|
|||||
|
As some of you may have noticed..um Weis…our blogging has petered out over the last few months. So Tim and I decided to go back to the drawing board. We asked ourselves how we could liven up the blog, create some value and recapture our momentum. The answer? MicroBlogging. So going forward we’re changing up the strategy. [...] May 31st, 1980, I stood in my Nanny’s bedroom watching my mom slip on a delicate flowered floor length sun dress. I was dressed in my own “gown”, a light blue short sleeved dress that made me feel very grown up. I was even wearing my first pair of heels: little patent leather white [...] Tim and I arrived back on the Mesa at 10 pm Sunday night. It was chilly and we were tired. There was no better greeting than to drive into camp and immediately be handed two hot steaming bowls of homemade clam chowder by Dan. Tim and I had thought we wouldn’t need to eat again ever [...] It was 6 pm by the time Tim and I had driven the 270 miles north up I15 to Salt Lake. We pulled into Jimmie and Keri’s driveway next to the Garage Mahal and were greeted by the birthday boy himself. Jimmie had completed 41 trips around the sun and was ready to celebrate. Birthday Boarding
May 23rd, 2010 | Category: 2010 Road Trip, Daily Life, Everyday, Friends and Family, Travel | Leave a comment
We arrived to Gooseberry Mesa at 3 am on May 17th and were greeted by the entire Staebler family. Sam, the 3 year old youngest Staebler wasn’t feeling well that night. “A touch of food poisoning,” we said. “Must have been a little bad papaya,” we said. We held poor Sam while he groaned that his [...] It was dark and cold at midnight. Fires dotted the camps. And down by the lake, 87 bikers prepared for a very long night. Is that a Clown?
This was the start of the annual Fruita 18 Hour Bike Race. At 12:00 am Saturday morning, riders sprinted to their bikes and muscled [...] May 11th, 2010 | Category: 2010 Road Trip, Daily Life, Everyday, Friends and Family | Leave a comment
After a week in the mountain biking mecca of Fruita, CO, Tim and I are feeling like we’re home. We setup camp at the base of the Book Cliffs on Thursday and stayed inside for the first two days while a winter storm brushed past us. We felt lucky that we only had a few snow [...] There’s nothing quite like waking up in the middle of the glowing red desert at sunrise. Saturday was a perfect day in Monument Valley and even though we were due in Moab early afternoon, we couldn’t resist taking a quick bike ride before we left. We rode down the 4 wheeled drive descent into the [...] Arizona treated us so well with perfect weather, incredible bike trails and simple living that we decided to stay a while. Biding our time between McDowell Mountain Regional Park and Ann & Scott’s, we were able to begin getting caught up on work as well as getting back in shape. Desert Morning Ride McDowell [...] Tim and I wanted HOT and after 3 months of travel through semitropical climes, we finally found it in Arizona. With temperatures in the low to mid 80′s every day, we are staying put for a while. Sizing up the Cacti
First we dropped in on Tucson where we spent a day with my brother [...] April 13th, 2010 | Category: 2010 Road Trip, Daily Life, Everyday, Friends and Family, Outdoors | One comment
We met a fellow mountain biker this week who collects Geodes. Chris had been a jeweler for many years and now explores the desert for these rare finds which contain prisms of crystals. If you know just where to go, you can sift through the identical round brown nondescript rocks for the perfect candidates. Once you’ve [...] If Texas has seemed like the centerpiece theme for the last few posts…well it’s because it is. When you are here you always know that you are in Texas. The flag is flown everywhere. People wear Texas on their coats, hats, shirts…we even saw tattoos. At the grocery store, every garden planter for sale either has [...] With those 3 B’s you can’t go wrong. Thursday we drove to the airport to pick up Jimmie Shell, Keri Schwab and Jimmy Hauschild, all in from Salt Lake to see some music and celebrate Tim’s 40th Birthday. We immediately went downtown to get everyone acclimated to the nuttiness that is Austin during SXSW. Live Music [...] March 25th, 2010 | Category: 2010 Road Trip, Daily Life, Everyday, Friends and Family | Leave a comment
We arrived to Austin 10 days ago and have only now taken a breathe. Classes, speakers and nonstop music, parties and nightlife are the name of the game during SXSW. Austin City Limits
We started our week at McKinney Falls State Park where we camped for 3 days prior to the start of the festivities. [...] March 17th, 2010 | Category: 2010 Road Trip, Daily Life, Everyday, Friends and Family | Leave a comment
After two nights in Sam Houston Jones State Park on the edge of the Louisiana Bayou, Tim and I took to the road again. It was time to head to Texas. We had a laundry list of things to get done in Houston, a convenient stop on our way to Austin. Oil change, a tire rotation [...] Nottoway Plantation
Tuesday night Tim and I got a treat of a lifetime. For Christmas, Leroy and Sylvia gave us a night’s stay at Nottoway Plantation, the largest remaining antibellum mansion in the southern United States. The Bradshaws have a unique connection to this home in White Castle, LA. The original owner, John Hampden Randolph, [...] On Monday, we had made our way up to the Florida Panhandle. Our destination was beautiful Grayton Beach, located 15 miles outside of Destin. Famed for its laid back attitude and pristine white sand beaches, Grayton was just our style. The town is a classic beach getaway, with charming little cottages and unique bars. Grayton has [...] Today we find ourselves in Central Standard Time for the first time in 6 months. It’s hard to believe we’ve spent an entire half year on the East Coast. Today we’ve landed at Grayton Beach, recommended by Mel V…it’s a beautiful spot in the Florida Panhandle. But I have to confess, getting here was tough. Friday morning, [...] Having escaped the heavenly, yet extremely sedate, lifestyle of the Keys, Tim and I are refocused and motivated again. We arrived at Fort Myers Beach on Monday and established an exercise regime after our long hiatus. Tuesday morning we woke up and pedaled from the Mainland to Estero Island. Strengthening the Core
Here is the [...] For Valentine’s Day, Tim and I celebrated amongst all the romance of the Florida Everglades. Alligators, Spiders, Crocodiles and Mosquitos all add to this special day. The Everglades Well we wish they did… This weekend, Florida is once again awash in an atypical cold front. With lows in the 40′s and highs barely hitting 60, even [...] February 15th, 2010 | Category: 2010 Road Trip, Daily Life, Everyday, Friends and Family | One comment
|
||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Everyday - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
Recent Comments