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14

tomorrow connie and i will be married 14 years!

posted by wes @ 5:28 PM 4 comments

home is where the mess is

I made it home today from my a bike trip and if you're reading this as past tense I'll wrap up what you'll see in the next few posts. You won't see a couple posts I made two days ago around a campfire in Colorado. I've been posting from a cell phone via email and it didn't work every time for some reason.



I've wrapped up a 4300 miles bike trip which was almost two weeks of bliss where rode from Minneapolis, MN to Tucson, AZ and back. The main leg was an attempt to join the Ironbutt Club by driving 1,000 miles in 24 hours. After that I decided to tack on another 500 miles for their 1500 miles in 36 hours "bun burner."



I drove to Tucson to visit my little sister who was graduating then catch Monument Valley and other assorted 4 corners scenery on the way back with a stop by my in-laws in Denver. I arrived back home a couple of hours ago and am doing laundry and unloading pictures. Mr. Windsor N. Coke is visiting as we listen to the Skatalites. He reassures me the overgrown lawn can wait.

Sid the cat is having some serious separation anxiety. I've removed him from the keyboard 1/2 a dozen times so he's laying down right on the edge of it in front of the monitors.



Nothing wrecks a nice bike like repeated road trips. It's picked up dings, scratches and all manner of scarring that has permanently made this poor thing a functional motorcycle and no longer a flashy cruising vessel.



One of the biggest offenders to this bike's pride is the insect. If Starship Troopers has taught us anything, it's that creatures with ecto skeletons are not to be trusted whether they're beetles, ladybugs, big black aliens or a robo-cop. Good grief, even Doogie Howser knows the eminent danger of these beasties that out number humans several times over.



Despite the numerous kamikaze missions launched against us, recreation prevailed and a good time was had by all - except the bugs. You fought well my persistent brethren. You have not died in vain.

posted by wes @ 4:56 PM 1 comments

brrrrr

vail pass 10k feet with snow. this where a smarter man would've put on his raingear... or at least long underwear.

posted by wes @ 2:43 PM 0 comments

western town

after driving through the navajo reservation that engulfs monument valley, seeing every color of dirt imagineable then wrapping up in moab, seeing stoplights can be a sensory overload. :o)

here's mainstreet where my dinner just atrived at a sidwalk cafe. somebodies getting a big wind generator for their birthday...

posted by wes @ 6:15 PM 1 comments

degrees of seperation

what a difference a mile makes... especially if that mile is straight up.
phoenix late this morning: 107 degrees. two hours later in flagsaff, about 30 degrees cooler.
next stop: monument valley!

posted by wes @ 2:42 PM 1 comments

fine dining

a chandelier made of corona bottles... how could i fit one of those in my basement?!

posted by wes @ 2:00 PM 0 comments

taz

"taz" has no longer been limited to tattoos applied during a drunken stupor on spring break. getting a new tire put on at the tucson dealer who's also got $30 baseball hats and TAZ HARLEY shirts with wings.


My shame is now complete.

posted by wes @ 1:40 PM 0 comments

dwarfed

ahhh. 7 am and only 75 degrees f.

posted by wes @ 7:14 AM 0 comments

morning stroll

walking through the desert with my dad after breakfast while it's nice and cool.

posted by wes @ 7:12 AM 0 comments

yes sir

my little sister is now a liutenant! she made it through eod school ( explosive ordiance disposal - bomb squad ) then served in iraq.

she's finished nursing school and rotc today so can blow you up and put you back together... mostly.

posted by wes @ 11:01 AM 0 comments

did it!

with about 30 minutes and less than a gallon of gas i arrived in tucson and punched in at the gas pump 10 minutes ago. over 1500 miles in 36 hours.

dos cervesa porfavor.

posted by wes @ 4:44 PM 8 comments

dry heat

the bike and i are down a quart so we're stopping in hatch, nm to top off.

skin is burning so i need to put jacket back on. "dry heat" is like saying "dry ice." it sounds almost appealing until see a nail pounded in by a banana...

posted by wes @ 12:34 PM 1 comments

stopped

first slowdown today. stopped on freeway. went to take juicy crash pic. cop told me to get back on bike. must be good. choppers coming.

posted by wes @ 8:53 AM 0 comments