I filled up the gas tanks on both trucks tonight since I think gas is going to get VERY expensive after Hurricane Harvey and maybe Irma behind it…. when filling up the Cruiser I saw this on the ground…. does it really need saying? Always get donuts!
Second night of USTA tennis. I was asked to captain tonight, so I had to wait for all the matches to end. My partner and I won ours 6-4 and 6-3, both the other matches went to tie breakers….
Waiting for the ladies to finish. USTA league night, 5 sets of tennis today!
Waffle House breakfast
That was interesting…. For the first time in a very long time I crashed mountain biking when I wasn’t expecting it. See the broken branch in the middle, my head snapped it, my shoulder hit the tree trunk, and both legs were cut by something. Up to that moment, I was enjoying the peacefulness and the lack of dangerous cars. I had not been on the MTB since my last race this Spring, might have been too long.
I had planned to hike this weekend, and since the front wheel was “taco-ed” so badly it wouldn’t turn in the fork, I am counting the hike out of Keyauwee Trail in URE as hike #31 of #52hikechallenge This is the third time I have had to carry a bike out of Uwharrie, I broke my Dos Niner frame there, snapped a chain and now this crash.
The funny story: I hit my head pretty hard and took a minute to gather my thoughts, checked myself, the bike and started walking. I had just over 3 miles to hike, with just under a mile to go I ran into a really cute blond and her stud-ly boyfriend and she asks me if they are almost to the top….. my head hurts and I say “what?” at this point of the trail they are descending hard (in fact one the funnest parts of the trail on a bike) – she asks again and I tell her she is walking downhill….. I stared at her wondering what she was asking me… there is no bald or real “top” on this trail. I asked if they knew where they where, informed them they had covered about 1 mile and had 5 to go to the bail out Forest Service Road. They thanked me and I walked away…. odd.
Spitz
First year head shot day – this is a small selection. Interesting fact: this year’s class is slightly more than 1/3 male, a huge increase from last couple of years. Most of my friends who teach in colleges are seeing the same thing, classes with a majority of females.
Today’s new noise outside my office window.
My co-worker Dhanraj gave me these hot cinnamon jawbreakers – but they are too hot to keep in my mouth…. so they sit in my office.
The day started bright and clear skies (we made a great choice) we did a quick hike – Hike #30 of #52hikechallenge on the Upper Chattooga River trail.
After the hike, we claimed the big rock in the middle of the river and I feel asleep on my blanket under a bright blue sky. I awoke an hour later with a chill to a completely gray sky –Â (we made the wrong choice)
Even in the cloudy woods, as total eclipse started, the woods got as dark as night! This picture is only the start, I gave up it was so dark!
After totality, the sun broke through the clouds for some pictures – it was still so cloudy, this is without a filter!
as the eclipse continued, we saw more and more…
Even Kodak was protected!
James, Beth and my family. We may have missed seeing the totality, but had a blast, experienced the feeling of totality, and enjoyed the long drive home on small back roads, following the Gazetteer.
Photo a Day by Jay Capers 