Wow, it has been slow for posting. Guess facebook is either easier or my life is really that boring as of late. Nothing much to report on the home front. No vehicles have been killed lately, trail work has slacked off and i've been riding the bike a bit more.

With Dev in 2 bands, i've been doing the roadie thing alot more recently. His main band got done recording last weekend and hopefully we will have a full length ep in our hands by mid feb. His other band is playing the main stage at Sokol with Asking Alexandria on Monday. Pretty exciting stuff.

Crash is working 2 jobs and is never around. At least she hasn't piled anything up lately.

K is driving me nuts with driving lessons and hauling her everywhere.

Other than that, work still sucks and i've been offered a few jobs. Just not sure if i want to make a move now. Winter is a notorious slow time of year and a bad time to be the new guy in a shop. Guess i will hang in till spring and see how it goes....

grrrr




Before and after

1 more day of the city removing dirt to build a levee to go. Hope they done go any further back. It is going to take some revamping but we should be back to full trail soon...

Ridgeline trail at Tranq is done! Had a few riders test it out today to get it flowed in better. Had to make some tweaks but it rode well. Didn't have anyone clean it all day till Mike and some other fast guys rolled up. They rode it a few times and said it was fun. Sweet!

i was out at tranq this weekend cleaning drains and tweaking the wall ride. I went on top of the wall ride and spotted a possible line that Dale and i had talked about before. I roughed in a connector between the 2nd and last dirt pile. I think it will be pretty sweet. If the rest of the crew likes it, i think i will link it up to the road crossing as an optional line. Might have to walk the rest of the piles and see how long it could go and still be fun. Hmmm....whatcha think?

I actually had people tell me that they read this thing besides family, so i guess i should make a post now and again.

Been pretty busy as of late. We got the new north section built in 3 weekends. Rides a bit rough but i think it will be sweet. Big thanks to Dale for pushing the city to get it through.

Current plans are to clean up the wall rides, tweak the camel hump berm and to finish the berm/flow section now that section is done. I have some other ideas but i really want to ride this year.

Worked out at Swanson today. Worked the corridor for the new entrance/exit. Little weedeating and benching it should be good to go...

Lets see, what else... prom is done and graduation is soon. Add in a couple birthdays and the kiddie end has been hectic. Next is college applications for crash and changing colleges for WikiD. My youngest turned 15 and got her drivers permit. Now this means i have 2 kids to do drivers ed with this summer. Ugh...

Found a minivan i want but i need to sell the Expedition to get it. 2 weeks of craigslist losers wasting my time and not a single cash bid yet. Looks like i really want this van, i'm going to have to sell my Impreza. Hate to do it, it has been a great car. Sadly, my knee is freaking out again and it would be nice to have an auto for the days that it hurts to use the clutch. Also need a car for Kaylieq when she gets her license. ugh...

Good enough for now... more later!

Guys killed it tonight

Heh   to hard to type on this goofy new phone

busy busy busy, no time to blog much. Had the big thor trail meeting yesterday. Gotta say, i left this meeting amped for this season. Got permission for the progressive skills park @ tranquilty. Kent is going to help me set up meetings with the city and work on grants for funding the project. Best part, is that the design and assist with building the park will be done by Mr Pump Track Nation, Lee McCormack. I've been chatting with him most of the winter and the guy is amazing. He also gave me ideas for my bermed section and how to set up french drains for some areas that are always damp.

On the family end of things, the spaces blog we have is getting moved over to wordpress. Still working on getting all the pics swapped over from the old site. I guess microsoft is killing off spaces, so that is what we get to use. It will auto redirect you to the new spot for now. I'll keep playing with it as time allows.

Otherwise, thats aboot it. Dev, Kaylie and I have been hitting the gym. She is talking about racing this year, so she wants to do some cardio and leg work to get ready. Such a silly kid. Dev is planning on touring this summer, so he wants to get in shape to play every night. I need to drop back down to 170 or my doc is gonna shoot me. weeee...

Anyone else sick of Lance in the news? What are we exactly gaining buy crucifying LA? How much is our cash strapped govt spending to prosecute him for things he did a decade ago if he ever did anything to begin with? What does Landis get out all of this if Lance turns up dirty? Who's next on the list?

I really don't get any of this. This will be nothing but a total loss for everyone involved.

New song from At War With Giants is up on their facebook page. Gotta check it out even if you aren't into the screamo stuff. Very different sound from the Gravecandy days. Give it a listen and tell us what ya think...

Not as sweet as my dad's by a long shot but i'd take it...

Bah, winter is no fun. No sweet biking related stuff to post about. With any luck, we will have some reasonable weather to go out and put in the last section of the new singletrack @ Tranq. Then come spring it will just be some weedeating and it will be good to go!

Both bands are gearing up for shows soon. Prisoners of War (ex-lars) has shows next tues and sat. At War with Giants has a show mid feb. Totally different sounds from two very different groups of guys. Ought to be sweet... Add some digital pads and a module to WikiD's kit. Been fun playing around with it. Looks like we have to add another i/o box to use our own sounds. Good thing the punk has a job now!

Neighbor drug his 70 Challenger R/T 440/4spd out of the garage for the first time in a decade yesterday. Had to boogie out to chat with him to make sure he wasn't selling it. He isn't now but may be in the near future. I get first shot...woohoo! Hope he does something fairly soon or the car may not be worth saving for someone with my budget. As it sits now it will need fenders, 1 door and both quarters. The rear deck around the window is also starting to go. Amazing that a car that is that rusty on the outside had really nice floors and trunk pans. Someone added a T/A spoiler to the deck and front chin spoilers sometime before he bought it back in the 80's. Could be really nice car redone. Red with black r/t side stripe and a black gut.

That's about it. Knees are still randomly fubared. Going to start hitting the gym in a couple weeks when i get back from chi-town. Hope to drop a few pounds and get my cardio up for learning how to spin...