Mrbill's Bikenbreakfast
07, February, 2010
Yesterday was a full day and a cool one to boot.
My day started off with the "Freeze Your Fanny" bike ride in Longview, TX.
I think everyone was caught off guard, thanks to our weatherman, it was suppossed to warm into the lower 50's but I believe it got colder as we rode and the sun never appeared.
I had a good time at the ride, visited with the Texarkana crew and saw Darrell, who I met last year at he "Fire Ant" ride in Marshall, who also thought it was a cold ride.
I was dressed fine, with sweats over my cycling shorts and a long sleeve shirt with vest and a sweatshirt, and a stocking cap under my helmet, it was a good thing for me that the sun didn't appear, I might have been a bit overdressed, that's allright, could have shed a little, but didn't want to be cold.
It was about 5 miles from the finish when a young man passed me with just shorts and jersey, I couldn't believe it, he said, "I thought it was suppossed to warm up, but no such luck", oh the advantages of being young, good blood flow.
The ride was a success, no crashes and other than being a bit cool it was good, my only complaint was a rather skimpy Schwagg bag, only a T-Shirt and some paper flyers, not good.
I checked out my page for last years ride, the starting temp was 50 deg and finishing temp was 70, sounds nice, this year we never saw 50, about 44 deg for the high.
After returning home from the bike ride, Teresa and I headed out for some Mexican Food, chicken enchiladas, and then to Jefferson, Tx. for Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras is always fun, if nothing else it's a great time for people watching, all kinds of strange animals and yesterday was no exception.
We checked out the band, I made the mistake of walking to close to one set of speakers and the sound nearly knocked me down, a bit loud, are we getting old.
We walked around and checked out all the booths and listened to a bit more music, went to the "Country Store", mainly to get warm, it was cold, cold enough to shorten our visit.
Maybe we are getting old, only stayed about an hour and a half and left without a buzz, I think that's a first.
All in all a fun day, and a full day, I got a good nights sleep.
For those keeping up on Spunky, she's still at the Vets but is doing better, hopefully we'll pick her up in the morning, I sure hope so, she runs things around her and since she's been gone all kinds of creatures are moving in, mainly cats, dogs and skunks, damn.
Click for Mardi Gras Pics
I love good music at the start of a ride
I swear, I tried not to sing along
03, February, 2010
Going to the Vet and getting Spunky after she was there for treatment for Heartworms was definitely the highlight of my day.
We took her in Monday morning and picked her up at 2pm today, she's tired and I'm sure the "Arsenic" she was given for 3 days is still having some negative affects.
We now have to keep her inside and basically a couch potatoe, or floor potatoe, for about a month.
Two happy Animals
02, February, 2010
Had a good day today. It started out at the VA Medical Center in Shreveport, LA, I had to go for an Xray of my right shoulder, it's been bothering me for about a yr and a half, bout time.
Everything went smooth and got out of the VA about 8:25am, a record.
After lunch I took a mountain bike ride, finished ride on trail around our place, Killer, our dog, go into video.
I'm really looking forward to picking up Spunky from Vet tomorrow, but probably not as much as she will be, she's never been off the Rancho one time to get fixed and that wasn't overnight.
The first two weeks home are critical, definitely no excitement, chunks of dead worms can act like a clot, major problem, she'll actually have to stay inside with us for about a month, should be fun.
Go Killer, Go
Romeo, he loves dried Mango
01, February, 2010
31, January, 2010
Beautiful day out today, forty seven degrees and full Sun, a light wind.
I took the Mountain bike for a spin on the backroads, over the "Cordillera de Carterville", a nice little three part hill.
Was a beautiful day to be out and I believe we have a couple more on tap.
One of our dogs, Spunky has Heartworms, we had her checked out yesterday and take her in for treatment tomorrow morning.
The treatment is pretty involved, they give here Arsenic, keep her until noon Wednesday.
We bring her home and have to keep her inactive for a month, that means inside, this isn't going to be easy, but there's no other option, Spunky is part of the family.
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