A couple good days of riding.

Heading out yesterday for a ride, we kind of did a dirt road tour, hitting 3 or 4 different dirt roads in about 2 hours. Any dirt road is a good road, and when you race down them it just makes it all the better. Not everything went so smooth on this ride, as it hardly ever does when you're riding dirt. One scary encounter was on the second dirt road we took. This road actually turned to somewhat of a paved road halfway through but was still no wider than one lane. While bombing down a hill after just racing to the hilltop, Thomas, Jafer, and I all leaned into this blind left-hand bend at 30+ mph. Just through the apex of the corner, I looked up to find myself staring directly into the front grill of a huge farm tractor hauling a gigantic trailer of hay bails.....taking up the entire road. In the split second before we smashed into the front of it, all we had time to do was throw our butts back behind our seats, lock up the brakes, and swerve off into the grassy ditch on the side of the road. No worries though, no one fell, and we all escaped with a laugh.....though I'm sure the tractor driver was pretty terrified.

Last night was junior night at the track so Mike Niemi (the boyo from Florida that is staying with us) went to do some racing. We made it there to watch him, and that's what the pictures are from. He was the junior 15-16 national time trial champion last year so he pretty much won all the races of the night. Its fun to support someone you know is gonna win.

Then, today, looking for a nice recovery ride, we rode out to Trexlertown to this bagel shop and had some of the best bagel sandwiches I've ever had.