Living with MCL

I was in Mammoth Lakes, California, and I’m guessing it was the last Whiskey Creek Stage Race I ever participated in.

How do I know that? Garry just sent me this picture taken in 1990 or 1991.  It was so long ago, not even he knows for sure.

From left to right, that’s Darrell, Me, Albert (hiding behind Joan), Troy and of course Garry.

It’s hard to believe we were ever that young, and [I was] that good looking.

Ever since getting back from New Zealand, each day it’s been more difficult getting up in the morning. And then getting going is getting tougher as well.

This morning was particularly bad, as I didn’t get out of bed until 6:40 AM, and now it’s after 7, and I haven’t finished breakfast, nor brushed my teeth.

There’s just no way I’m going to be able to catch the group at the marina this morning, so I’ve decided on a change of pace, and ride with the group that starts a lot closer to my house.

At this pace, I’m going to need another vacation, just to recover from the first vacation!

I’ve just finished uploading all the photos and movies to my Picasa Web Album.

You can view them in thumbnail format on the right (but the movie clips won’t play), or in the larger version, where the movie clips will play.

The photos are mostly in chronological order, but Picasa didn’t upload in the order I specified, nor did it upload the photo titles.

I’ve rearranged them as best I could, and tried labeling some of them, but it is getting late, and I don’t feel like working on it any more. Plus it was a lot of work just getting them sorted and uploaded.

I’ll work on that, and also getting rid of many of the very similar photos tomorrow, or some other time, if ever.

I just hope you’ll be as impressed how beautiful New Zealand is, as I was.

Enjoy!

It’s amazing how exhausting a 3 week vacation can be. And this is despite the fact I was feeling good before we left New Zealand, and we flew business class, and I got what I thought was a good nights sleep on the plane coming home [at least it was no worse than the amount of sleep I normally get at home].

Today, I am feeling worse than I did on Wednesday, after my first bike ride in three weeks, and thinking I was recovered after feeling so horrible on Tuesday.

Hopefully it’s just the accumulation of todays ride along with Wednesday’s ride that is catching up to me, and not something more sinister.

Oh well, at least this gives me a good opportunity to go through all the pictures I took on the trip, and upload them for anyone and everyone to see.

I know you’re all waiting anxiously.