Wednesday, June 19, 2013

hack fest.

took it a little easier on the bike this week. all this riding has been murdering my lungs in a good way. so good that i have quit smoking again. i think it might stick this time, except for those too-sweet-to-pass-up-occasions. but maybe that's a bad sign saying that, i've kept the edge for a little while so far and the hacking has started. all that wonderful lung butter/hazardous waste is making its way up and out. so i've given myself a little recovery time off the bike.

got to go to a wonderful hazmat training session this entire week! now i know all the federal regulations i need to do my job safely, but also be there for cleanup when the time comes, still need some hands on training, but got to check out the amazing hazmat truck the portland fire department has. i was as excited as a kid getting to see a fire truck for the first time.

got out a little early and i took advantage of the gorgeous weather that came around today! went on a nice 60 mile down south again to tualatin and back through hillsboro and up the west hills via germantown road and back home. part of the same route in which i got horribly lost, but better because i know where i'm going now. it was awesome to put in the miles and have a steep grade to negotiate after 40 of them. after that, some practice descending. it looked like this.

and then up and over the st johns bridge. it's my favorite way to come home and it usually give me a boost because i know i'm within ten miles of home. coming up and over the bridge and on a day like today you can see mount st helens, mt hood and mt adams (?-still learning them all) carefully framed by the most beautiful bridge on earth.
long bridge

i've been spending a lot of time lately in those hills right behind the bridge.

sorry it's just the wikipedia pic, but please check out some of the ridiculous photos people have taken via image search.

i haven't been posting photos much, because i am one of those camera-less. the forgotten ones from yesteryear.

maybe someday i'll purchase one, but for now it's stealing-borrowing brooke's. i just don't want to break it. maybe i'll steal it tomorrow for the next ride. i saw on the map that there's a meier rd, and i'm gonna go see if any of the relatives live out there.
oh, and got to try out my brand new CO2 pump. it's the best. it's weird how i just got it yesterday and got to give it a go today. thank you mr nail for being there.

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