August 2022 No More

And You May Find Yourself Living In A Shotgun Shack

And You May Find Yourself In Another Part Of The World

And You May Find Yourself Behind The Wheel Of A Large Automobile

And You May Find Yourself In A Beautiful House, With A Beautiful Wife

And You May Ask Yourself," Well How Did I Get Here?" 

Talking Heads 

Remain In Light - October 1980

FULL MOON:

Totally looking forward to the upcoming full moon on the 11th of September. I am a big Fall Season and Winter kind of guy. The September moon always dazzles my little eyeballs. Also, we will be fortunate to witness a meteor shower that weekend as well. No too many streaks of light but when they skip there should be huge fire balls lighting up the moon filled night scape. 

ORTHO: 

Clients have been pouring in lately. A few tune ups, a busted up wing, a pregnancy, back tissues, and a knee replacement. Those end of the Summer bumps and bruises kinda catch up with all of us. Sometime we just don't bounce. Performed a fair amount of neuromuscular sessions throughout the month. Deep Body Releases 

CYCLING:

My August numbers are pretty well piss poor and I'll bet that I consumed more ounces than the production of quality miles on the bike. 46 hours on the saddle, 6 Personal Best, 28 activities, and a measly 396mi / 637kms for the month. Yikes  

Now keep this in mind for one of my excuses, my last day off was July 17th. And that doesn't include the house and pet sitting jobs. I choose to NOT associate this style of work as a real job. These gigs pay very well but during August I "watched" two cats but never saw them. I was told that they were scared of everything but please stay here, check the mail, water the plants, pick up the newspaper, and feed them as well. Turns out, those kitties were as elusive as the cold water running Yellowfin Tuna. So can't refer to it as work. Right 

But what I noticed while riding... clean running water, light cool breeze, shady spots, smiling faces, deer, walkers, cloud movement, lizards, bunnies, yahoo's flipping the bird, flowers, puppies, one wheel riders, fixing flat tires, smokers, fires, dance parties, homelessness, basketball shoot arounds, heat, disc throwing golfers, red tail hawks, snakes, cars, motorcycles, High School Football, barbwire fencing, pot holes, picnic sharing couple, and then there is me making phone calls. 

Bike Night has been happening every Friday evening and very thankful for that. I always meet up with someone new or an old face that I hadn't cross paths with in many moons. That's Cool 

WORKING:

Tackling a job, chores, and a sweet A$$ dog / house sitting gig this Labor Day Weekend.  And as random as that sounds, here are some random photos for ya. 

Fixed another door knob here. More dog sitting action and what nots. You know, a typical hot August nights.

An old Chevrolet for Back Roads Tom. Plus, Brother Drew will appreciate this capture as well. And if you are a fan, drop a comment down below.

The Dude and his border collie. We did an upstream paddle for one hour, eddy out, ride a rapid or two, work back up against the current, catch a rapid, and then floated back to the boat ramp. Excellent upper body workout and Loki was just happy to simply be.

The Dude's Birthday and his lady friend was trying to work her phone into selfie mode. I couldn't resist and snapped off this shot just because I found it hilarious. 

Above was from the GJ Symphony concert at Los last weekend. They played the Star Wars theme and I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't go in at all but casually rode my bike around the facility and enjoyed myself. 

GOALS:

1. Ride Stronger
2. Organize For September's Travels 
3. Pay The Phuc Attention 
4. Upper Body Work
5. Call Or Reach Out 
6. Prep For A Radio Show 

Here is a time lapse from a rather wicked cell that moved through the southern end of the valley during my last radio show. 

Be Well This Month,

Cheers