….And so is my camera. You must have thought I’d given up the bike for winter. Well, not quite yet. Richard and Julie were just starting their three month tour of North America, and kicked off in grand style at Casa de Smokie.

Aren’t they cute?

Yes, that’s snow on the ground. For those of you from Australia, that’s frozen water that falls from the sky. Amazing yet true. Makes for some interesting riding. The wood that has gotten super saturated from all the rail now has ice on it.

Yee haaa.

It’s also nice and dark in the woods right now. Total Sleepy Hollow/Blair Witch weather.

Very scary. Also makes for lots of blurry pics. I got the camera back from servicing, but I lost all my custom presets for low light. A few pics turned out though.

We hit two Seymour runs today. Richard picked it up pretty quickly. Julie did well for the first bit, but was quickly overwhelmed by slimy roots (all the Aussies can laugh now) and jetlag (not so funny).

Actually, Richard picked it up rally quickly. Look how skinny this one is. Must have been that COOL BIKE he was riding.

Good enough that we braved the twilight to do a sunset run down Corkscrew. Check out the golden light. Man, I wish I had a tripod for this one. Oh well, maybe next time.