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Hello once again all. I've actually had many opprotunities to blog lately, but I've been too lazy. Here is the much abridged summary of the last month. If anyone wants a more detailed description of anything mentioned, let me know and I'll blog in detail. Mary and I had an uneventful trip to Bismark for Andy's wedding. Scott showed us around Missoula and kicked my ass on a bike ride. Andy met us in Medora, ND for a great 37 mile ride in the badlands. The marriage of Becca and Andy was lovely. It was nice to see old friends and catch up on things. Home in Grand Forks was great. Several mornings were spent sleeping in late and watching the early rounds of Wimbledon. We spent close to a week in GF before heading to Madison, WI for the house hunt. Mary, Sampson, and I spent the 4th with Brian, Heathrow, and Ventoux at a doggy park on a lake. The poochies had fun. We were hooked up with buyer agent and she showed us 22 homes in 2 days. Mary and I decided on a beautiful 46 year old brick ranch in East Madison. We'll probably put in an offer in the next couple days. Here is a picture.
Right now we are in Valparaiso, IN at Mary's parents house. We've been here the entire weekend, and we'll probaly leave and go back to Madison for house stuff on Tuesday. I think Mary's folk's place is my favorite place on earth, and I'm not just saying that because they read my blog. It's so relaxing here. There's a beautiful porch overlooking woods with dozens of species of birds. There is always great food and great beer waiting. Mary did a sprint triathlon yesterday. She was really strong coming out of the water, and maintained second place through the bike, but faded to 4th overall during the run. She was second in her age group though. Her time was a blistering 1 hr 10 min 3 sec.
Tour, Wimbledon, World Cup, baseball. What's there to say. A mighty fine Sunday for sports.
...for a while. We'll see. I'm at work now, but the computer might be packed away, and the cable disconnected before I get to blog again. I'll blog when I get to my parent's house, and hopefully soon after that I'll be blogging again on my own computer in my own house. Here's the game plan for the next couple weeks. I come home from work Wednesday morning, and then it's last minute packing rusing around craziness until Friday morning when I go back into work. 72 hours later I come home to a moving truck and we get out of Dodge. Monday night will be spent in Hermiston, OR. On Tuesday we'll be driving to Missoula, MT and hanging with Scotty Johnson. Wednesday we're driving to Medora, ND and meeting the soon-to-be-married Dr. Dingle for a night (and next morning) of debauchery. Then its on to Bismarck for his wedding. Saturday we'll drive from Bismarck to Grand Forks for some serous R&R. We're not sure how long we'll stay in GF, but then it's on to Madison for job/home search. There it is. 35 hours and about 2400 miles. I can't wait.
Hi again gang. You'd think I'd have a bunch of stuff to write about with the big move coming up, but I've got nothing. We've just slowly been packing up our stuff. The other day we picked our movers. It's some outfit from San Jose that quoted us $0.50/lb with a free month's storage. Not too shabby if you ask me.
Training has taken a back seat lately. I haven't been on the bike for over a week. It will be slim pickins until we get settled, I'm afraid. I'll have plenty of time on my hands then though. I've got a hell of a base established, so it won't be too hard to hone the fitness for cross season, so I'm not worried about it. Midwest cyclocrossers won't know what hit them.
I added a few new links. Madison.com is a local information and news site. Treehugger.com is an online magazine about environmental responsiblity and modern design and whatnot. There's some cool shit about biodiesel and plug-in hybrids and stuff. Isthmus is Madison's weekly alternative newspaper. There is info on food, concerts, art exhibits and stuff.
I'll leave you with a picture of the lighthouse that's 800 meters from our front door.
What do you guys think of this. It might actually be cheaper to go this route then to buy an existing house. I've been looking at these for years and think they're cool. Mary doesn't want neighbors, and we could throw one of these down on a nice wooded lot. There is a couple different models, a garage, and guest house. Check them out and let me know what you think.
Howdy ho everyone. Sorry about the lack of blog posts, but we've been quite busy with work, training, and getting all our ducks in a row for the move. There have been many trips to goodwill and the dump. Things are getting packed up and put in boxes now. Friday the local moving company is coming by to give us an estimate to move our stuff. We'll finalize the movers after they come over since there is some company from San Jose that said they could do it quite cheaply.
Basso dominated the Giro. I think he'll win the Tour also. I'm pulling for Landis though.
A big congratulations to Brain and Heather on their wedding. There's nothing newlyweds want more then to have people crashing on there couch for an unknown amount of time. Thanks guys.Have you seen the calf-off on Skerritt's blog. Calf #3 is scary looking. Andy becomes a man in like 3 weeks. Thats crazy.
Well I've pretty much been a working fool lately. We're short a couple paramedics, so there is overtime galore. I actually had today off, and we made the most of it by traveling to Medford, OR in search of normal-town stuff that Crescent City lacks. We ended up getting some summer clothes and a sweet-ass Yakima rack with a bike mount and giant cargo box. All Yakima stuff was 20% off, and the cargo box was a returned item, so it was 20% with the additional 20% off on top of that. i'm going to install it tomorrow at work. I'll post some pics when its done. Tomorrow I go back to work for 2 days, so no blogging until Wednesday. Thats all for tonight. I have to be at work by 5:30 tomorrow morning. Ouch.
You guys couldn't be more wrong with your guesses of our big announcement. No, we are not having a baby. We are moving! Long story short we are going to be homeless and unemployed, but we are getting the hell out of here. Mary and I both put in our notices at work today. The plan is to move all our stuff into storage in Madison, WI when we leave for Becca and Andy's wedding. We're going to hang out in Grand Forks for a few days after the wedding, then head out to Wisconsin to look for jobs and houses, and crash out on Brian and Heather's couch. Should be pretty interesting for a few months. I don't know how responsible it is, but we have the blessing of our familes, so we're going with it.
Right now we are in Valparaiso, IN at Mary's parents house. We've been here the entire weekend, and we'll probaly leave and go back to Madison for house stuff on Tuesday. I think Mary's folk's place is my favorite place on earth, and I'm not just saying that because they read my blog. It's so relaxing here. There's a beautiful porch overlooking woods with dozens of species of birds. There is always great food and great beer waiting. Mary did a sprint triathlon yesterday. She was really strong coming out of the water, and maintained second place through the bike, but faded to 4th overall during the run. She was second in her age group though. Her time was a blistering 1 hr 10 min 3 sec. 
