I DIDN'T Ride My Bike Today, Cuzz....

= Money money money money money.....

 

We are officially a 29er-only house. All washed and pretty:



Got back from seeing Uncut Gems, pretty good flick. Sandler did good on this one!

 

Because I drove this!

 

Well that looks fun. Details please!

 

Well I don’t think my day was as fun as this but my son and I did a day trip to Pismo.

 

Thats a heck of a drive for the day!

 

Why???

 

On the road again....

 

Just can't wait....

 

To get on the bike again.....

 

Worked hard today. I will reward myself with a frosty frothy brew when I do finally get home. Almost there.

 

It’s an easy two hour drive from my house. But it doesn’t bother me anymore.

 

Do you take the 166?

 

Yes the 166 there and the 46 on the way back.

 

What? Because!

 

1800+ miles in two days.

 

Took a quick spin down to the low desert, and checked out Painted Canyon. Really beautiful area out there. Free camping on BLM land, which we should have done, but saving that for next time!





After all that high-altitude, we headed down to the coast:

 

Burly!!!!!

 

Got sub-termites and having the perimeter of the house treated this morning. Thought about trying an early dawn patrol, but would have got rained on anyway so that worked out all right I guess.

 

Common cold. All week now but the bright side is I wasn't sick during the Christmas break. I can live with that.

 

6 miles of running hills on Aliso Summit trail this AM. Lot of friendly people out today, which is the rule on that trail. Just a nice experience all the way around!

 

Just had another surgical procedure yesterday to get a chunk of skin removed, 5 stitches and about a two inch long incision. I go back a week from today to get my stitches removed and to get another chunk of skin removed (the second one will be on my back while the current wound is on my abdomen, she didn’t want to do both at the same time). This is the third time going under the knife in the past few months, not fun.

Prior to this I was severely ill with a bad case of bronchitis, thanks to my weakened immune system from meds for my autoimmune disease.

I’ve only ridden two times since late November, at least I’m still pedaling a regular bike though. Once healed up I’m on a mission, to be continued...

 

Hang tough, B. No e-bikes, indeed...keep turning the cranks when you can. Glad you know what's good for ya.

 

Sorry to hear about the bumps in the road, but kudos for pushing through. Looking forward to the reports from the other side. In the mean time don’t hold out on us with the food pics. I still need to stop spending on bike stuff so I can justify a green egg.

 

You should see our holistic practitioner if you want to bolster your immune system, my wife has 7 autoimmune diseases and Lisa saved her life! She is no joke! You live in Palmdale?

 

Sorry to hear this, "Bort" . Think positive, you'll get through it all.

 

I went for a quick stroll through the zoo after work since i finished up near there. It was pretty quiet there, most animals were sleeping but I did get a few fair pics to share.

 

Damn dude - rough road! Hang in there. Healing vibes, mojo, karma, prayers, thoughts, kismet and whatever other positive vibrations we can conjure up headed your way.

 

Thanks for all the kind words, folks. My goal this year is to get off medication and conquer my disease through diet and exercise. So far I’ve been able to fake it but the truth is I’ve been struggling and have had enough.

Ok, making this my last post in this thread and will pick back up in the “rode my bike” thread soon.

 

My January looks like toast for riding now. Not riding this weekend. NoSoMo next week, not even taking my bike, boohoo.



But...right up the middle, see that trail?