Monthly archive for April 2008

Tour de Lopez

Several weeks ago Todd talked me into signing up for the Tour de Lopez. He assured me that it would be an easy ride with very few hills. My co-workers Dan and Joe also signed up, along with Dan’s wife, Jo. I kept telling myself that I’d start riding my bike to get ready for it — after all, I had several weeks’ notice. But the day of the bike ride rolled around and my bike hadn’t even made an appearance outside the shed. Continue reading ‘Tour de Lopez’

So sad, snowboarding’s over

It’s been a terrific year for snowboarding, but alas, it has finally come to a close. I ditched band practice to make the drive to Mt. Baker for one very last day of fabulous fun. I felt a tiny bit guilty for bailing on the guys of Force Majeure, but it was snowing, for goodness’ sake! Yeah, last week’s beautiful weather was a total tease; it even snowed in Seattle. Here are some pictures to recap the season.

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We tiptoe because it’s muddy

The weather finally started behaving like spring (80 degrees!), so Meg and I thought it would be ideal for a drive north to Mt. Vernon to check out the Skagit Valley tulip festival. We went up too late in the day to catch any of the festivities because we went to a bridal shower in the afternoon for one of my co-workers, but we had plenty of daylight to wander through the tulip fields and take some fun pictures.

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Update: The weather was totally a tease. The next day was all cold and wintry again.