First of the year????

Through the first 21 days of 2010..

Despite the lack of snow, we have been skate skiing (although I still haven’t used my new-to-me alpine touring gear, again, see the lack of snow)

we have ridden our fixies

we have even ridden our roadies

we have travelled for work

we have continued home projects

we have been sick ( H1N1 has reached the Sportsman residence North of the 49th)

we have yogacized

we have imitated runners

and we have lounged

but, on the 22nd day of 2010

we built Emily’s Song and sought some singletrack

there was a little mud, but it was pretty good for Vancouver in January, unless you want snow..

wet enough to create doubts leading up this ride

but the shorter ones were effortless for the more-than-utilitarian Walt

ultimately, we covered 30 km of damp, but glorious North Shore Single Track (including the roads to and fro) before Emily realized that she had no front brake (because her new-to-North-Vancouver-wrench didn’t bleed the brakes after they sat in a box for four months), so we headed home

Emily, still sick, without a voice, but rocking her new F88Me wool jersey and smiling to be back on her Siren Song 55, replete with new ti tubes

we won’t go so long without a mountain bike ride again…