Cycling and Starbucks

Great morning spinning the pedals with Tom and Dave in the Snoqualmie valley. Good times ... filling up with a latte, mocha and iced americano afterwards with the boys!

Living Life Right ...

Shodukan Karate Nique

June 26, 2008 - 2nd degree brown belt ... NiQue ... Shodukan Karate KarateWest Sammamish

Me, back row on the left; Rissa front row on nthe left ... the cute one ... Carol, back row second from right ... the gorgeous one!

Beauty of a rose ...

Fresh, soft, beauty

John Challis: Courage + Believe = Life

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3432355

Cycling ... the ones I remember

The Tour I remember ... "Retro" ...

Lemond winning in the mountains ... closing in on the yellow jersey ... 1986 ...


... and then finally getting it.





Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault on Alpe d'Huez, 1986 Tour de France

Read about it ...

Video of it ...

Then in 1989 ...


Check out the video of the race ... last stage of the Tour ... Fignon in yellow by 50 seconds going into the last stage ... Lemond doesn't give up. Closest Tour in history.

Read about it ...


And then 1989 ... Lemond put's it all out and beats the cocky Frenchman

... check out the video.

Mom ... 1960's

The "Mom" in the 60's ... 1965 or so ...

Retro cycling clothing !!

1989 and 1993 was not THAT long ago ! ...




...the bike still works!

Cycling

Cycling location at West Snoqualmie Valley near the Carnation farm.


Google map of meeting location

Rissa ...

... she's 13 !!! wow ... all teenagers in the house. Had a blast tonight celebrating her.