Camp Kick My Butt

For over a week now, I've been dealing with something that decided to crawl into my lungs and die. By Wednesday and Thursday, I was more or less useless and my voice was gone. Thursday, Charlene and I decide to make our way to another hot springs that had been on my list of must sees. Tough drive and easy hike later, we made it to Loftus hot springs. On the drive back, we spooked a couple elk crossing the road and got a good river fording photo.

Come Saturday, our team camp for 08 rolled around and my lungs were riding the fence of wether or not they wanted to be outside. Guess what? I gave 'em the nod and kicked 'em into ludicrous speed. For a while, they hated me. Then they disliked me. Then they had a mild distaste for me. Then I felt good for a little bit. That's about the time my roommate, Buster, decided to lock up his front wheel with Tad's rear derailleur and break his collar bone in two places! OUCH! The pin is coming soon. I'm sure his dogs don't mind the downtime, but the crew's gonna miss the bruiser for the next 6 to 8.

The next day, we did an EHB (Emmett Horseshoe Bend) loop. By the time I got a mile into the HB hill, the crew was way gone up the hill and my body hated me, screaming for mercy! So I pushed my body through the rest of the hill at a painful crawl (170 to 200 watts) and hopped in the follow Caravan - thanks Vern! They need to make something comparable to lung draino. Maybe a lung brush? Maybe even something like the snake for a toilet? Everyone on my team is flying and I gotta be on par. As one Rusty Beat-all once said about this time of year, "it's go time."

The B's of February

This is the month of B's. MayBe next month will Be C's? Did I miss the A's in January?
Boarding
Bogus
Brundage
Banner
Bonneville
Beehive
Bike
Broke

A quick run down so you don't get Bored. I learned to Board at Bogus with Charlene to start the month and was sore for a few days after. Fun, But ouch!

The following weekend, free tickets at Brundage since they left us out at Goose Lake for an hour and a half when we were cat track skiing. NoBody's Been utilizing Brundage and there is a ton of fresh snow! Really, it's stellar, again!

Weekend Before last, Charlene and I tacked on a couple more B's. Crosscountry skiing at Banner Ridge and then hiking into Bonneville hot springs - side note: ski or snowshoe it if you decide to go, it's further than I thought it would Be when snow closes the road to the campground.

Last weekend, Dad came down and we decided a hike was in order. The only place I could think of that might Be somewhat dry was the Jump Creek Canyon area. We never really went down into the canyon, we just followed the rim. Along the hike, we saw a really cool Beehive.

Other notes... Back to riding the Bike more! The temps are more than just a little tantalizing to want more time on the Bike and a few more degrees.

That last B... not much fun But new car tires and all the fun in the snow has left me Broke with a capital B. You can clearly see Below why I needed new tires. An engine and windshield are next on my list.