Thursday, January 7, 2010

Lost Mine hike



Six mile hike (3 miles out, 3 miles back) on the Lost Mine trail out of Gold Canyon.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Scarred saguaro


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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Friday, January 1, 2010

Small traditions

Everyone has them I suppose.

Big John rides every New Year's Day - so today we rode to Gila Bend, five of us, John, Jerry, Jim, Brak and I. Lunch at the Space Age restaurant or whatever it's called. Lots of bikes in the parking lot. Must be a popular tradition. John was disappointed that they weren't offering a black eyed pea and cornbread meal. Another midwest tradition I guess.

As for my my little tradition, I jumped in the pool at midnite. It doesn't qualify as a polar bear dip since the pool is 81 degrees, but it meets the criteria of washing away the troubles of last year, leaving a clean slate for the new year.

Best wishes to all for the coming year and decade.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Thom got the keys to his house.

He found this cartoon that expresses his thoughts about someone letting him buy a house.
http://www.xkcd.com/616/

Monday, December 21, 2009

Bah. Humbug.

My fingers have been silent because I decided to NOT post on my blog my true feelings about the Christmas season. It is, for many reasons, my least favorite time of the year.