Adventures of the Antirider Rider

Just because I’m not traveling, doesn’t mean I’m not experiencing culture.  Here Lenny and Tory show off their dancing skills to some Lady Ga Ga songs on Dance Central 2 with XBOX Kinect.   OK, so when you’re an engineer (not implying or eluding to the fact that I am one, or even the mechanical [...]

We wake up early enough to catch the continental breakfast. It’s all decked out for the holidays. Everyone at the hotel is clearly geared up for snowboarding. We head over to Krissie’s to rent me some snowboarding gear. It’s funny because I’m supposed to borrow another gal’s gear that Russell assures me will fit.  He says the [...]

The greenway is a place for me to run, walk, ride bicycles, and on occasion make new friends.  Since moving, the south Charlotte greenways have been elusive to me.  I explore a new stretch of the south Charlotte greenway with Russell who has never been on a Charlotte greenway before.  He’s very interested in these wood carvings [...]

I’m not the only one who has lots of adventures.  Russell is also always getting into something.  The big task now is getting the truck back on the road!   The rolling chair proves to be quite the challenge when the truck is on the move… because the chair is on the move too! The [...]

This is how horizontal bicycle storage looks. Here is the blank canvas. The first bike goes up.  Kenan inspects his work. I make the executive decision that the hanger needs to move closer into the wall so the bike wheels are closer to the wall. Kenan gets the third hanger up and voila!     [...]

I’m a sucker for a good cafeteria.  Morrison Farms offers fresh food with large portions and keeping to true cafeteria style, the food is soft and easy to chew. It takes me several tries but I finally get the menu in one shot. Scoop and slop on the plate is the motto at all cafeterias. [...]

Russell preps his bike by putting on a new chain   He matches the lengths to decide how many links to remove.   Then it’s time to add air to the tires. Now both bikes are ready to roll.  For once in my life, I don’t have something on two wheels that is old and [...]

Fast forward nine very fast months from when Julie originally suggested we sign up for the Ramblin’ Rose Triathlon in Huntersville and we find ourselves up very bright (or not so bright) and early.   It turns out we got really good spots on the bicycle saw horse.  I am 289 and she is 290 [...]

It’s good to go tubeless!  Kenan preps the wheels and flats no more with Stans No Tubes!  I wish motorcycle tubeless worked the same way!   Julie and I committed to doing a triathlon back in January.  Somehow the months flew by and all of a sudden, we are faced with the Ramblin’ Rose triathlon! [...]

Fashion forward fellas, Lenny and Tory are showing how plaid is in this season. I am enjoying a banana split with ice cream flavors: coconut, cookies and cream, and bonarooz coffee.  Ben & Jerry’s has more hippie names for their ice creams but I don’t remember them.  I’m surprised to see that my spoon is [...]

Light rail is a popular way to transport folks to the stadium. We file out in mass and march down the stairs. Off to the stadium with barb wire. Ironically the only time I’ve ever not been in the Club Level is when I was third row from the field.  Of course even though I [...]

I never noticed these tennis license plates until the day I start my tennis class.  Isn’t that funny how it always works that way?  Now of course I see them everywhere! They have four courts but our class only takes up one. Miles Smith is our teacher. Jason practices his forehand. Each week, someone has [...]

 With time, all things get worn out.  Fortunately the local Harris YMCA is going through some big renovations.  They finally open the windows to the new fitness center.  All of the cardio machines will sit in the center with the weights and benches on the perimeter.  Change is good.   This is for Jason.  I can’t tell [...]

If Perry gets to have one, I want one too.  Perry brokers the deal and I am the proud owner of a virtually antique Schwinn unicycle. As you can tell, it has seen better days.  The seat is merely a dense foam with countless layers of duct tape to mount it to the metal seat [...]