Busy weekend....

The Depot in Boone....

Our Dining Car.... The locomotive....

Jackal and Moo....

Delicious....

What's left of my salmon and rice pilaf. The steamed veggies were good too....

We went looking for Herman but he wasn't home. Couldn't even find 1313....

Eagle Center with a tailwind....

Ahhhhhhhhh..........

Back into Waterloo via the Riverwalk....

The Queen of Cross cheesin....

Inside the tube....

Running in the grass....

Let's see.... I did yardwork yesterday morning rather than go for a ride. It was a beautiful day but the work had to be done. About 1 p.m. Judy and I headed south to Boone with Carl and Amy to have dinner on the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad's dinner train. Jackal is a train nut and it was a surprise for him. It was also a combination Mother's Day/Fathers Day gift for Judy and I. It was SUPER! I think that Jackal was duly impressed and everyone enjoyed themselves. They brought broccolli with Judy's veggies so I asked if she was going to eat it.... Ha! I knew she wouldn't, so I got some extras! I had shrimp cocktail as an appetizer and the other 3 had a fresh fruit cup. I wasn't so lucky in scoring cantalope as I was with the broccolli. The desert was an absolutely delicious cheesecake with chocolate and caramel topping. Probably about 2 million calories. Thanks for the gift, Amy! Most excellent!

The wind was out of the almost dead north this morning when I took off on the Colnago heading toward La Porte. The trip south was pretty easy with the 25 mph tailwinds but the stretches to the east were brootal, making it difficult just to keep the bike on the road. I made the 32 mile trip through Hudson and Eagle Center in about an hour and 29 minutes. I tooled around La Porte for about 20 minutes then stopped and bought a Coke at the local Fareway. I drank that in about 30 seconds, ate a granola bar, and headed north on the bike path to Waterloo. I had hoped that the trees along the trail would give me some shelter from the wind but they didn't give me much relief on the almost 22 mile trip home. It was all I could do to maintain 16 mph on the trail and when I got to Evansdale it kicked my ass to maintain 15 along the dike into Waterloo. All I could think of was that this ride was taking care of the cheesecake issue from last night. When I got back to the Cattle Congress grounds I saw that the Fed still has the bike trail that runs behind the fairgrounds blocked off with big concrete barriers. How much ya wanna bet there's gonna be another "raid" in the next few days?

Anyway, I met jackal and Moo while coming down Rainbow about a block from home. They turned around and came back and waited while I showered, then we went to lunch. We went to Island Park afterwards and let Rhea run wild and play on the slides. She had a blast!

After the park we came home and I turned on the Flyers-Penguins game and watched my boys get their asses handed to them. Oh well, there's always next year. Chalk one up for The Fat Cat!

I was flipping back and forth and watching the Giro also. What a finish! Daniele Bennati edged Paolo Bettini at the line by about 2 inches in a wicked sprint. Go Liquigas!!! Awesome!

Rossi put the hurt on the rest of the field at Le Mans today to take over the lead in Moto GP. Yamaha took the top 3 spots today and were looking very strong. Way to go!

I just heard from Fat Albert. He survived another killer gravel grinder today. I think he'll do just fine at Dirty Kanza....

That's it for now.

Ride safe.

Peace out, yo!