Sunday, August 16, 2009

II.

These days it seems to be just photos. Perhaps we can point an accusatory finger at the disappearance of time for any lack of words around here, but the blame game gets us nowhere in life, and I fancy photos just the same. Fingers aside, a picture can be worth a thousand words, no? Let's make it a thousand and seven, for old time's sake, and equate the past two entries to a loosely woven novella, severed mid-tale by a week long hiatus--how else would I get you to stick around? I want you on the edge of that seat.

Words to follow at some unforeseen point in the starry future.

Sitting on plastic bags in cold rivers works wonders for the legs, and the spirit.

Super excited to race!



I loved this short, steep climb. Just power up it real fast and then be on your merry little way. Oh, and if you get a chance, rip some other girl's legs off in the process.



From one generation to the next, nothing tells a story like experience.

Woot. Woot. Where's Janey Girl?


Campmor photo shoot. Thanks, Patty.

In white hot pursuit. We stayed together the entirety of this glorious run, with York, finishing seconds ahead. What a blast!

A-W-K-W-A-R-D.

Woot, woot to Willy.

And E. Either she is lost in the trance of some music in a shady disco joint somewhere, or she just pulled in for a win.


After xc and sd we really just needed to race that pig somewhere and call it a day.




So, we signed Adam Craig's birthday card. I think I left something silly on there, like my phone number, who knows these days. Anything is possible.

Al reuniting with a bud, Ethan, from her training camp in Switzerland.


Easy E revving the Super D at Windham. Photo courtesy of Cyclingnews.

Off to race the SICK BIRD Super D course at Windham.
No, Ellen did not biff. We had to start the race by laying down, hopping up, and then executing a somersault at some point before reaching our bikes. Nice tuck-n-roll, E.

Remnants from Mt. Snow. Thanks, Art.

E needs glasses and a headlamp to read the toll charge card on the thruway. That's ok.

How far are you willing to go for a green card?

That far?









Dinner glam shot number two: "The Bomb Scare"






Laundry time/leg soak spot=psychedelic suds=drug week commencement activities.


Need I say anything more...







Dar and E reminiscing.



Wednesday, August 12, 2009

The Name of the Game

Wendi sent me this. Check it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn29DvMITu4

That's what I thought.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Mount Snow

For now, here are some photos from the weekend. I have a bit of writing to do, as I have had two trips to Mount Snow, a friend fly in from Ecuador, and a grab bag assortment of other "life things" occur since my fingers last pressed some solid thought into these keys. Until I get a chance to settle the hummingbird in my chest and actually sort ideas into letters into words, gnaw on some gnarly eye candy.

Alexandra y yo.

Willy (Wheelie), yo, y Al.

A mightily pensive Big-E.

Woot. Woot. Pre-Super.D Practice. Man, was I slow.

Alexandra at Mount Snow.

Lift ladies.

Rasta twins.

Wiley. I could make a word rhyme with his name, appropriately so, but that would just be redundantly annoying.

Work. It.

Al y yo.

A family of beached whales.


La fuerza de la flor.


Carl Decker sneakering his way to to a super.d start.

My sis, Marianne.

Post-Mt. Snow, back home and at Skyline.

Que rabo grande, no?



Tan lines are a beautiful thing.

Al so did not want to jump. I made her.


I wanted to get all of us kids to do a different dinner pose every night. This is dinner glam shot number one.


Al, yo, y Bruce (the man behind that booming voice announcing every Kenda Cup East race this year).


Vaya! Sin agua!

Such a great breakfast, which I enjoyed on a morning porch alongside a Sunday coffee steaming into sun rays and dew-laced air. Cool mountain mornings that lay out a blanket for your contemplations are certainly something to write home about.



Sunday short track start.

Don't sell yourself, Marianne. Don't do it. Ask her if she takes personal checks, though, I ran out of Butterscotch Suckers.

Spiderman stickin' to his stealth mode swagger.

Wiley y Al. Special...ized.