2012 has been here a while and I am now making this post?? Allow me to clarify. I've been movin into a new home, selling the old one, and everyting in between. The wife and I are settled now and I finally have time to de-neglect (real word? sure) some things.
The house is in various stages of unpacking. Whatever has not been unpacked as of now has been jammed into closets, thrown in the basement, or covered with a sheet and made to look like a table. The most important detail is that I now have a third car garage space that from henceforth shall be called the bike shop! NEVERMORE shall I haul my bikes over the top of vehicles to ride them or flip them onto their handlebars to work on them like I have done since was in kindergarden! Plus, I am within a halfmile of the city trail network for my roadie interests! I also do not need to worry myself about tedious yardwork as I currently do not have any grass! What I do have is a large dirt pile in the backyard. If they don't grade the ground soon, I 'll have half a mind to carve a trail through it and say keep the grass!
Anyway, it is March and it is 70 deg on a daily basis (what???), so I'll be back out mapping soon! I rode through Tranquility last Sunday and they have made more awesome changes to the track. The meandering southeast portion of the trail near the creek has been diverted up onto a long standing dirt mound, that I've always thought needed to be incorporated. I think I scared a badger back into the mound on the east side. I sure he said, "GET THE HELL OFF MY HOUSE PUNK!!" as I speak badger also. I also plan to map Lewis and Clark in the near future, as long as the rain holds off. I will return soon!
