"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, Family on Sep 24th, 2009
I’m a total bum, and didn’t say a peep about Joel’s and my anniversary, but this past Sunday, it was a year since we did our “I do-ing.” We went out to dinner on Friday and took Joel’s mom out and had a joint celebration, since her birthday was on Saturday. One year ago yesterday, […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Well I'll Be Darned on Jul 8th, 2009
My brain was wandering today, and it wandered back to the Arizona desert, to a two day stretch when our attention was consumed by grasshoppers. For one reason or another, on these two particular days, there were grasshoppers absolutely everywhere. They were apparently in the midst of some sort of migration. Also, they were apparently […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, dumb things I have done on Apr 3rd, 2009
You know what this blog has been missing lately? Tales of self-humiliation, that’s what! So, I’m gonna tell you about the time I got “skid marks” on a pair of my cycling shorts. And no, it’s not what you’re immediately thinking. First, a little background: Y’all know that Joel and I did a crazy little […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Distractions, Redline Monocog 29er on Nov 2nd, 2008
Okay, so this computer is being a total butthead and it took me almost 20 minutes to actually connect with WordPress, but I’m gonna give this my best shot. First things first. I have had this song stuck in my head for the past three days, and now you do too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEDw9xgSmSc[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEDw9xgSmSc] “She don’t eat […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Food & Snacks, Redline Monocog 29er, videos on Oct 23rd, 2008
So, so! Now, we’re in Kentucky, and a very good Kentucky it is, so far. Paducah’s got about the cutest old downtown I’ve seen in ages all fancy brickwork and colorful painted trim. The shops look a little twee, and it becomes a lovely ghosttown after 5:00 p.m., but during the day, it’s awfully charming. […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Redline Monocog 29er, Ruby the Dog on Oct 20th, 2008
Well, we KATY-trailed it for a couple of days and got to just outside of St. Louis last night. After I get done here at the library, we’re going to the grocery store and getting back on the road-road. We had a great camping spot last night in an abandoned barn. Couldn’t hardly have been […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Redline Monocog 29er, Too lazy to classify on Oct 8th, 2008
A not so amusing side-note I failed to mention the last time I logged on (by the way, I’m in Kingman, AZ right now…Hi!) is that I lost my driver’s license very, very early on in the trip…like possibly on the airplane heading for CA. Anyway, for the past two-ish weeks, I have had no […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Redline Monocog 29er on Oct 2nd, 2008
Well, well, we’ve been on the road for a week now and we’re taking a rest day in Tonopah. NV, known as the Queen Of The Silver Camps. Tonopah is pretty darn quiet these days, but we met a heck of a nice fellow running a used bookshop (Whitney’s Bookshelf) in the downtown area. I’ve got […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, biking, Redline Monocog 29er on Sep 16th, 2008
So, I figure that a few bike nerds are going to look at this site and ask the question that heads up this entry. What the Eff is she riding? How did a singlespeed mountain bike become a touring rig? Why did a singlespeed mountain bike become a touring rig? Is that even legal or […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing on Sep 14th, 2008
Front! Back! Pockets! More pockets! More, more pockets! This is my second pair of pants for the cross-country trip. They’re a durable polyester blend, same as the other pair. They’re based on the same pattern, though I eliminated one set of pockets because the other pair fits a little bunchy with that much fabric across […]