White Mesa

The Land of Enchantment has many great things going for it. One of my favorites is that you can get out and ride on dirt almost year round. Sure there are days when there is too much snow or mud for even the hardcore, but honestly if you want to ride, it is just a matter of waiting a few days so as the weather changes. Case and point--just last week NM was in a deep freeze, much like the rest of the country. ABQ had highs in the 20's and the lows were single digits. But yesterday that all changed. High of 50 degrees and no wind. That being the case, Sira and I hit up White Mesa for a spin. Everytime I head out there, I am amazed at how cool these trails are. As one of my CO buddies stated after riding White Mesa, "That definitely is one of the top 5 rides I have ever ridden!"







Want more info on White Mesa, check out the New Mexico Endurance Series. Their site has detailed info for the area!

Thanks to fellow trail user, Jim, for passing along a picture of myself, as well as to NMES and panchowonton for their pics.

I will finish with this:

"Man is man because he is free to operate within the framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to choose between alternatives. He is distinguished from animals by his freedom to do evil or to do good and to walk the high road of beauty or tread the low road of ugly degeneracy.

Martin Luther King, Jr., The Measures of Man, 1959.

1 Year!!!!!!

Notice the counter on the right! That is correct, less than 1 year until George W. is out of office. It's been a long 7 years but finally the finish line is in sight. Am I being critical--damn right I am. Too bad if I am offending hard right wingers but the truth of the matter is that he has done NOTHING to advance the United States. Everything he has done has made us take steps backwards--national debt, environment, economy, worldwide respect. Some might argue that he cut taxes, thus we have more money in our pockets! Do we really? Don't fool yourself, you might have gotten a tax break, but it all went back in the forms of higher prices for gas, food, and health care.

Ok I will give him one kudos. His initial response to 9-11 was strong and what I thought was the way to do it. He had the world's balls in his hands. If done right, he could have had a large majority of the nations on his side in reducing terrorism. Nope he screwed that up too! Now we are hated througout the world and looked at as a bully.

So as we head into this years elections, take the time and listen to all the candidates- black,white or hispanic, female or male, democrat, republican or independent and choose the person(s) that best represents all that you believe in. Most importantly, don't just listen to the TV ads, what the media reports or FWD emails, most of that is negative or false. Instead do some research and find out what they believe in, what their plans are and what their voting record is like.

Most importantly, if you are not registerd to vote, get out and REGISTER! Otherwise you have no right to BITCH!

Ok I am off my soap box . . . . .

The Fruits of our Labor

Back in September, I blogged that Ashleah and I spent an afternoon picking apples. Now why in the world would we do such a thing. Well, well .... the time has finally come to reap the rewards. Shortly after the picking, I spent some time juicing those same apples and came up with 5 gallons of juice just waiting to be fermented! It takes a while, but 3 1/2 months later I have 58 bottles of hard cider! Considering it is our first time, it tastes pretty good!

I figure it is going to go down smooth after a bike ride!!

Damn does it have a kick . . . . .