Quit yer Bitchin'

Reading allot about the price of gas and getting a little tired of it. It costs more now. Low fuel prices are not a right they are a privilege. That now is gone, get over it and rethink your life. I have been falsely accused of being a tree hugger for years and I finally came up with a good response "don't confuse my being frugal with actually caring or trying to save the planet".

Above are a couple of pictures of my typical frugality's. Top photo is the set up I use to take my recycling back. It's free money and riding the bike is faster to the recyclers than driving. I don't turn down the interest I make at the bank and what I make off of recycling my cans is about the same.

The second picture is of the San Jose with a line locater that I rented on it. Another trip less than five miles done by bike.

So my basic plan of life is now catching on and for once I am ahead of most of the herd. I rarely drive during the week and save my gas money for fun stuff. Like going to Montana over the long weekend like I always do. I didn't change anything about this trip and we had a great time. Next weekend I will not be driving to Driggs to ride as driving that far to ride don't make sense to me. I will however ride around here lots. Mountain biking tomorrow and off Friday again because of no work. Have lots of home projects so I will be working. It has been pointed out to me that even taking every Friday off without pay I still make more than when I was cooking.

So quit bitchin' about gas, ride more, and eat well.

jimbo

First Charity Ride

My first charity ride. Paula and I rode to the start, the ride, and home. She was leaning towards driving to the event but it only added about fifteen miles to the ride. For a total of 87 miles. I rode the San Jose having a little front bag was nice and it is much lighter than my daily ride. The ride was well supported and even had some food at the end. They did a great job especially liked having vegetarian burgers available at the end. Most people forget about us non-meat eating types.Today we hiked the Table rock area early to avoid the heat. Saw a nice buck and lots of birds. Brian asked me if I would ride in to work tomorrow after the long ride. What else would I do? If I drove all the time and went for a long drive on the weekend you wouldn't ask me if I was driving in. It's like MnBicycleCommuter said" it's what I do". Just like the rest of the world that hops in their cars I hop on my bike.

Day Off

Had today off not really planned, we are a little slow. Looks like I get two long weekends in a row. Tomorrow Paula and I are riding the ride for Independence. I have never done a charity ride and this looks like fun. Ace-Co the company I work for is trying to encourage employees to get in better shape and paid for my entry and five other co-workers. Several of our wives are also riding. That is the good news the bad is we are expecting record high temperatures 94 degrees. We have seasons here two damn hot and cold. What bike I will ride? Paramount, San Jose, Sojourn all are ready I will decide in the morning.

I was actually productive today and did about a full days yard work and went to RJM and got my computer issues solved. Not a big problem just needed some software so I could read XLS files. As a bonus I also got Word and power point. Guess if I go back to school I am ready. Like any tools you never know when you might need them. Will write a report on the ride maybe take some pictures if I ride a bike with a bag.

Sojuern picture

Rode to Idaho City house on Friday after work nice trip. Would have taken more pictures but, batteries went dead after one shot.