Knocked off 24 miles Friday night, (Mingo trail) and Sara ended up in the hospital to receive 5 stitches...not my fault.

Tour de Arrrghhhh was just that! About half as many as last year so around 50, 14 hours later I'm finally headed home. Three Kamikazes made it. Some nice training miles. I even had considered taking Dan up on the breakfast ride before that, but 6am????

and Tom is awesome! those Mojitos were sweet! Who else even owns a stagecoach? His new coffee house will be opening soon!

Tip of the Day: When caught in a current the natural reaction is to paddle directly toward shore instead of swimming parallel to get out of the current.

Inception...... WOW...and I still don't fully understand everything that happened. Fast paced, exciting, different, never looked at anything like that before. I'm very glad we saw that yesterday....

Laying around this morning with the thunderstorm waking me about 4:30, just listening to the rain and thunder my mind started up thinking about(mind always racing, I do love it when I can slow it down, but then someone whats it sped back up or I'm a jerk or something)....my boys, my job, my businesses, RAGBRAI, women, farm, that ticking sound my truck is making, the bus, shirts be done, how can I just clear my mind of all this stuff and try not to be rude when I do it, new job, rest of my family, what was the name of the guy that played the alien on Star Trek episode 7 from the first season that had the ray gun and could melt anything....Just kidding on that one!...cause it was a woman..

Got to Gwens yesterday morning to help fix her PC and of course she was one of the 35k without electricity. So we sat around and talked for a couple of hours, she is so awesome! I hope she lives forever! Of course I did miss the dutch letters by 30 minutes.

Talked to the boys last night from LA...they love it. Even Austin, but he doesn't know why. Which surprises me, because he is a usually more realistic then most when it comes to feelings like that. Blaise had problems with his ears on the way, so they will be compounded on the way back most likely. I feel for him, same problems I experience.

John Oats(Troy) isn't making it back to Iowa for RAGBRAI, apparently had a baby daughter and can't make it. It will next year unless I go to CA to visit.....



Did anybody think that the picture of Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lateran looked similar to Automan...Anybody else remember that show??

Deep Thought of the Day: Instead of sitting around a hot fire in the middle of summer, can't we sit around cold ice or something????


24 miles
41 miles

8 Days till RAGBRAI XXXVIII!!!

Boys leave this afternoon for LA

Lane lost his championship game last night in the tournament....

Bike riding tonight, tomorrow...maybe take Sunday off.........

Deep Thought of The Day: A funny thing to do is, if you're out hiking and your friend gets bitten by a poisonous snake, tell him you're going to go for help, then go about ten feet and pretend that *you* got bit by a snake. Then start an argument with him about who's going to go get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke.

Yesterday was a blast! Haven't had that much fun for a while. Even goto go run on a catamaran...not much wind, but still.
Golf we went one over. I may need to practice a little! Big Creek was very nice, may have got a little too much sun....but damn it was fun! After that it was even more fun!


Saw Blaise at lunch at Incredible Pizza , hes so adorable...of course he's all about trying to get tickets to buy junk, but who doesn't.

Pirate ride Saturday.......
Brewfest at Sec Taylor on Saturday.......


Billboard in Mason City.....


Flashback: What was happening four years ago??
Marcus has landed

Golf tournament at Jester ...
Then off to Big Creek .....
Then the Tunnel Ride...until I have to get the kids. Actually able to get more of that in as Austin has football practice till 9:30pm tonight.

No biking for me last night, but I feel like I did. Maybe it was the routes I ran so Austin could practice his throwing.....

Behind Sherwin-Williams


Deep Thought of the Day: I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.

Kamikazes were playing it not so smart last night. After riding to Redfield and stopping at the local adult eatery. Tweeter, Pimper, Lightening & I left to head back to Waukee ....small thunderstorm catching us as we pull into Adel and in true Kamikaze fashion we flew back to Waukee . I'm pretty sure it wasn't very fast as I was spent! Barring unforeseen circumstances I should have my miles in before next Saturday and be able to hang with no problems.

Marcus, Laura and the girls are in town for the next day...about time....I guess I need to find the time to get down there.....






34 miles