Yep, time to sign in. Good times are here.
Got out for just enough time to do a full pull on Derenzy/Rock Oven.
24 kms in just under 3 hours, and we were pinned most of the way. It’s a bit on the technical side…
I don’t think I’m quite acclimated to the heat yet, either. I almost threw up after we finished, most likely to a combo of dehydration and overheating. Good times, indeed…
Yay…summer! Sorry about your derailleur…
That thing was toasted. Every part broken, and even a bit of shrapnel left on the trail. Ah well, Dave. It’s good for the economy.
I spent a lot of today building a new line out in the Mice, which led into some old lines. Looks like we’ve got another top to bottom route laid out. And it’s flowy enough that you can run it without a chain.
Nice clouds for a summer day.
Not much of a sunset, either.
Doesn’t matter if it’s raining though. You can always tell summer in Penticton by the cars on the beach.
They’re comin’ outta the woodwork, I tells ya. Another old co-worker from the dark days of Cove Bikes showed up today in the form of one Paul Jolley. Paul disappeared to the Eurozone around 14 years ago, and just showed up with a Swiss miss and some kind of German joinery ticket.
I don’t know what that means, but as Barb tells me, this baby snake we saw is a Northwestern Garter Snake.
Mean little bugger; he took a few strikes at me.
Meanwhile, Dani (the aforementioned Swiss Miss), was sending various drops in the neighborhood in fine style.
Of course, the male of the pair felt that he must go bigger, and so he did.
As today is the unofficial first day of summer (yeah, it’s finally hot and dry), we celebrated with some new vintages.
Thanks for the vineyard tour, Addy!
OK, one is never enough, so we shredded another one out.
Happy first day of summer everyone. Time to get out there!
Oh, almost forgot. Today’s wildlife tally was one NW Garter snake, a whitetail deer, a black bear, and three mountain goats. Not too bad…