Life is good. Lots of bike riding and coffee making. Not much coffee drinking though. Unless I'm in Oregon with my friend Chris... Then caution is thrown to the wind. I still love riding my bike! I've come to terms with Winter weather, after last weeks multiple sub-20 degree days, 35 degrees and raining feels downright balmy! I took a long weekend trip to Oregon with Chris. He raced Cherry Pie, the OBRA season opener. Crushed it too. He took 2nd place on the day. Hats off to you my friend. Besh wishes for the coming season. The other days we were down there we cruised out some really nice Corvallis pave. Lots of good food and games with family and friends. It was a great trip.
I'll leave you with a couple photos. The first two are from Galbraith Mountain, just outside Bellingham.
Lookout Mountain's svelt curves leading down to Lake Samish. 
Looking South at Lake Samish and Blanchard Mountain, the Skagit flats beyond... 
Chrisp and I driving back from a great Oregon weekend.
Marys Peak looms over the small town of Philomath, and the even smaller cyclists. The top was our goal this ride but her morning robe of white beauty told us we'd never make it... We barely made it to 1200' feet, until ice and snow turned us around. The top is 4097' respectively.