Which Way Did He Go

Ken and Beck at Milton for the White Columns Invitational. They need to stop fertilizing that weed.

I started the day off by falling asleep at the kitchen counter instead of riding this morning (5am). Then I headed down to the shop to load up George's truck for the triathlon at Lake Weiss. I got loaded up and was ready to roll but no Mike. It turns out he was walking out the door early at the firehouse when a call came in. Someone left their windows open and the neighbors had burned leaves the night before. They woke up smelling smoke in the house. The firefighters came and closed the windows and said that ought to take care of the problem.

Next Mike and I scooted back to Rome. I went by the Church to say hey to the folks at the highland games (I'm doing that next year). Went home and showered and went south.

Got to Milton just in time to see Alpharetta Marching Raiders do their show. This weekend is the White Columns Invitational marching band competition Kennedy looks good in his uniform. He is a giant next to Beck. Got to see Suz as well. They have got their robot about ready for the competition coming up. I can't remember which is first, First or Best, but they are looking to have two weeks to work on fine tuning the driving technique before the competition.

Black Eyed Bandits

I was reminded tonight about the story of the weekend from last weekend's camping trip. Kristi woke at 4 o'clock in the morning Saturday and heard something outside the tent. She tapped me on the shoulder or somewhere, I don't remember... Honey...Honey! There is something out there. I put on my shoes and shorts and a shirt. When I unzip the tent flap and flash the light out at the picnic table we were treated to a scampering herd of Raccoons. Five of the little boogers (little being a relative term) hurried off leaving a sacrificial lamb stuck in the beam of the flashlight under the picnic table. It finally took off.

In the morning we discovered that the banditos only got a hold of the bread and hot dog buns but left the candy and hamburger buns alone. Needless to say we put the food in the truck Saturday night.

And the Ants Go Marching Down

We went camping this week end at Red Top Mountain. It was the first time I have gone camping like this. I really enjoyed it. We were serenaded with I'll Fly Away late on Friday night. Saturday night we got talkative pre-schoolers, but they were funny. Out of the mouths of babes was in full affect that night.

Kristi and I are going to try camping before as many races as possible. We are definitely camping at Yargo. Probably Conyers and Monroe. Hard Labor and/or Panola Mountain State Parks. Well, more later. By the way I am at 31% BF

BACK!! Back In The Saddle Again...

You should know your Aerosmith. I will once again turn the pedals in anger this fall. I have managed to get myself a state of the art ride. It won't belong to me. I will be riding a Scott Cyclocross this season. Not sure if it will be the Comp or Team yet. George has the final say. I'll know by the end of the month, though.

I still have a hefty amount of work to do on the engine before I get the machine. At the moment I'm carrying 67.5 pounds of fat around on my body. That is in addition to the 157.5 that the rest of me weighs. That all adds up to 225. My IDEAL weight would be 180 (as old as I am) but I will settle for 200 for this season.

The schedule looks like this right now:
10/21 Conyers
10/28 Winder
11/4 Monroe
11/11 Macon
11/18 Augusta
12/2 Blue Ridge
12/9 Dahlonega

TTFN (gotta finish supper)

Hatari

Great movie. We loved it. Val de Vargas was there and told stories about the making of the movie and how he was cast. We have passes to the rest of the weekend. We'll be seeing really good stuff I think. I'll let y'all know later.

Now, I'm off to build bikes before we start the Saturday round of Movies.

Whew!!!!!!!!

I love my nieces and nephews, but Good Lord, these kids are crazy. We had them over to swim with the folks and wound up having the kids to visit for the night. It was fun. Not again until I forget how crazy these overnights get. It was fun especially the movie watching, six of us piled into our bed watching a movie. We are now going into recovery mode.

August is in the Books

We've made it through another month and the world is still here. It's amazing how that keeps happening. School is ticking on along. The football season has gotten its start. Georgia won and I don't know about Rome yet. I hope they won. Kennedy marched in his first half time show on Friday with Alpharetta. I can't wait till we get a chance to go see him march. Well, it is time to eat and get ready for church. We'll talk at y'all later.

Oh, yeah!! If any of my family members are in need of ideas of what to get me at any point in the year. I would really like Gorshkov's Sea Power and the State. In english for any of you smarties out there.