Dec 31 2008
As another year passes, I look back and contemplate what I might have done better or different. In the end I come away with a feeling of satisfaction knowing I did nearly everything I could do right and know I always have room for improvement. I look forward to another year of fun and adventures [...]
Dec 28 2008
The snow is finally melting and the weather is turning into typical Pacific Northwest rain. During the cold and snowy weather I was able to put to the test my winter riding gear. I discovered I need to make very few adjustments in my gear and riding in the snow is fun. At least it [...]
Dec 22 2008
Inaccurate weather forecasts are nothing new. However, after a week and a half of pain in the posterior weather I was hoping the local weather guy would be correct in his forecast. Last Thursday the forecast was looking better after we made it through this weekend, but instead of it warming up the ice, snow, [...]
Dec 21 2008
The photo of the I5 bridge shows the bike path on the right side. I wonder how slippery and how much snow and ice is on the path? Traveling on the downhill side would be interesting. If you lost control you would be lucky to hit a bridge girder, because the other option would be [...]
Dec 19 2008
The people in Vancouver and Portland just don’t do very well when is comes to handling a little snow and ice. The drivers are inept and the news people start to wear on my nerves after about a week of beating the weather story to death over an inch of snow and freezing temps. Residents [...]
Dec 09 2008
My mother decided she wanted to purchase my dad a police scanner for Christmas. No big deal except she has no knowledge about the devices (neither did I), wanted me to research and purchase the scanner for her. Has anyone had experience with such a device? To make it truly useful and understandable I needed [...]
Dec 05 2008
I am not a big fan of wearing a backpack while cycling. I don’t like the high center of gravity feeling when the backpack has a load in it or how sweaty my back gets. But for this backpack’s functionality in the video and me being single, I may change my mind. Hey… this what [...]
