One of the coolest (literally!) of our house’s bonuses is the view to the north it offers the day after one of these rare arctic storms blasts through. This one not only dumped two inches of rain on our roof, but dusted the ridgeline of the San Gabriels with snow as seen from our kitchen …
Also known as An 86-Second DashboardCam Timelapse of Falling Water Against My Windshield On The Way To Work This Morning: Why? Why not?
A not-quite-so still life of Ranger’s far wetter-than-usual morning constitutional:
When I made a quick stop in the costume/party shop on my way in to work Friday morning, I was really just hoping to find an extra large-sized santa hat that would fit over my helmet. There was one that would have almost worked and it was $19, then the sales dood said he had …
It’s becoming increasingly clear that it is on the days when I don’t have my handlebar cam attached and engaged: shit happens. Back in September when my cam’s battery had failed: I rode into the back of a double-parked car.
For the return portion of my car-free trip to and from Newport Beach I set out from the Hyatt by Newport’s back bay, crossed over to Balboa Island to catch the ferry to the Balboa Peninsula where I pedaled the bikeway north , eventually ending up on PCH to get to the Santa Ana River …
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There was a moment there in the Santa Ana train station yesterday afternoon coming back along the return-half of my car-free roundtrip to/from Newport Beach when I thought I’d just committed an epic fail to rival the one Thursday, albeit this one aided by inattentive conductors. The 23-mile bike ride up from Newport couldn’t have …