It's a Burley baby!

For those of you who have not riden with us, we frequently will pack gourmet picnics to enjoy on our rides. These picnics include a variety of sandwiches, salads, cheese, breads, fresh fruit and "refreshments". Therefore, we pack a cooler and picnic bags for the journey. These delights and libations are loaded into a cargo trailer that Bob pulls. Poor Bob ends up pulling all of the weight, while the rest of us zip around..woohooo. Not really fair, so, I've looking to get a cargo trailer myself. It is, after all, only fair. Besides, when there are more than 4 riders, the picnics get too big for the single trailer. So, I found a great deal on a Burley flatbed cargo trailer (under $200) and picked it up.

On a side note, the shop that I purchased the trailer at is the same shop where I got my Felt Chief. Let me just say that my experience with the trailer has caused me to take my business, in the future, elsewhere. The run around that I received, and the ineptness of the staff was beyond belief. Actually, it was nearly fraudulent what they tried to pull. But, I concluded that it was ineptness at the cosmic level.

It's an alien

On the 5th of July, riding with friends, we stopped at Vancouver Lake Park for a bar-b-que (London Broil and Jalepeno/Cheddar Johnsonville Brats----can you say "YUMMY"). We had a great time playing beach volleyball, and decided that Parks and Rec needs a new ordinance regarding who gets to play volleyball (I would be excluded). But, I did get covered in sand from head to toe.

Well, I put my sandglasses (chuckles...sunglasses) on the Chief seat, and noticed that it looked like Alf the alien. What do you think?

Life is too rich to miss out on the details, always look beyond the obvious, find the hidden secrets in all things.

Chief

Hail to the Chief

Just added a Felt Chief to my cruiser collection. It is a cool looking bike, plus, it is a Chief. Bob recently changed out the chain ring to a 38 tooth size, which improved the pedaling immensely.

Oh where oh where have you been?

Sorry all, been away awhile. Have been riding, actually some incredible cruises....but have been photo challenged as my camera doesn't want to upload. July 5th, a great ride with Bob, Stephanie, Christy, and my new friend Zoey to Vancouver Lake Park.. What a beautiful day, and a great conversation with 10 year old Zoey. I asked her what her favorite food was...expecting pizza, or a cheeseburger, or a steak and baked potato, but NOOOO, her favorite......nigiri sake and unagi nigiri!!!!!!!!!! How cool is that...and of course, I love those as well. (for the non adventurous people hanging around.....nigiri sake is salmon sushi...unagi nigiri is eel shushi---unagi nigiri is my favorite.....yum!!!!!!!) When I was playing trumpet for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, we played in Japan for 6 weeks....I fell in love with unagi.

I promised Zoey a personal story from the Chief, which was delivered. I'll share it, only if Zoey permits. It is called, "Is it a Dream?" Elements of Japan, lions, dark green, sand dollars, ocean breezes, sand, and salty waves......hhmmmm....is it a dream....?

Just picked up my third cruiser....a Felt Chief...check it out at their website.

Be well, ride safe, ride long, live stronger.