lis out on a nice 40mi south west loop tonight. ofcourse we refreshed ourselves with a few margaritas afterwards.

miss monday

newbie kaitlyn got in her first road ride tonight... and she's hooked. welcome to the roadie world kaitlyn :) she loves her cross-check but now wants a road bike. as we cruised on roca road we even ran into nate getting his daily dose of vitamin G (gravel road riding).

sunday sessioning

lis working on her trackstand skills.

bicis unidos

i went on the critical mass ride and there was a pretty good turnout. i brought the tunes via the mpu (consisting of my bob trailer with a pos ghetto blaster) so we had a rolling mini dance party going on.

preparando

it was to be a running start.

thursday night mini alley cat

yo G

i ran into supah G downtown, so we headed for margaritas at la mex.

congrats ladies

after my volunteering duties in the kayak were done i went over to the finish line to cheer for some friends as they finished. team rumbletime (made up of ashlee, lindsey, and lis from our BRAN 'rumbletime' group) did great and placed first in their age group. i also saw kaelly, who has improved quite a lot on the bike since last august when i first rode with her. being an avid swimmer and runner, i knew she'd kick ass in a tri once she got her biking technique down. so when the final results were in i wasn't that surprised to learn that she won!! her time was 1hr11min, which beat most of the men. congrats!

rise and shine

i had to get up early and be out at the holmes lake boat docks by 7am this morning for the cornhusker state games triathlon. i was one of the volunteers in the kayaks providing support for the swimming portion. i had fun (i haven't been in canoe or a kayak since boyscouts... and that was a long LONG time ago), though the water was not what you'd call pristine. it looked to be more like green algae soup, and from what i heard from a few friends that competited, was not fun to swim in.

late nite shenanigans

rik having fun on this blue scorcher on the way home from the bars.

l'eroíca thursday 2nd edish

though unlike last week's edition it was just me, myself, and i on this one. i'm really getting to like this route, though it looks like a good portion of it will be paved before long.