Loran's (Michelle's stepfather) aunt passed away this week. Her name was Geanie and she seemed a great person from the little I saw of her. So we are of to Pinedale (right by Pinetop) for the service. We should be back Sunday.

We are back from the white mountains and it is still pretty warm. It looks like the monsoons should start early this year since it has been so humid lately. That would be nice since it cools down after the rains.

We are off to pinetop for the weekend. We decided that after we saw the thrmometer was at 115'. See ya tuesday. hopefully I will get in a couple good rides (6 hours or so.

Alright here it is. Michelle's new pimp ride.The best thing is no payment!!  

Here is a gila monster right in our driveway. I need a digital camera for better photos( hint hint) 

Well it looks like we sold Michelle's car saturday. We are supposed to meet the people there on monday at 10:30 to finalize the deal. We also found a mazda Miata that is in our price range to pay cash for. so we will be less in debt. thats always good. Now we just need to pay the house off and we are set(Haha). Like that happening any time soon.

Remember when you were growing up and your parents said not to go swimming right after you ate alot of food? Well I must have forgot since my wednesday night ride turned sour pretty much right when I started. I ate dinner and then hopped on the bike within 1/2 an hour. I thought if I took it easy the first hour or so I would be fine but I had all kinds of stomach problems. I guess my stomach just shut down . So I cut the 4 1/2 hour planned ride down to 2 1/2. I also noticed the next morning that I was dehydrated. Well I have learned to lisen to my elders a little more, maybe they do know what they are talking about.

This is a look back at the Brian Head 100. It is a race done at 8000- 12000 ft and is a pure suffer fest. This is proberly the highest outhouse is the southwest.  

They are just chillin on the cool tile. This must be a nice break from rough housing outside in the heat all day. 

Allright I am back to normal after Thursday nights ride. For some reason that ride really makes me tired the day after. proberly because I dont sleep well that night. I feel great during the ride and even immediatly after the ride but the next day I am a wreck. I think I will do the ride on wednesday night instead since I am off on thursday. Then I can sleep in.

It seems like the hotter it gets here the busier we get at the shop. You would think we would be the busiest in the winter when it is beautiful outside.

Here is a pic from last nights ride. it is rather hard to see clearly but it is overlooking tucson from Skyline road. Poor picture partly camera phone and partly riding and taking pictures at same time. 

Ride complete! I am tired and going to bed.

Ahhh It is actually nice out right now. About 15 degrees below average. The plans are to go out tonigt and do about a 4 hour ride. I figure that is about all the light I have until the battery dies. I will leave around 7:30 or so.

All is back to normal now. Mom has gone home, Woody is back from vacation and Memorial day is over. Now I can get back to riding and loosing all the weight I put on in the past three weeks. Remember My goal is to be at 195 by the end of July.