Happy Thanksgiving from Thunder and Lightnin!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!
Twas the day before Thanksgiving and I don't have a rhyme at all!
Hey I just wanted to take the time to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving from the two of us!
We'll be celebrating in a traditional, yet non-traditional manner this year. The traditional portion will be the meal itself with turkey, cornbread/sausage/cranberry stuffing, cranberry sauce (yes the jelly in the can version), mashed potatoes, corn, and sweet potato pie with cool whip! The non-traditional part is that we are staying home and not traveling anywhere!
I've got plenty of firewood split and ready to go, which is a good thing because they are calling for the possibility of snow on Friday! If it does I'll try to post some pictures!
Hey I just wanted to take the time to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving from the two of us!
We'll be celebrating in a traditional, yet non-traditional manner this year. The traditional portion will be the meal itself with turkey, cornbread/sausage/cranberry stuffing, cranberry sauce (yes the jelly in the can version), mashed potatoes, corn, and sweet potato pie with cool whip! The non-traditional part is that we are staying home and not traveling anywhere!
I've got plenty of firewood split and ready to go, which is a good thing because they are calling for the possibility of snow on Friday! If it does I'll try to post some pictures!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Random Shots From The Road
We took the bike out yesterday and it was a little chilly, but if you're dressed properly its not bad! We thought it would be a good idea for Lightnin carry the camera and snap a few shots while we were on the road so we could try to share the experience. So here's our ride yesterday:
I hope you enjoyed the ride, we did!
It's supposed to be a couple of degrees warmer today, and the sun is out so who knows we may just hit the road again!
I hope you enjoyed the ride, we did!
It's supposed to be a couple of degrees warmer today, and the sun is out so who knows we may just hit the road again!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thank Goodness for Leather and Neoprene!
It was a rather chilly ride into work this morning! The air temperature gauge on the bike registered a balmy 35F (1.7C). ti will be worth it this afternoon on the way home though, it should be sunny and in the 60'sF!
I was properly suited up in the leather jacket, gloves, and chaps; and had a chance to use the new neoprene mask to keep the skin from peeling off my face! It works, but I still need to do a bit of adjustment on it because my breath still comes up, instead of out, which then fogs up my eye protection. Not exactly the sort of thing you want when your up on two wheels!
I'll have to have Lightnin take a picture of me all suited up so you can see the other reason I like to wear the mask! it definitely grabds the attention of the other drive3rs on the rode! ;-)
Later today we'll hit the road heading west and grab some of the best fried chicken on earth! For those of you that know what I'm talking about I'm sure your mouths are watering; and for the rest of you, you have no idea what you're missing! ;-)
Tomorrow should be a good day for a ride, so we'll be out and about and will hopefully catch some photos from the road!
I was properly suited up in the leather jacket, gloves, and chaps; and had a chance to use the new neoprene mask to keep the skin from peeling off my face! It works, but I still need to do a bit of adjustment on it because my breath still comes up, instead of out, which then fogs up my eye protection. Not exactly the sort of thing you want when your up on two wheels!
I'll have to have Lightnin take a picture of me all suited up so you can see the other reason I like to wear the mask! it definitely grabds the attention of the other drive3rs on the rode! ;-)
Later today we'll hit the road heading west and grab some of the best fried chicken on earth! For those of you that know what I'm talking about I'm sure your mouths are watering; and for the rest of you, you have no idea what you're missing! ;-)
Tomorrow should be a good day for a ride, so we'll be out and about and will hopefully catch some photos from the road!
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Newcastle, UK
I know, I know, I've been back for nearly a week and I'm just now posting photos from Newcastle! I tried to post from there and kept betting kicked off the web before I could get the post uploaded, and on top of that my blog site was stuck in Flemish mode from the Brussels trip and it was a little tough to figure out what the error messages were saying, at any rate here it is:
When we arrived in the UK it was a bit of typical weather with cold horizontal rain pelting us. This went away that night though and the rest of the week was unseasonably warm and sunny!
Here's the view from my hotel room, overlooking the Tyne River and the Quayside (pronounced: Key side)
We were able to meet up with one of my "Best Mates" from China and he had found an authentic Mandarin style restaurant for us to try out. It was awesome and the atmosphere really made me homesick for Beijing!
Here's a shot of my "Mate" Arif and another of his "Mates" Tony
This is a shot of Arif and I at a pub called "The Fourth", No I don't know why and didn't think to ask
I did stop at one of the most famous pubs in town, the Crown Pasada, where I was surprised to find the same bartender there from 2 years ago and even more surprising he remembered me!
AS luck would have it one of my favorite pubs, Loyd's Quayside, was having a "Real Ale Festival" where they had over 100 different cask aged ales available for sampling, but only one barrel of each, and serving only six different ales each night. So this became a regular stop on the way back to the hotel after dinner to see what was on tap at the time.
It was a good trip, both professionally and personally, but as usual it was good to get back home!
When we arrived in the UK it was a bit of typical weather with cold horizontal rain pelting us. This went away that night though and the rest of the week was unseasonably warm and sunny!
Here's the view from my hotel room, overlooking the Tyne River and the Quayside (pronounced: Key side)We were able to meet up with one of my "Best Mates" from China and he had found an authentic Mandarin style restaurant for us to try out. It was awesome and the atmosphere really made me homesick for Beijing!
Here's a shot of my "Mate" Arif and another of his "Mates" Tony
This is a shot of Arif and I at a pub called "The Fourth", No I don't know why and didn't think to askI did stop at one of the most famous pubs in town, the Crown Pasada, where I was surprised to find the same bartender there from 2 years ago and even more surprising he remembered me!
AS luck would have it one of my favorite pubs, Loyd's Quayside, was having a "Real Ale Festival" where they had over 100 different cask aged ales available for sampling, but only one barrel of each, and serving only six different ales each night. So this became a regular stop on the way back to the hotel after dinner to see what was on tap at the time.
It was a good trip, both professionally and personally, but as usual it was good to get back home!
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