Sunday, July 29, 2007

Whistler and Vancouver photos are up!

I'm not going to write more details right now, but I wanted to make sure all our fans out there got to see our first batch of photos. Kate should be following up with more commentary soon, but I added some narration to the photos so you can get a general idea of what we've been up to in the last week.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

It's really happening

Kate and I are both done with work at the end of today, meaning we're officially on vacation by 5 p.m. The focus of this blog is thus going from triathlon training to full time travel adventures.

We plan to stop in internet cafes to update the blog and download pictures pretty regularly (whenever our memory card runs out of space that is). Follow along by adding us to your feed reader or signing up to get an email whenever a new post goes up (see sign up box on the right). Photos will be added to my flickr account, but we'll also link to any new ones in each post.

If you want a postcard, email one of us with your mailing address and we promise to send you at least one!

jessica

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Roadkill

Rocinante is now a murderer. But it wasn't his fault -- that chipmunk was hell-bent on suicide, I tell you.

The crime was committed yesterday during a fun 4th of July ride with some friends on an incredible stretch of greenways that continued, almost unbroken, for roughly 40 miles. Rocinante was hugging the wheel of the bike in front of us, cruising at a very comfy 16 to 17 mph. The greenway was winding through a fairly densely wooded section. We both got lax - let our guards down. Suddenly, a renegade chipmunk skirted out in front of the rider in front of us and was clipped by her rear wheel. Within seconds both of Rocinante's wheels had sealed the deal for the furry critter.

It all happened so fast! And while there was no time to prevent it from happening, there was certainly plenty of time to replay the gruesome scene over and over in my head. Poor chippy. I suppose I could just say that the little guy was maimed from his run-in with the rider in front of me. Rocinante was just being merciful in finishing off the job. Yes, I think I'll stick with that rationale...that way I don't have to think of my poor bicycle as the fugitive he now is.