Lake Overholser Water Release
After 3 years of endless drought, we here in central Oklahoma at least, were with desperately needed rain. It’s gotten so extreme, that our city reservoirs must release water to prevent flooding. After a tip from my Mother, Grace and I took a little photo date down to the Lake Overholser Dam to catch some photos and videos of the water release. Now if we could get some more rain for western part of the state, things would be really looking good.
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#30DaysofBiking Day 22-23: Back to the Grind
#30DaysofBiking Day 22 I guess the best thing about day 22 was that there was nothing unusual about day 22. It was the first day in awhile were I just rode to work and back. The headwind on the way home was a bit strong, but it wasn’t too bad. Little did I know what the next day had in store for me.
#30DaysofBiking Day 23 I thought it was supposed to be spring.
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#30DaysofBiking Days 19 - 21: Progress!
Still haven’t been able to get back completely into the regular posting schedule, but thankfully I’ve been able to keep riding!
#30DaysofBiking Day 19: Just Another Day at Work I continue to get most of my cycling through my daily commute to work. The big change I’ve made is to start riding more and more in my work clothes instead of always wearing a change. My short ride is only 6.
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#30DaysofBiking Days 13 - 18: Failure, Triumph and Baseball
After a very long and tiring week, I’m finally getting a chance to catch up on my #30DaysofBiking posting.
#30DaysofBiking Day 13 - Failure And then I have to start with a failure on my 30 day goal. As I’ve long been reporting, I have toiled away on the replacing of a sewer line. While it has been a great learning experience, a fantastic workout and the source of innumerable Cool Hand Luke jokes, it was also drug on much longer than I would have hoped or dreamed.
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#30DaysofBiking Day 12 - Casual Riding
It was great to be back at work, even though there is much upon which to catch up. I was too tired last night to get all of my stuff ready for my commute back to work, and to top it all off, I slept in a bit too late this morning. No time to find all my ride clothes, pack my lunch, check the air pressure, etc. etc. So instead I did something most unusual, I just hopped on my bike in my work clothes and just rode to work.
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#30DaysofBiking Day 11: I Can See The End in Sight
We started our little sewer line project with a good amount of enthusiasm thought with a certain amount of trepidation. While progress has been pretty constant, it has for the last couple of days, seemed like the project might never reach an end. While we didn’t finish it today, the project is truly getting close to completion. The first big hurdle was to get the new line laid, which actually went extremely smoothly.
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A Small Gathering Gallery
My iPad has gotten so stuffed with photos and music that it was gasping under the weight. I took it upon myself to clean out a bunch of the old stuff and along the way I found a few pics from a party last September . . .
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#30DaysofBiking Days 7-10: Ditches and Cycling Don't Mix
As mentioned before, my father Mark and I, with maybe more enthusiasm than sense, have taken on the daunting task of doing a sewer line replacement on our own and without heavy earth moving equipment. Progress has been good, at least until today, but I must admit that, I was not nearly in good enough shape to have taken this project on. I have been going home absolutely exhausted and sleeping much like the dead.
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#30DayofBiking Day 5 and 6: Riding and Working
I’m a little behind on posting, but thankfully, I’ve been able to keep riding. Friday was a fantastic day of riding with beautiful weather for both rides. I’m hoping that I can get a longer ride during the week sometime soon, but it won’t be for a while. For most of the next week, I’m going to be doing home repairs on Grace’s house as we get it ready for sale.
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