elflaco2 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:11 am
a new house
a new pup
and a baby in October
to go along with the sometimes surly 10th grader.
Thank you. Please send scotch.
Holy moses!
Congratulations and good luck!
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
flaco - a baby and a 10th grader. Gonna be an interesting winter, we'll need some reports.
Just back from a 12-day family vacation through the (american) Rockies, Utah, Arizona, NM. I was there as a kid but our kids haven't been so we figured let's just make them as hot as possible this summer (to be fair, it was actually hotter in Buffalo while we were out there - dodged that one).
Utah is so bizarre/cool. Arches in particular.
I am / we are now completely and utterly broke. but i guess YOLO, baby.
BSF21 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:17 amWe're doing Boston with my family in mid-late September. First vacation with my mom dad and sister in 15+ years (my wife and her husband are coming too).
I just remembered: I have use or lose leave I need to take before the end of September. I still have yet to meet my niece and my mom's going to be recovering from some medical stuff. So my time may overlap with yours.
Where in Boston will you be? I'll be in Reveahhhh.
mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
BSF21 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:17 amWe're doing Boston with my family in mid-late September. First vacation with my mom dad and sister in 15+ years (my wife and her husband are coming too).
I just remembered: I have use or lose leave I need to take before the end of September. I still have yet to meet my niece and my mom's going to be recovering from some medical stuff. So my time may overlap with yours.
Where in Boston will you be? I'll be in Reveahhhh.
Haven't made firm plans but we kinda have an in at the Crown Plaza downtown so we'll probably be there.
oh most definitely - we came in on I-70 (and as it turns out we just missed a mudslide by maybe 4-5 minutes just outside Glenwood Springs that detoured traffic....uh, a long way).
that area west of Grand Junction into Utah is.... man. desolate. wild. weird.
we stayed in Moab and/but took the scenic route 128 down there instead of 191 and honestly the last ~45 minutes of that drive were almost as spectacular as the NP itself. Great call*.
BSF21 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:17 amWe're doing Boston with my family in mid-late September. First vacation with my mom dad and sister in 15+ years (my wife and her husband are coming too).
I just remembered: I have use or lose leave I need to take before the end of September. I still have yet to meet my niece and my mom's going to be recovering from some medical stuff. So my time may overlap with yours.
Where in Boston will you be? I'll be in Reveahhhh.
Haven't made firm plans but we kinda have an in at the Crown Plaza downtown so we'll probably be there.
I might be able to get down there if you guys are able to make this work (and want me there).
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Wife just booked a week in Hawaii in September. This was supposed to be Belgium, but COVID and processing slowness of her passport renewal so we decided to go tropical.
Rush2112 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:57 am
Wife just booked a week in Hawaii in September. This was supposed to be Belgium, but COVID and processing slowness of her passport renewal so we decided to go tropical.
Just scheduled a weekend trip to Park City, UT at the end of August. The GF's daughter, daughter's boyfriend, and his father are going to do this gravel bike race:
Here's the thing...I'm getting tempted to try to rent a gravel bike and do the 'mini' (35 miles) race myself.
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:07 pm
Just scheduled a weekend trip to Park City, UT at the end of August. The GF's daughter, daughter's boyfriend, and his father are going to do this gravel bike race:
Here's the thing...I'm getting tempted to try to rent a gravel bike and do the 'mini' (35 miles) race myself.
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:07 pm
Just scheduled a weekend trip to Park City, UT at the end of August. The GF's daughter, daughter's boyfriend, and his father are going to do this gravel bike race:
Here's the thing...I'm getting tempted to try to rent a gravel bike and do the 'mini' (35 miles) race myself.
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:07 pm
Just scheduled a weekend trip to Park City, UT at the end of August. The GF's daughter, daughter's boyfriend, and his father are going to do this gravel bike race:
Here's the thing...I'm getting tempted to try to rent a gravel bike and do the 'mini' (35 miles) race myself.
Gravel Racing..So Hot Right Now
It is definitely having a moment.
So do your tires just spin in the gravel sometimes (often?), when you lose traction? I’ve never seen gravel racing, but it sounds like it could be exhausting.
So wife and I are headed to the Borderland Music Festival in September (it's in East Aurora, NY, which is just outside Buffalo).
Outside of Niagara Falls State Park, what's to do in Buffalo? Am I going to have a good time? Is there like, so much to do that we may as well bag one of the days at the festival?
HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:24 pm
Thought the same thing. Corners? No thanks. Might as well spread some sand on the pavement. Figure thats what the fancy pants bikes are for.
Gravel biking is basically road racing on dirt roads, as opposed to riding on single-track/mountain bike trails. The bikes are beefed up road bikes...bigger tires/knobbies/disc brakes/drop bars.
The biggest event (Unbound Gravel) happened about a month ago, with former Pro rider Ian Boswell riding 200 miles in 10 1/4 hours.
HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:24 pm
Thought the same thing. Corners? No thanks. Might as well spread some sand on the pavement. Figure thats what the fancy pants bikes are for.
Gravel biking is basically road racing on dirt roads, as opposed to riding on single-track/mountain bike trails. The bikes are beefed up road bikes...bigger tires/knobbies/disc brakes/drop bars.
The biggest event (Unbound Gravel) happened about a month ago, with former Pro rider Ian Boswell riding 200 miles in 10 1/4 hours.
Ahh. Gotcha. I was envisioning an entire course on thick gravel.
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:04 pm
So wife and I are headed to the Borderland Music Festival in September (it's in East Aurora, NY, which is just outside Buffalo).
Outside of Niagara Falls State Park, what's to do in Buffalo? Am I going to have a good time? Is there like, so much to do that we may as well bag one of the days at the festival?
It's been [checks watch] 23 years since I've lived in Buffalo, so I'm not much help. If you are going to Niagara Falls, definitely hit the Canadian side (if they are letting us in the country again), US side is bullshit. I've heard they've done a tremendous job restoring downtown Buffalo. Even in my 4 years, they did a lot to start turning it around.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt