Hello gang! I’m enjoying this unplanned vacation and I am making the most of it. Finishing a few house projects, mountain biking, and spending time with friends. I’ve had a few possibilities on the employment front which is always pleasing. I also noticed that my email signature was pointing people to my site. Oops. But, then I have nothing to hide really.  I got a nice take home ‘lunch’ baggy today!  With my reinvestment in mountain biking I decided to turn my poor old hardtail race bike into a single speed mountain bike.  The shifters were shot and the rear dérailleur was bent.  So rather than fix those I picked up a single speed conversion kit.    I’m anticipating  a great deal of fun to be had.

This last weekend Gregg brought over the new workbench.  What a work of art!  I can’t even express how cool this thing is.  With the installation of th workbench the garage is nearly done.  Just a few cabinets, some drywall finishing, and a coat of paint and it will be complete!  Tomorrow early some of the other former DivX gang and I are heading out for a mountain bike ride.

Things are coming together for the camping trip this weekend.  I’m looking forward to spending time with some of good friends.  Riding, eating, and napping will be in order!

I woke up early today and rode the motorcycle out to the campsite off Sunrise Highway.  It was quite a bit cooler up in the mountains than it has been down here in San Diego.  Nice and refreshing!  Along the road I kept noticing these funny lizards all over the place.  I’ve never seen them before, but they were out in force today.  At one point along the ride I caught something moving fast and directly at me out of the corner of my eye.  I flinched thinking “Oh, this is gonna hit me” then it didn’t.  I looked over to my right and a big golden eagle was flying right there next to me.  It seemed like it went on for minutes but I’m sure it was 1-3 seconds.  Then, it flew right off again.  It was so close I could have reached out and touched it.  Totally stunning!  I’m sure he was going after something before I got in his way.

That’s about it for today.  I have a few emails to follow up on with a few prospective employment opportunities.  I’ll keep ya all up to date!