VeloSwap

So many bikes. Look at Jack haggle. This is truly a great Colorado tradition (and San Fransican tradition if you want to be specific).

Skiing...Finally

Last year's ski season was probably my best season in memory. The snow was great, I felt good and I avoided major injury. After 7 months off of the snow, I found myself skiing last weekend. I had not forgotten how much I love the snow. The major differnce here of course, is that the type of skiing shown above invites major injury. I narrowly escaped this time, which of course means I will be back for more next weekend. I can't wait to get back on the bike, but I am more than a little torn about missing out on what looks to be a great ski season for 2006/2007. To answer the inevitable question: I am not in any of these pictures. Bill and Doug will be flying solo on the blog until I download the rest of the shots.

Brotherly Love

Not to be outdone, my younger brother Will has planned his own motorcycle trip (tirp). As you will notice in his plan, he will be touring the US extensively as well as maintaining a blog. Best guy I know.

Semantics

I just saw a bumper sticker that said "Don't play well with others." Is this a jem of advice or just really bad Engrish?

Where I Work

As promised one month ago, here is a picture of the forum of my intellectual struggle. As you would guess, I glance lovingly at my helmet every once in a while to keep me on task. Fly-Apply-Fly.

Vehicles That I Miss

While working on my applications I have come across a lot of sentimental pictures. Here are some of the vehicles that I find myself missing. For as bad as that yellow Pontiac smelled, everyone sure liked it.

Dump Dig

Thank you to Mickey Zeppelin and Susan Wick for inviting Blake and I to the "Dump Dig." Yes, "Dump Dig." We spent all Saturday digging in the Leadville, CO dump. We found a lot of old bottles, cups, tea kettles, signs and ceramics. What an odd and completely satisfying thing to do. Though I really want to get back to riding, events like this make me realize how much I love Colorado.

Over-Exposure

In the process of preparing my portfolio I am sorting through all of my old artwork and photos. I had a box of what I assumed to be about 20 rolls of developed film. I based this estimate on the size of the box and the fact that I had simply stuffed everything in about 6 years ago. There is a theory that says that space efficiency and organization are positively related. I have disproved this theory.

Apparently "stuffing" is better than "stacking" or is at least roughly equal. After five hours of organization last night I found that I actually had around 100 rolls of film, most of which had been printed as well. After trying to match the negative with the prints I still had a huge pile of loose pictures. I found that about 250 pictures from this stack were pictures of cars. If anyone needs badly composed and under-exposed pictures of the original Viper GTS concept at the
Chicago Auto Show, let me know.

The personal lesson learned here is that while I may not be a great
photographer, I was always a prolific one.