Another Calendar Page Flips Over - Happy May Flowers

Let's Get Down To Business Shall We       Its Time We Stop Playing Games      Let's Get Down To Business Shall We        Let's Quit This Lame Pretense       And Tackle This What Shackles Us All Of This Pressing Business       Well, Why Didn't You Tell Me That Things Had Gotten This Bad      I Was Off In My Own Little World      And I Couldn't See       Through Your Taichi        That I Was Being So Sad     Well, Why Didn't You Tell Me That Things Were Falling Apart       I Was Off In My Own Little World     And Didn't Discern        Your Slow Burn         Amidst All These Fluttering Hearts 

Wide Spread Panic

Written by James C. Dungan 1976

CYCLING:

Colorado has produced stunning sunrises and sunset during the whole month of April. Ride after ride, trail after trail, day after day, beauty resurfaces in 360 degree enlightenment.

Found my legs about mid month. Powering my cranks with just more than my quads. The balls of my feet actually feel the pedals under them, my ankles revolve in full range of motion, both knees are in alinement, and my scrappy little butt cheeks are propelling my quads forward and engaging my hamstrings on the way back up. Raw Power 

Monday through Friday, I ride in solitude along the River Trail, mostly. The birds sing to me as I pass, the White Tail deer walk the shallow Colorado River banks without noticing my passer by actions, and the Bald Eagles produced two "healthy" baby eagles. Life Is Good 

The Above Photo, What Do You See?? Looking Forward To Your Imagine Running Wild And Please Leave Your Observations Below. 

GYM:

Lifting has been mediocre at best. On the positive front, forgot how much one gains with the foam roller. My mobility and ROM has dramatically improved. And guess what??? My hips are in much better shape and my midnight sleep aches have magically gone away. 

Zero heavy weights have been lifted on my part. I choose to burn my muscle groups with rubber resistant bands and lots of controlled movements. Examples - I stand on a resistant band, cross the band in front of me, so looking at myself in the mirror, the band makes in X in front of my knees, I then side step 10 steps to the left, 10 steps to the right. 10 Happy Sets. Bench Press, just the bar, 20 reps, 10 sets. That Good Burn  

ROADIE:

Mid week last week, packed up the automobile and headed east. The mountains were simply calling my name with thin air howls.

Wasn't planning on a trip to Marble but knew where I could sleep for free, hassle free, and plenty of spring water. 

And throwing a little plastic sounded rather attractive. Most of the course was bone dry and the wind was minimal. 

My putts were on fire!! Not the best day of driving off the tee box and the mid range was fairly accurate. 

But couldn't miss a putt. My putter hasn't flown that level in many moons. Wish I Knew The Secret

The below photo was home for the night. As you could imagine, peaceful as all get out. 

The mountain fresh air was flipping cold but clear as can be. Which totally caught me off guard. GJ's winter temperatures flirted with single digits and stayed below freezing for a high this past winter. Now, here in Marble, only 34F / 1.1C , felt icy cold to me. 

The evening sky was brilliant. Stars were stacked upon stars!! So many twinkling stars that picking out constellations was rather challenging. Dim to bright satellite raced south to north with a sporadic one mixing up the predictable pattern. 

The moonless night created an unforgettable three dimensional blanket of stars overhead. The kind of night were your neck hurts from starring up for too long.  

But dozing off under these conditions offered up a peaceful rest. Nothing better than waking to life with this view. 

The Poor Crystal River!!! Notice how the snow is almost gone, its early May, and this would be the run off of 20BLK Jack The weird thing to me, the water along the banks was warm. I anticipated the shock and loosing my breathe when I dipped my feet in. But Nope

FRIENDS:

I met a kid a few months after I moved here to GJ. He followed a lady out from Oakland California. We have always been friends and our lives intertwine like ivy in the redwoods. 

He went down the family avenue and has successfully raised two productive daughters. His oldest just completed her freshman year at Duke. Full Ride By The Way.

He reached out to a number of us and informed us that he was NOT allowed to throw a surprise birthday party for his wife. She turned the big 4-0 and wasn't game for a big party and all those accolades.

So the mass text went out, if we wanted to stop by their shop randomly, no gifts, wish the wife a happy happy, I made the adventure, so thankful I did.

And damn it was great!!! They both look amazingly healthy and content together. Two love birds full of life and they still have their whole lives ahead of them. 

I throughly enjoyed the random stray folks walking through their shop doors, the laughter that was shared by all, and watching the wife while shouting out, " And You Guys!! Just Happen To Be Stopping By!?!?" Classic 

The Next Day, Hung Out With This Guy. He was so excited to see me that he brought over a stick and his bear toy. At the same time of course. Dogs, just gotta love em 

RADIO SHOW:

Turns out, there is a way of streaming shows afterwards. If you would like to indulge , follow these easy steps - Thanx Perth!! 

#1 go to KAFM #2 click the ON-AIR tab and that drop down will give you about six options. Just click PLAYLIST #3 This loads the current play list. Across the top of that page, Click CALENDAR, navigate back to May 1st. #4 click the 3pm BLONDE ROOTS with DJ Dan Yankee. Dan Yankee also hosted the 6am time slot so only click on the 3pm show Blonde Roots. #5 you will then be on a page with only one song, Imagine by the Beatles. My email no longer works for logging in so I asked my buddy Dan to log in and add the Beatles. #6 Simply click on that PLAY BUTTON next to the date and time. Do NOT click on the Beatles. And DO leave your feedback here on this blog.

 

This link will begin with the Entertainment Calendar. I featured the 1960's TV show The Munsters!! Loads of music from that era. Such as, Donovan, Humble Pie, Curtis Mayfield, Outlaws, and 4 trivia questions as well. After you click on the play button, COUNTING runtime 03:03:07pm BEGINS Blonde Roots with The Munster's Original Theme Song. It is a hot and muddy recording by my standards but worthy of a listen. And I Thank You In Advance 

 

May The 4th Be With You,

Cheers