Fair Warning

OK everyone. Mark your calendars. This is huge news...

drum roll please.....

Bellingham Mountain Bike Festival - Galbraith Mountain, May 7th and 8th, 2011!!!!!!!!

An honest to god, cross-country mountain bicycle race on Galbraith Mountain. (really it's just a hill, but a very proud hill)

AND!!!!

There is a SUPER D race on Sunday! There are no words to describe the awesomeness, and photos really don't do the place justice but here are some anyway. (if you click on the photos, they will get bigger and you'll see more neat details.)

Mt. Baker and the Twins..

Just let it out...

This post is about the weather. Not climate, as that's a completely different topic altogether. The weather, is what is happening right now. As climatology an interest of mine that I don't put a whole lot of study into (not anymore anyway), I was extremely happy when this website was passed along the grapevine. Simply put, it's just a super huge radar. But actually, it's a composite image of lots of different radar images, including Canada and the USA, rendering a freaking cool thing. It can rain a lot in the PNW, and sometimes you want to look around and have a laugh at who's being rained on when it's not your turn. Albeit, past few days have been particularly drenching for pretty much the entire Western seaboard.

Here are a few screen shots from the last couple days.

December 7th, 11:18pm


December 9th, 11:25pm

Check it out! ---> http://www.atmos.washington.edu/weather/radar.shtml

Thank you University of Washington for consistently having one of the most badass atmospheric science programs around!

Caveman, Prancer, Stink-eye, Radway, and more!

Please enjoy this tasty mud bath of photos, made possible by this years Cross Crusade at Portland international Raceway. Featured riders include, Erik "Caveman" Tonkin, Spencer "Prancer" Paxson, Alice "Stink-Eye" Pennington, Scott "Radway" Bradway, and myself.

A huge thanks goes out to Deanna for taking all the rad pictures. I highly recommend clicking the little box in the bottom-right corner of the slideshow to make it all full-screen-extreme.

Time (for) Travel

I've dove into the archives of photos that I have to bring some gems of days gone by. They are not in order at all. Feel free to comment, jest, rhyme, or just breathe and smile. For a larger view, simply click the photo.

Brother-from-another-Mother, Thomas, checking the map on the summit of Mt. Shucksan. Summer, 2006.

This is one of my most favorite meals that I've ever had. Dining with my Brother, Madrid, Spain, Summer 2005.

Google 'the mud'. nuf said. We were trying to "out-redneck the rednecks." The locals still kicked our asses. Good pal Joe "party-boy" Alonzo, on the right. Spring, 2006. Thanks to Michael Parelskin for the photo.

Italy, Summer 2005. Needless to say, my dinner date kept making stuff up, I stalked off before the main course.

Yours truly, big bike ripping, across the water from Hood River, OR. Spring, 2006.

Up top of Oyster Dome. Catchin' some air. Bellingham, WA. June, 2003.

Eye's on the prize. The summit pyramid looms in the lens. Mt. Shucksan, Summer 2006.

(L to R) Patrick, Kevin Hall, Chris Parrish, Matt Howell. On our way back from some bike racing in the Methow. 2006? And don't forget the mighty 4Runner, loaded to the brim with adventure.

Michael, tearing up the synewy goodness of the Syncline. Oregon, watching us closely across the water.

Spring break, 2006. Smith Rocks. Deanna, looking for a bit of Double Trouble.

Summer, 2005. Italy. My brother Johnny on the left.

2005? Bellingham, WA. The local food culture offers a fairly spectacular array of...

Artist's Point, Mt. Baker National Forest.

Dust of Snow

The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a Hemlock tree

Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued.

-Robert Frost

The Daily Five

A cold day, I take a walk.

Out here, you see, I rarely talk.

wind and water, keeping time.

and now, but wait! I've made a rhyme.

A run, some food, and cheap ski boots.

a little nude, I find my roots.

yin and yang, provide the force.

This world's wind, but love, of course.

(please click on the photos for a larger view, I recommend it.)

details

Public transport enables a much more relaxing travel experience when in a big city.

Easy to know if you're on the wrong max line, this is the 'yellow' line.

Here is exactly how to amp up the vibe.

please freak out

Please freak out, when you hear the whyte nynsha's cry. better yet, hit back with your own whyte nysha battle scream.



This might be the maw of some great mystical beast. Peacefully sleeping under a blanket of beautiful trees and moss.

May good fortune be in your heart and may the wind always at your back.