When you’re staring down the barrel of having to refinish the floors of your living room after restaining and sealing all the trim and get it all done in the next 2 weeks, it only makes sense to load the dog in the car and get the hell out of dodge for the weekend. My buddy Gibbity Goo Goo was another year older and deeper in debt and we were to suprise him with a sneak attack. Plans were laid and communication channels swelled without his knowledge, and suprise him we did. If you’ve never been there or heard of it, the Wisconsin Dells is a huge cluster of theme parks nestled in the north woods. Spanning several small municipalities, the water park reigns king and hotels are in direct competition with the big guns for you to take in their chlorinated attractions.
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After spending most of my evening cursing, sweating profusely, bashing into things and chasing the cats out of my way, we managed to install ALL THREE windowrattlers to help keep us comfy during this unseasonably warm spell. Fuck, man, 3 weeks ago it was breezy, dry, with highs in the 70s and lows in the 40s. Perfect. Past two weeks? High 80s to low 90s, humid, sunny. Not bad, just a drastic change. But in my house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics, which i put to use via a compression vapor cycle to cool down the inside of our house.
So i was feeling comfy and satisfied after that & several beers, i made myself a 2230 snack after the night edition of the Simpsons. Four slices of bacon on wheat bread with a fingerful of chunky peanut butter smeared on in between two bites. Daaaaamn that was tasty. The wok did a respectable job of cooking bacon, despite it being Not Cast Iron. The high sides did a fine job of keeping grease splatters down to zero, which certainly helps to do what one should (cook bacon) in circumstances when one should not (while naked). Yes, i got out of bed to eat a peanut butter and bacon sammich. Shut up.
Memorial Day weekend caught me a bit off guard, not in the OH HEY IT’S A 3 DAY WEEKEND WOOOOO KEGGER sense but more in the WHOA I CAN GET A LOT MORE DONE IF I DON’T HAVE TO GO TO WORK ON MONDAY sense. A fine line, true, but one i’m walking. So what /did/ i get done? GENTLEMEN! A LIST:
- drank beer
- worked on bicycles
- cleaned up the house
- sleeped late
- drank beer
- went to the bike store for parts
- drank beer
- lied about in the sun
- drank beer
- grilled meat, drank beer
- cooked bacon, drank beer
- drank beer
god, it was beautiful.
I affixed rear racks to both my lady’s velocipede and mine. The steamroller project is almost done, praise jeebus. It now lacks a seatpost & rear hub that doesn’t slip and god damn if that piece won’t be rideable again. Looking forward to it as well as my next project: a fixed gear. That steel road bike frame my brother gave me ain’t gonna build itself. Still drooling over a Surly 1×1 frame. If you’re lookin to buy me one, i’ll take an extra large frame in Johnny Cash black. I’m gettin a year older in August and hitched in September, so act fast. Ted needs more bikes.
Been especially diggin on the prospect of winter riding but unfortunately all i’ve got right now is 4 months of beautiful weather to deal with. Selah.
Also, Chicagorillas, bicycles are now allowed on Metra (sort of). This is huge, so go ride. Take Metra somewhere. Be nice. Help build bicycle goodwill on public transportation. As far as road goodwill goes… well, better to assert your rights than take it deep just to make friends on the road. Enough for now. Gotta look busy for another 45 minutes so’s i can go home and enjoy a ride. Damn bikes ain’t gonna ride themselves.
