Well, March is here, and the beginning of March has shown us a little nicer weather. It’s nice that the “madnus” of the snow has stopped for now, but it seems to have been replaced by rain, at least for now.
Josh and I spent the first nice weekend cleaning up our bikes and doing a little maintenance…
For me, that meant pulling off my forks (Saturday) and taking them to Georgia to Traxxion Dynamics for a major service. I got the seals and bushings replaced, and got the AK-20 Cartridges to replace the stock units… So, I should be sitting in a good spot come riding season this year.
The day after pulling the forks (Sunday), Josh and I went on a nice little drive around the area, and saw some interesting things… Including a row of Toyota cars that were all the same exact model and color… That was kind of neat to see… And of course, Wild Woody’s. Unfortunately, they were closed, so Josh and I didn’t get a chance to see what was so wild… but, the road was rather fun, so we may have to go that way again once the weather is nice and the roads are clear.
Afterwards, we went back to Josh’s house for some lovely chicken on the grill.
Tuesday, I was on the highway heading to GA by about 10AM. The forks were in the back seat, and the drive was uneventful. Probably the most fun of the trip was before-hand when I finally got around to updating the GPS. On our GPS, you have several choices when it comes to the voice telling you where to go, and you can actually add more voices through the wonders of the internet. So, I changed the voice on the GPS to George W. Bush. Occasionally, the GPS likes to get you lost, but when G-Dub is telling you where to go, you really can’t be surprised when it happens.
But, I made it to Woodstock, GA and was greeted by mid-70’s temperatures. Coming from Boone, it was like going to the tropics. I checked into the hotel, and had a good laugh at their passive aggressive sign.
Let that sink in for a bit. I will say though… I almost took the alarm clock. The thing played my iPod and everything. $25 was totally a deal for that.
Wednesday, I got the forks all fixed up, and came back to Boone. I spent the night in Boone, played with the cat, then Thursday morning it was off to VA by 7am. At noon, I met up with mom, dad, Rachel, and Grandmom and Grandpop VanDewater… We tried out the new Chinese Buffet in Lexington. It wasn’t bad, but the Sesame Chicken and General Tso’s had way too much tomato paste in them.
Rachel was in fine form… She just moved from Charlotte, NC to Charlottesville, VA, so now she’s not far from mom and dad. But, mom and dad’s house is back to being the destination in the “middle” again, so I suppose there won’t be any more family gatherings in Boone.
I came back to Boone Friday evening, got a nice night of sleep, then got up Saturday to do a little shopping. I finally got a coffee grinder, and some good coffee beans… I’ll never go back to buying pre-ground coffee. Grinding it yourself makes it sooooooooo much better. I made a lovely pancetta and Saga Blue stuffed chicken breast last night, which you can read about on the food blog, and I picked up Virginia from her “Alternative Spring Break” at about 8PM last night. It’s great to have Virginia back home, but it’ll be interesting heading back to school/work for both of us this week. Funny enough, driving home with Virginia last night, after a week of 50+ degree days, it started snowing. Nothing really stuck around and I hope we’re done with this whole snow thing for a while. Hopefully we’ll have some new pictures and stories up soon, Virginia might do a write-up about her spring break trip.
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