The shootout is the Saturday ride here in Tucson. It starts out easy, but turns to a race pace for about 20 miles of uphill false flat. I didn't do too well, but I'm not going to complain about a ride where I finish with two Sierra Nevada, one Aerospace, one Navigators, and an assortment of other elite riders. Can't find better riding anywhere in the country right now.
The ride today (up Mt. Lemmon) was punishing. I came back home and fell asleep. It started to get cold around mile 10, but the road was perfectly passable. This picture was taken at dusk. Gotta love those sunsets. It's supposed to be cold and rainy tomorrow, so it'll be a day for the job hunt.
Yesterday evening, my hosts took me out to Sabino Canyon Park to watch the moon rise as the sun set. The attraction of watching the moon rise isn't to just see the moon, but to see the larger appearance of the moon, which is caused the the atmosphere. My photos didn't come out that
well because my camera was made to be small, not to take great photos, but I can assure you that it was worth taking the hike. As the title infers, the sun was setting at the same time as the moon was rising. That offered some good photos as well.
Life isn't life without the hard parts. I found out two days ago that the person I had been counting on to have a place ready in Tucson for Todd and I to move into had bailed. He found a place that he could stay for free, and so backed out of living with us. This in and of itself wouldn't have been so bad except that I had been operating under the assumption that he'd already gotten a place for me to move into. The search was on, and long story short, I have a perfect place for Todd and I.
Another part of this adventure was the snow stormed version of New Mexico that I had to drive through last night. I've never travelled long distances after that place had a lot of snow. It's an experience. I'll post pictures when I get to a faster connection. In contrast, the weather here in Tucson is wonderful. Upper 60's and breezy. I'm so glad I followed through with my plans and got my butt out here. Well, time to go out for a ride. Many, many pictures to follow.
Four days ago my cd/dvd drive was crippled while ripping a disc with iTunes. It was pronounced dead after several reboots and firmware re-flashes failed to fix the problem. After spending about 30 hours turned off, it now is able to play a dvd!!! I love when computer problems fix themselves. Any ideas what caused/solved this?
It has come time to head south for the winter. As the days get longer but the weather continues to get colder, I'm heading to Tucson. I'll be here in Oklahoma City visiting with Erin's family for a few days and then drive the rest of the way to mecca of domestic cycling winter training.
It just so happened that Nat had a last minute business trip that took him to Chicago yesterday night. Ben had today off and decided to drive up to Chicago, and we all met up. When school finished, I didn't think that I'd be able to see everyone this frequently, but we've been out of school only a matter of months and it seems like at least a few of us get together every month. There's more pictures on Flickr.
