Post #100 and just as worthless as the rest

The past couple of days here in Flagstaff have been pretty mellow for me. The weather here is super nice right now but the snow is rapidly declining especially around town. Anne and I went up to Snowbowl yesterday to get in a few turns and it was probably 50 degrees with pure blue skies and no wind. The visibility was amazing with all of the old cinder cones within close proximity and the Grand Canyon in the distance. I then cooked dinner for Anne last night for her birthday. She requested cherry cobbler so I had to get the family recipe from her mom to insure that it tasted like the cobbler she was envisioning. Then I made the lentil loaf she was wanted for the main course. It sounds gross of course but is actually delicious but takes forever to make. It is basically an Italian vegetarian meat loaf. Lentil and brown rice make up the substance of the meal and it is held together with mozzarella, egg, and parmesan. There is also a lot of fresh spinach, onion, carrot, corn and basil to add a bit more goodness to it. To finish it off is a Checha sauce which is cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper pulsed together in the food processor. Mmmmm....glad I am going to eat some leftovers when I am done with this because describing it is making me hungry.

While we were skiing yesterday I fell awkwardly and tweaked my shoulder. It is pretty sore today so instead of riding down in Sedona I had to settle for a long ride on the trainer. It was fine for me because of the wind that was blowing cats and small children down the street. I am NOT a big fan of wind.

I moved on to the garage project this afternoon and came across many old water bottles that needed to be sorted through. I found an old Cactus Cup bottle from 1995 before I ever thought I would be living in Arizona. In the bottle stash was also a Soul Ride bottle from the days when the bottles Epic Rides gave out were crappy. Glad to see they have gone to the standard bottle for there races now. If they would only change the t-shirts and stop giving out the white ones. Oh well at least the events are good stuff.

Lastly I wanted to commend the folks at Turner Bikes for having outstanding customer service. As stated in the previous blog I had some issues this weekend in Phoenix with the rocker arm on my bike. On Monday morning I called Turner and told them my problem and they said that I would not have that problem with the new rocker arm. They also told me it would be in the mail that afternoon and would absolutely be covered by the warranty. Just before I got off the phone they said to look for it today. Sure enough this afternoon Fed Ex pulled up outside the house and dropped off the new parts.