Weekend Update
This was one needed weekend. The past week found me a tired boy, deprived of sleep and stimulation at the office, so to have 2 days of blue sky on Sat and Sun was excellent. On Saturday I rode to Galby for 2.5 hours and did some of the upper trails which I haven't rode for a couple months. Things are drying out a bit, and I was able to get a good connection between my tires and the trail. It was warm, the sun was casting beams down in between the gaps in the tree canopy and I felt good. I did however ride a couple of the longer descent trails really hard and I feel it in my back today. It takes a lot of mental concentration, let alone physical, to successfully navigate the downhill singletrack at speed. I love it though.
Later Saturday evening Sabrina and I walked down to Applebees and had dinner. I've never been there before, but the food wasn't bad and the prices were ok. They have a few 3 course specials in the range of 10-13 bucks, so the price wasn't that bad for a nicer place.
Today, Sunday, we took a 3 hour walk around part of Whatcom lake. Again, the weather was beautiful and I even received a small tan on my face - no small feat for late January. The walk was nice, and the lake is beautiful but I was pretty disappointed about the fact that basically the entire huge lake is private property save a small public park. Is this right? Should people really be able to own all rights to a lake front, ocean front or any other area of recreation? I think Hawaii is pretty advanced in this regard since all beaches are public, no matter what resides behind the sand. But here, too see all these super rich people owning all access to this beautiful lake was disheartening. On the same note, its also a drag to see part of Galbraith being subdivised into million dollar houses too. While no trails are affected yet since they are deep in the mountain, it is a sure sign of car induced urban sprawl. People don't want to live in the cities so ironically they build houses in the woods therebye bringing what they wished to escape with them. Its not so noticeable in a remote place like Alaska, but here in Washington it sure is.
Here is a piece of a story I started writing a while back: The Life of Ants
Later Saturday evening Sabrina and I walked down to Applebees and had dinner. I've never been there before, but the food wasn't bad and the prices were ok. They have a few 3 course specials in the range of 10-13 bucks, so the price wasn't that bad for a nicer place.
Today, Sunday, we took a 3 hour walk around part of Whatcom lake. Again, the weather was beautiful and I even received a small tan on my face - no small feat for late January. The walk was nice, and the lake is beautiful but I was pretty disappointed about the fact that basically the entire huge lake is private property save a small public park. Is this right? Should people really be able to own all rights to a lake front, ocean front or any other area of recreation? I think Hawaii is pretty advanced in this regard since all beaches are public, no matter what resides behind the sand. But here, too see all these super rich people owning all access to this beautiful lake was disheartening. On the same note, its also a drag to see part of Galbraith being subdivised into million dollar houses too. While no trails are affected yet since they are deep in the mountain, it is a sure sign of car induced urban sprawl. People don't want to live in the cities so ironically they build houses in the woods therebye bringing what they wished to escape with them. Its not so noticeable in a remote place like Alaska, but here in Washington it sure is.
Here is a piece of a story I started writing a while back: The Life of Ants
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