11/10 – I Swear, It Helps
As I’m progressing to more difficult routes at the climbing gym, I need all the help I can get. I know I’m in the moment when the F-bombs start dropping....
11/9 – Found Lost With Mike
71 miles. Mike, waving enthusiastically, was easy to pick out from the forest of bikes in front of Alice’s Restaurant. Background story: I ran into him several months ago in Shady Valley, TN, and kept in touch though we were going separate ways. He was headed to the Arctic Circle on...
11/8 – Delusions of Parkour
Found some energy for the parkour gym…and quickly expended it....
11/7 – Beer Flight with Carrie
Carrie and I share the same literary agent, and met at the agency retreat in Connecticut last year. Super great to be in her backyard and catch her for some beer! We make awkward faces for food photos, because food is great. Also we shared disappointment that ‘yogalates’ doesn’t...
11/6 – Popular
36 miles. Host dogs are super friendly all of a sudden…when I’m eating an apple. I ended up staying a night at Jim’s place. Took a lovely ride along Summit Road, which runs alongside the main drag, CA-17....
11/5 – Jim and Quin Lin
56 miles. Met up with Jim (hdawg on ADV) today! His younger daughter came along to meet me. At first I thought she was merely embodying the typical highschool sophomore aloofness, but it turns out she had just completed an 8 mile run and was hungry. Well now, I...
11/4 – The Long Way Back
Sorry, only a tiny drawing today. The loveliness of the ride is impossible to capture. 127 miles, plus the 56 miles to aerials class and back. I took an exceptionally scenic route to San Jose, via the summit of Mount Diablo, Morgan Territory Regional Preserve (lonely single lane road!),...
11/3 – Lunch with Lisa
A chill day in Oakland, cat sitting another cat. Lisa fixed a delicious lunch and we sat in her sunny apartment working quietly through the afternoon. Except for those kneadable erasers, they were having a crazy party....
11/2 – Goaty Roads
224 miles. Whoops I forgot to write the location here. Rod and I met up with Joel to ride some “goaty roads” (as he described them) and part of CA-128. The leaves were changing and we hit plenty of twisties. A fantastic day indeed....
11/1 – Trying on Bikes
123 miles. Met up with Peter to poke around the IMS. Alas, the bikes I had interest in did not have a demo fleet. Many drool-worthy motos, though. It was amazing to be able to “try on” so many bikes back to back; you get an immediate sense of...