Wayne's World (w/ addendum)

today was a good day. the only thing that wasn't good was our two dog's fighting. we are currently experiencing a changing of the guard here. ruby the up-and-coming self-perceived, alpha is challenging the old guard-adela. the most vicious fights are between females and their last three i thought we were going to have to bury one. it usually ends up with ruby pinning addie to the ground with both their jaws locked onto each other's faces. not a pretty sight and it gets my adrenalin off the charts. it just sets everything into a foul vacuum. ah!
okay...count to ten...phew! ite den. let's begin...
met my teammate and homeboy kenny; and kev from homey trinity fame at white ranch today at 7am.
irene and kev's sweet cj
check out irene's motor (that's kev's hand)
kenny fabricated the aluminum duct work. check out the sweet garrett turbo! we all realized-all too soon-how far out of shape we were as compared to mid-season. all the technical stuff we usually ride we walked today; but since it was just us three we didn't take any breaks. kevin was climbing stronger than what i usually remember; my butt was climbing slower than i particularly remember...after kenny went boom-boom he pumped up his tires for one of the gnarly descents.it was a particularly beautiful day up here at white ranch. i snapped some of our surroundings when kenny was pumping up his tires. (addendum) kenny and i were explaining to kevin after a difficult ride, that today was way too much work for us. usually, when we road ride, if there's an incline we just pedal harder and tap out a rhythm that matches our heart rate and cadence. we forgot how difficult it is to mountain bike: having to unweight, slide towards a center of gravity, body english the singletrack, synchronizing the pedals at the 12 o'clock so as not to bottom out your pedal stroke on an obstacle-things like that that completely differentiates mountain riding from road.
today is also the day my hahn af base brother wayne was in town from south carolina. the last time we were together was back in 1986 when we were stationed in the rheinland-pfalz stadt auf deutschland! it was by far the most memorable travel experience i've ever had. i was 18, single, living in germany near the benelux region of europe. i met wayne et al. in the hahn ab ski club. every weekend we'd go to some place exotic to ski (i.e. france: chamonix-mt brevent, aiguille du midi, les houches, les grand montets; austria: st. johann, st. veit, sölden-glacier skiing on the 4th of july; die schweiss: davos; undt deutschland: garmisch to name drop some heavy hitters), enjoy life, and to get hammered and converse with like-minded europeans. when we weren't skiing, wayne and i pushed each other on the road riding scene. again just traveling down to the mosel river from our base and riding to wherever we wanted to and to get back by sundown on most occasions (after getting rained on in the german spring and early summers). it was such a carefree, hedonistic lifestyle. we were just hoping our president wouldn't interrupt our fun with a war or something. the cool thing about living as guests in a different country was they'd play germany's national anthem before ours to end the conventional duty day. i always thought the german national anthem was a pretty rockin' tune. i digress. anyhoo wayne was in town and i took my eldest and youngest child out to estes park to catch up on old times. it was great. wayne's still wayne, except more mature and more focused. he's on a weight loss plan and we intend to tear some shizzle up like we used to skiing and cycling in the very near future. i can't wait! it was truly exquisite to see him and for him to see my young 'uns. i had a pretty silly smile on my face for our 2 hour ride home. i'm glad i went out to see him.