Death of a Tree

Our beautiful Desert Museum Palo Verde growing out in front of the house was broken in half by the wind during our most recent set of monsoon storms. Luckily it did not hit the house or anything else of value, but it was a lovely tree and it will be missed. It was very depressing to saw it up and cart it off...

Morning Ride - Two Flat Tires

So the morning ride out to Wagon Wheel ended up being more of an adventure than I had counted on. I had a flat on the front about 7 miles out and realized when I went to replace the tube that I only brought one tube. Sure enough on the way back I got another flat and had to patch it on the road. First time in more than a year that I have had two flats on the same ride and of course one of the first times in recent memory that I didn't have two tubes. Lesson learned...again.

Usery Torture Fest

The group (Allen, Jeff, Deb, Jake and me) had another epic double torture fest over Usery and back...and back again yesterday. Deb said she saw saw a tee shirt with the new Nike slogan on it, "Just do it....then do it again!" and it reminded her of the ride yesterday. A good day in the saddle despite the heat with 3700 feet of climbing and 60+ miles. I went out again this morning at 5:30 a.m. at a much slower pace and with much cooler temperatures. About 30+ miles and temperatures in the mid 80s.

iTunes iMix Flaw

So I discovered a flaw in the iTunes iMix listing. If iTunes doesn't have the same album your song is on it won't list the track when posting the iMix. As an alternative I took a screenshot of the playlist and posted it as a jpeg. Just click on the image to enlarge it.

New iTunes playlist for your dining and dancing pleasure