Partners ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I can always count on the dog to go but that's been about it. We are talking about my walking. The wife will make an appearance once in awhile but most of the time I am on my own with the dog.

                                             But last night was different!

When I got home from my ride I decided I still wanted to keep going so I went up stairs and got Chase. He didn't want to go and I pulled the "DAD" card! So he begrudgingly came with me. He, the dog and I all headed to the country club, we got there at 7:30 so we where late enough we could walk the cart path.

Guess what! I had him running all over the course helping me find golf balls just like I was the other night! At one point I even started laughing at myself. Again, here I am 46 years old and running around hunting golf balls like a kid. The only difference was this time I had a kid with me! So that made it alright!!

At least to me it did. We left the house and he didn't really even want to go, at first he didn't even have much to say. But after we got a good stride going and found the first golf ball he was into it. We walked that whole side, 9 holes and our take for the night 6 golf balls.

It was dark when we hit the car and I spent the better part of 2 hours with my kid out and about having fun. He got away from the video games and it didn't even kill him. He even agreed to go again. If I haven't learned one thing with having Cody graduate and start school this fall it's the fact that you better do all you can with them when you can! Before you know it they grow up and start going their own direction.

Yes Cody still lives at home and I see him everyday, but he has his own things going on now. I miss our time together, like it used to be. I don't want to wake up one day and wish I had made more time for Chase. Of course he has total different interests than his brother did and yes he isn't totally sold on bicycles, like his brother was.

But we sure had fun looking for those stupid golf balls................. I can't wait to go again...........

Back In Action!!!!!!!!

So I got home and went to Lowe's, 5 minutes later I was headed for the door with my new weed eater! Another hundred dollars and I am good to go. Three more years and we can do it again. As I stood there looking at them I saw the one with 89 dollar tag and the one right beside it for 130.

They looked the exact same except one was a Bolin and the other a TroyBuilt. The Bolin yellow and TroyBuilt is red. The shaft on the TroyBuilt is about 2 inches longer but that was it. So as I stood there scratching my head a sales guy walks up and we start talking. I ask him what the difference is between the two and he says nothing but the color and length of the shaft.

Then he says the only reason the Bolin is yellow is because TroyBuilt didn't want it to look exactly like there regular one? SO I ask him to say that again, I wasn't following I guess. Well after he explains it I just shook my head and got the yellow one!

Turns out TroyBuilt makes the yellow Bolin brand, the reason it's yellow is they don't want to sell a weed eater under a hundred bucks with there name on it! How lame is that? Long story short, I got a new Bolin/TroyBuilt weed eater and the yard looks good. Time to move on!

Tonight I will pedal..........

Growing Up !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last night made me think I might finally be reaching that milestone! This post has nothing to do with bikes, it's all about me "Growing Up".

So last night I mowed the yard and driveway, then I got out the weed eater and tried to start it. No luck! I even went and got a new spark plug and still no luck. This is where I think I might have grown up a little bit.

The younger me would have beat that stupid weed eater slam into the ground. Believe it or not that's what happened to my last one! Something about yard equipment that don't work just drives me through the roof! I hate to do the work anyway and then when the damn mower or weed eater won't work it makes me mad!

Last night I took a deep breath and about the time I was ready to start pounding I just walked in the garage and put the weed eater down in the corner. I thanked "it" for the 3 years of faithful service it has provided me and I went in the house. I told the wife we need a new one and I took a shower.

No harm no foul...........

Any Advice !!!!!!!!!!!

At this point "Any Advice" would be nice! I am talking about what I need to do to get stronger. I ride and I ride a lot more, then when I have a chance I try to ride again! But then I go out and it seems like 50 miles at a decent pace will kill my legs!

It's starting to piss me off! I can go for longer distances but not at a decent pace. By decent I mean like 16 or 18 miles an hour. Not like I am trying to set a new speed record or anything. Lately Kelly has been doing a 100 mile ride just about every weekend. I still haven't done my first hundred much less another one!

I am gonna do a hundred this Saturday or sell my bikes!!!!!!

Please Come Out and Play ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

That's what it felt like last night! I came home fixed my lawn mower and then mowed the yard in the rain. About the time I got done it quit raining, go figure... We have had so much rain lately the grass had to be cut and I sure wasn't gonna waste a Saturday doing that!

Well when I got done I tried to talk Karen into going to the country club with me and then I tried Chase. Neither one wanted to go so off I went with my trusty co-pilot Daisy the dog! She will always go, all I have to say is "ride" and she gets in the car.

Well left on my to entertain myself I can kill time like nobody's business! We hit the course and walked a lap around the nature trail. Then with nobody still on the course we walked the cart path. Then I saw a golf ball, and another and another! We ended up walking all over the course! Up and down the fairway through the woods, everywhere! By the time we headed for the car it was dark.

Way dark! We were out there for 2 hours walking and hunting golf balls. Our take for this effort, 8 more golf balls. The passenger floor board in my Blazer is almost full of golf balls now. I still haven't decided what I am gonna do with all of them or if I want to go golfing yet. But at least I have plenty of golf balls now.

I even got to laugh at myself when we were heading for the car in the dark. Here I am 46 years old and running around a golf course going through all the wooded areas looking for golf balls like a 12 year old! I had fun though...............

Time Fly's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I posted Monday and then the bottom feel out for the last 3 days! I did manage to take a ride Tuesday night and then went to the golf course again. Followed by my brother coming into town, he was at the house last night. It's been a busy week. No complaints it makes time go a lot faster.

I hope to ride tonight, I even charged my lights for tonight! I have got to mow the yard tonight before it gets to tall. That's if  the rain holds off! We have had more rain lately than we have had in months. Because of that the yard is growing at a high rate of speed!

It was nice to see my brother for the first time in awhile. We don't get to see each other that often with the distance between us. He has kids I have kids that type of thing. Plus the distance 500 miles, it ain't hour away. But we are gonna try and work on it. One of these days we are both gonna be old and then it's gonna be harder to see each other..

Life moves on!!!!!!!!!!

Better Than Nothing............

After my sickness over the end of last week and then my bout of throwing up Saturday morning. I finally got out and rode yesterday, it felt great to be back on the bike too. I did a nice 44 mile ride and went all over the county. I even tried a few roads I usually would never try. I just kinda figured it was Sunday so traffic should be a little easier.

It was heavy but not to bad. Plus the traffic must see enough bike use to be used to it. Nobody really crowded me but not being used to heavy traffic was a little unnerving. I guess I am really really used to the light traffic on my side of the county. I won't make a habit of venturing over toward Weddington very often but it was nice to have a change of pace.

I ended the ride kinda of tired but not to bad. Plus I was home early enough I took the dog to the country club and still managed to get in a 4 mile walk. Total for my "easy" day, 44 mile bike ride and a 4 mile walk! I must have really been stir crazy. Even the wife was asking me if I was trying to prolong my sickness. She said I needed more rest.

But to be honest I really felt better! After getting out and sweating a little bit. Plus the break from the bike seems to have been a little refreshing. I never really kicked it yesterday and still had a good overall average speed. I did miss out on a good ride with Kelly Saturday but that happens.

While he was out doing a hundred miler I was home on the couch sick so I guess I have a good enough excuse. Although next time I would really like to make the trip with him. He rode from his house to Morrow Mtn. State Park and back! Not a bad ride at all. It's definitely one on my radar. Every summer I say I am gonna make the trip over there and then I don't!

I need to work on that..............