Post Facto
2017 is nearly entirely in the rearview mirror and it's time to take a quick glimpse back. Sending Christmas cards is a holiday tradition and something that I'll totally get behind in due time, were it not for a certain event that took place on November 18th that highlights my entire year. Ah heck, my entire life -- our wedding day. Sending wedding thank you notes from is no small feat and to send a Christmas card as well as Christmas thank you notes struck me as a lot. Which is all leading up to say that come holiday season 2018 I reckon we'll be sending holiday cards with cute photos in holiday attire or at least a snowy and/or two-wheeled background, but in the meantime this iamtedking.com blog post will summarize the year that is now coming to a close.My sweet (then girlfriend, not yet fiancé, and now wife) Laura and I brought in the new year from Calabasas, CA at the ever awesome Pedalers Fork. We started the year with a mega group mountain bike ride and finished with chef Sam Baxter's magnificent taco feed. I promise this is not an attempt to gross you out with the first photo of cow tongue, but lengua tacos are etherial and Sam is an artist.
From there it was off to Arizona to get out of dodge. See, this little thing called the atmospheric river was about to deluge water onto California in near biblical proportions for the subsequent three months so seeking dry sounded wise.
Some events with friends in Scottsdale and Tucson segued to visit to the Okidoke Corral with buds Seamus and Chris.
Back to California, it was mysteriously dry for three days the entire month which just so happened to coincide with The Coast Ride. A mighty fine tradition, since I first arrived to California in January of 2016 and immediately hopped on that train the first weekend in town, I was happy to partner with the inGamba peloton and mosey on south. It also just happened to be frigid, hence the hyperfunctional neckwear. San Francisco to Santa Barbara in three long days.
From there it was off to Arizona to get out of dodge. See, this little thing called the atmospheric river was about to deluge water onto California in near biblical proportions for the subsequent three months so seeking dry sounded wise.Some events with friends in Scottsdale and Tucson segued to visit to the Okidoke Corral with buds Seamus and Chris.Back to California, it was mysteriously dry for three days the entire month which just so happened to coincide with The Coast Ride. A mighty fine tradition, since I first arrived to California in January of 2016 and immediately hopped on that train the first weekend in town, I was happy to partner with the inGamba peloton and mosey on south. It also just happened to be frigid, hence the hyperfunctional neckwear. San Francisco to Santa Barbara in three long days.
Bring on the new year!