Biking - Faster and Faster - Sun Dec 7 2008

Biking in a Nor'easter Wind Storm

Mr D borrowed Debs shirt since he didn't have a jacket. We rolled up the sleeves about half way so it wouldn't be too much trouble. It was blowing hard out of the North and cold if you didn't keep moving. This was a warm-up ride before the big ride later.

Mr D and the Dinosaur

Biking up to Deleon about 2 miles from the house Mr D tried out all the Elementary Schoool challenges on the playground including this dinosaur-like climb without a way to dismount.

It was about 60 degrees with a strong North wind today. Mr D was shaking when he first got out of the bike trailer to play at this location, but a few sets of monkey bars later he got warmed up.

Obama Watch Party - Victoria Texas

Bill, Debbi, and I met at the Rosebud Cafe after poll sitting for Obama from 5-7PM. Bill was at Vickers elementary school and we were at Deleon elementary school working for the campaign.

Yes we can, Yes we did. The results were coming in state-by-state and it was obvious Barack Obama was going to win by 8:30 PM. KAVU-25 was filming in the Rosebud.

Scott Making Hay

Mr D and Scott's Big Tractor

Mr D and Scott's Little Tractor

Mr D Jumping off Steps at MHS Sept 29 2008

Look Ma - No Wheels

Mr D is getting so fast on his bike with training wheels he hit a curb with the left side really hard. It knocked the left training wheel off the back frame and it was straight up in the air. (180 degrees off) I need to bend it back in place so I took them off to work on the left one. In the meantime we have a..... MOTORCYCLE, so he calls it.

Daddy-O and Mr D at MHS on Saturday

Daddy - O and Mr D at the Ramp on Saturday

Mr D and Daddy-O at MHS

Mr D getting a handle on the ramps at Memorial High School over the weekend.

Hi Mr.D! You are fun. Grandpa

We finally can have Mr.D. come over for a ride and Mom and Dad can go home. What a blast!

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Its Raining - So Wash the Car

It was raining so why not use the rain to rinse off the car after we washed it? What else are you going to do on July 5th? Hi Bill!

Excuse Me Sir ... but your JET is HERE!

Mr. D's new TREK Jet-12

A 12"Bike ready to go at Grandma's house.

Thats Not My Name or Put the Camera Down...Please

Mr. D raking to the Ting Tings "Thats Not My Name".

Biking on Burgos Lane in Hot Springs Village Arkansas

Riding a Trek Rental bike in Hot Springs Village in December in cold weather. Mostly on Burgos Lane, but several other streets were riden also. HSV is a cool place to ride a bike with miles and miles of roads and streets without any homes built on them yet. A bikers paradise! Burgos is pretty steep. Stay off Carmona on a MTB, it's a killer.

Racing to keep up with Mr.D at Bull Bayou in Cedar Glades Park

This is one of my favorite pics that Deb caught when I was racing to catch Mr. D on the trail down to Bull Bayou creek and the ladder bridge. Mr. D can really haul it on his 10" bike.

Mr Ds M and M NASCAR Truck with Shooting Steam

Mr D. thought the "shooting steam" coming out of this truck was cool! We built a ladder so Mr. D. could get in the truck. (DON'T TELL Kyle we changed his NASCAR number to 2, and we put Mr. D's name on Kyle's Truck.)

Springer on Mountain Bike at Cedar Glades Trail

This dog was on a cool bike leash. The biker bought the bike adaptor and dog harness separately on the internet and rigged them himself. I found the bike attachment just as he said at http://www.springerusa.com/ and it is the only safe way to take your dog on a leash on singletrack. It has a safety release based upon rider weight and dog size. See the website.


This biker plans to let his dog run next to him on the singletrack after he gets her trained. He said she had been on this adaptor for about a year and was close to running free. We saw other dogs running loose with bikers at Bull Bayou, but on a busy Saturday it was pretty cool hiSs dog was staying right with him.

T-Bird Driveby for MFB

This one is for you buddy! What do you think?

Lorenzo on a South Texas Rainy Winter Bike Ride

I stopped twice to pour water off the lens. You really can appreciate being alive when you ride in 34 degree weather with it raining on you. I rode my old Diamondback bike so I didn't crash the Trek on the slick roads. It's pretty easy to lose it on a slick place on either bike. This was the first trip I took with the Oregon Scientific helmet cam and it works great in this situation. It's an amazing little cam... thanks Pat and Jim!

(The quality is great. I compressed this long ride from 64-MgB down to 8-MgB to put it on here.)

Gas Sucks! Ride a Bike!

Trek 8500 and Diamond Back AVAIL

Triking on Leno Lane - PUSH to Go / PULL to Stop

Biking on Leno Lane

Mr D at Bull Bayou - PartII

More video from my bike shot with the Oregon Scientific bike helmet cam. I condensed an hour of video to this short segment. We rode all over the park on the ADA (training wheel) course.

We need to get some knobby tires or 86 the training wheels so Devin is not digging out all the time and losing traction. He did great considering he was high-center half the time.

Mr D and Aiden

Devin and Aiden driving the Kyle Busch M&M semi-truck with his race car inside. Looks like they are very happy in their jobs!

Watch Out!

Drop It On Me, Drop It On Me, Hey, Hey

Mr. D. and I were learning this in the racecar Saturday night just before the storm. Featuring Daddy Yankee with Ricky Martin singing "Drop it on me".

Cedar Glades - Bull Bayou

We returned to Bull Bayou in the Cedar Glades Park today. The real heros are behind the scene Deb and Sasha. They made it possible for us to go again today and took photos and movies of the over an hour of bike riding and playground exercise.

Standby, more to come...

Cedar Glades Park Singletrack in Hot Springs Arkansas

With the support team we ventured to Cedar Glades Park leaving from the Bull Bayou Creek parking lot. I wanted to just do the green loop and got lost on the blue loop. On the second time around I asked some workers with chainsaws where you get off the trail? They said it was half way up "heart attack hill" which I didn't need any help identifying. The sign was missing but taking a hard right midway up the hill got me back to the right trail. The people working for Garland County I talked to offered to take me back in their pickup truck if I couldn't get off the blue loop which I thought was really nice of them (how may lost people do they rescue in here?).

http://www.ouachitaadventures.com/Trails/CedarGlades/cedarglades.html
http://www.bikehotsprings.org/15miles.html

Thanks Deb and Sasha for staying with me and taking the photo above!!!

TRACTORS!

We painted a few tractors between biking rides and plan painting the M&M semi that hauls the NASCAR race car tomorrow for our last lesson this trip. Funny thing is that the truck he likes is Kyle Busch who is the rebel of the NASCAR circuit I find out and tends to act out quite often and win a lot too. Its the M&M car and semi-truck I find out.

"The Whistle Song" or Lo Que Pensamos

Vamos todas juntos a decir lo que pensamos

Vamos juntos!

Mr. D claps and whistles to this song in the car. He calls it the "Whistle Song". This is song #11 of the Ananda album. We are working on song#12 which is mainly "Ungh" "Augh" and some cars beeping. I am not sure what we will call this song?

Mr D on the Fast Track - Part II

Mr D on the Fast Track - Part I

Ho in Hot Springs Arkansas

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It's my Birthday - Time for More Fox Racing Gear

Fox Sergeant Shorts
Official Details: The 2008 Fox Sergeant Short's inner liner features high performance RIDE chamois. Cobra front button snap-doesn't open under strain! The detachable inner liner makes it two shorts in one. The 2008 Fox Sergeant Short features an adjustable waist that allows you to dial in the perfect fit, rear stretch yoke for pedaling mobility, cargo pockets for ID or energy bars, and embroidered badge logos.

My take: I thought the Oakley Trial Ballistic or Trail MTB short was what I wanted but ended up liking these better.

S/S Fox Attach Jersey

Official Details: The Fox Attack S/S Jersey is constructed of 100% Polyester Jacquard Engineered Mesh 160 gm/m2. The engineered Mesh fabric allows maximum air flow ventilation and minimizes seams for high performance comfort and breathability. The Fox Attack S/S Jersey features a loose fit with a drop tail pattern, screen print logos on left side chest and left hip, contrast color piping style detail, and sunglass wipe at right front hip.

My take: I have the L/S Jersey and knew I must have one for summer in the S/S. This shirt feels great......!

Hey Hey we're the Monkees Hey Hey we're the Monkees

Still running a slight fever but can't get this song out of my head. Devin was getting pretty good at this part but we didn't get to practice the rest of the song on our bikerides.

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

SEE the MUSIC bar at the BOTTOM of the PAGE!

Scratchy Eyes - Wattery Nose

I just started this blog when I was hit by "cedar fever", allergies, mold and mildew from the rental car we drove all last week, or something. I don't really care what it is I am sick with 100-deg. fever.

Had planned to start with some glorious ideas and a statement about where I was going with all this and all I could get out was this driveway chalk drawing from yesterday by a very special person. Before it rains I thought I should capture it since there won't be another exactly like it, ever.

Sorry this didn't start about MTB, the new 29ers, the new suspensions, the single speeds, the new tech, clothes, gps, da.da.da. but I am in pain and can't even find my bike photos to get started. Maybe tomorrow? Manana!