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Other things happening recently...
1.) Ms. Huggly came home - she'd been away for a while, it's certainly nice to have the wifely-one home again!
2.) We're packing for our CNC_2010 ride, packing things like tent, inflatable mattress, bedding, clothing, etc. etc. etc. all in Ziplocs and other such 'water-proof' baggggggggs (in case it RAINs (which it most likely will!).
IF you are interested, I can send you ...kmz files for you to put in / on your Google Earth software so you can see the route we will ride (or maybe I should say the route we HOPE to ride)
3.) We're enduring the RAIN and the MOSQUITOS, but the roses are THRIVING in all this heat and rain...
and have found that almost nothing keeps the mosquitos away - and as much as we might like to think we are 'immune' that's not true at all!!!!
Small self-portrait of the 'service technician'; and a picture of the "debris-field" created when I 'work'.
4.) Mr._Bill has been doing more 'camera-work' - here's a recent picture of one of the inlets nearby where we have a camera and weather system.
In this inlet, recently (in the last couple of weeks) an experienced (local) fishing guide / boat-captain managed, somehow, to let his boat get side-ways to the huge waves on that day and he was thrown-overboard, broke his neck and ultimately died from injuries. Luckily the 'mate' on the boat saved the boat and the four fishing-charter-people on board.
Details of the incident vary, depending on who you talk to, but the bottom-line is: The sea can, at times, be treacherous even for experienced people.
This is also a very very popular spot for kiteboarding people, though Mr._Bill has never been kiteboarding down here he does ride his trike down here a lot.
5.) We're having fun petting Ms. Siew Mei:
When Ms._May came home, the 'petting-hugging' was transferred from the cat to the wife. So now the cat does not feel overly loved, - so she now needs extra 'attention'...
6.) Mr._Bill has finally (FINALLY) managed to get back into his _Facebook_ account - which he'd been locked-out-of for about a week. Apparently someone out there (in California) finally responsed to the between 10 and 20 e-mails (some with screen-shots) and 4 or 5 voice-mails - and FINALLY did something to help out.
Now _Facebook_ users have a choice as to how to 'verify account'. Before this little 'incident' there was no choice. As a friend (well maybe) puts it - maybe it's my funky iPhone that's the problem, not really _Facebook_ (but the iPhone gets SMSs from a lot of different places, just not from _Facebook_).
7.) Triking-continues - both to keep in shape and to ready ourselves for the CNC ride... - see below for the latest practice session (Sebring) for Mr._Bill.
"Personal Firsts": - I managed a couple of 'firsts' recently:
Recent training mileage, just in case you're NOT interested:
Bike_Sebring - sometimes called Tour_of_Sebring - over the US-Labour-Day-Holiday-weekend (3-6 September, 2010)...
Here's Mr._Bill (registration number 44 for this ride), in a picture taken by Jim Harris of "Bike Tour Photo" - the same guy who was at the Cycle North Carolina ride last year (2009) and will also be at the Cycle North Carolina ride we'll be at this year...
Here's a 'map' (click for larger) of the route-up from Stuart (red-line) - the Saturday ride - 64.4 miles (green line) the Sunday ride 63.8 miles(white line) and the Monday ride - 56.9 miles (blue-line)... The map is 'centered' around Lake Jackson - which has the word "Sebring" in it. The Kenilworth Lodge is on the SE shore of Lake Jackson.
another picture...
The event was centered around and hosted at the "Kenilworth Lodge" (web-site-here) and we rode each morning (Saturday, Sunday, Monday) right from the parking-lot in front of the hotel...
However the 'Lodge' is only a hotel - the actual riding-event was put-on by the local cycling club ( the "Highlands Pedallers" (Highlands is the name of the county that Sebring is located in)) and they are pretty well organized.
It rained a 'bit' today (Monday) but, of course, the organizers do not control the weather (much as we all would like for them to!)... The other two days of riding were quite good - though hot - the courses were pretty decent, the mild 'hills' a good training set-up for North Carolina (later this month) and the rest-stops very well stocked with sports-drinks, snacks and water...
I had a respected & valued member of our family with me to help me out as 'Pitt Crew' for the cycling portion as well as 'Navigator' for the drive up and the drive back to Stuart....
Other pictures from other sources will come in later - there were at least three other people ( Besides Jim Harris of "Bike Tour Photo" ) who took pictures...
Mr._Bill's best hang-gliding-flight (Ever) - see the FlightLog.Org web-page, here...
Other things happening recently...
1.) Ms. Huggly came home - she'd been away for a while, it's certainly nice to have the wifely-one home again!
2.) We're packing for our CNC_2010 ride, packing things like tent, inflatable mattress, bedding, clothing, etc. etc. etc. all in Ziplocs and other such 'water-proof' baggggggggs (in case it RAINs (which it most likely will!).
IF you are interested, I can send you ...kmz files for you to put in / on your Google Earth software so you can see the route we will ride (or maybe I should say the route we HOPE to ride)
3.) We're enduring the RAIN and the MOSQUITOS, but the roses are THRIVING in all this heat and rain...
and have found that almost nothing keeps the mosquitos away - and as much as we might like to think we are 'immune' that's not true at all!!!!
Small self-portrait of the 'service technician'; and a picture of the "debris-field" created when I 'work'.
4.) Mr._Bill has been doing more 'camera-work' - here's a recent picture of one of the inlets nearby where we have a camera and weather system.
In this inlet, recently (in the last couple of weeks) an experienced (local) fishing guide / boat-captain managed, somehow, to let his boat get side-ways to the huge waves on that day and he was thrown-overboard, broke his neck and ultimately died from injuries. Luckily the 'mate' on the boat saved the boat and the four fishing-charter-people on board.
Details of the incident vary, depending on who you talk to, but the bottom-line is: The sea can, at times, be treacherous even for experienced people.
This is also a very very popular spot for kiteboarding people, though Mr._Bill has never been kiteboarding down here he does ride his trike down here a lot.
5.) We're having fun petting Ms. Siew Mei:
When Ms._May came home, the 'petting-hugging' was transferred from the cat to the wife. So now the cat does not feel overly loved, - so she now needs extra 'attention'...
6.) Mr._Bill has finally (FINALLY) managed to get back into his _Facebook_ account - which he'd been locked-out-of for about a week. Apparently someone out there (in California) finally responsed to the between 10 and 20 e-mails (some with screen-shots) and 4 or 5 voice-mails - and FINALLY did something to help out.
Now _Facebook_ users have a choice as to how to 'verify account'. Before this little 'incident' there was no choice. As a friend (well maybe) puts it - maybe it's my funky iPhone that's the problem, not really _Facebook_ (but the iPhone gets SMSs from a lot of different places, just not from _Facebook_).
7.) Triking-continues - both to keep in shape and to ready ourselves for the CNC ride... - see below for the latest practice session (Sebring) for Mr._Bill.
"Personal Firsts": - I managed a couple of 'firsts' recently:
- Rode from Hobe Sound to Jupiter along the bicycle-lane on US-1 on Sunday, 12th (before 08:00 a.m.) - virtually no traffic on US-1 - about 2 cars a minute and it's only about 7 miles - meaning a bit shorter than the Jupiter Island route - and much faster, too! - This is something I'd been wanting to do for a long time - and so I finally did it...
- Managed a hair over 70 miles during a 'training-ride' - on the same Sunday - 12th)
Recent training mileage, just in case you're NOT interested:
- July mileage: 437
- August mileage: 550
- September mileage: 543 (to date (includes about 186 miles over the Labour Day Holiday weekend))
Bike_Sebring - sometimes called Tour_of_Sebring - over the US-Labour-Day-Holiday-weekend (3-6 September, 2010)...
Here's Mr._Bill (registration number 44 for this ride), in a picture taken by Jim Harris of "Bike Tour Photo" - the same guy who was at the Cycle North Carolina ride last year (2009) and will also be at the Cycle North Carolina ride we'll be at this year...
Here's a 'map' (click for larger) of the route-up from Stuart (red-line) - the Saturday ride - 64.4 miles (green line) the Sunday ride 63.8 miles(white line) and the Monday ride - 56.9 miles (blue-line)... The map is 'centered' around Lake Jackson - which has the word "Sebring" in it. The Kenilworth Lodge is on the SE shore of Lake Jackson.
another picture...
The event was centered around and hosted at the "Kenilworth Lodge" (web-site-here) and we rode each morning (Saturday, Sunday, Monday) right from the parking-lot in front of the hotel...
However the 'Lodge' is only a hotel - the actual riding-event was put-on by the local cycling club ( the "Highlands Pedallers" (Highlands is the name of the county that Sebring is located in)) and they are pretty well organized.
It rained a 'bit' today (Monday) but, of course, the organizers do not control the weather (much as we all would like for them to!)... The other two days of riding were quite good - though hot - the courses were pretty decent, the mild 'hills' a good training set-up for North Carolina (later this month) and the rest-stops very well stocked with sports-drinks, snacks and water...
I had a respected & valued member of our family with me to help me out as 'Pitt Crew' for the cycling portion as well as 'Navigator' for the drive up and the drive back to Stuart....
Other pictures from other sources will come in later - there were at least three other people ( Besides Jim Harris of "Bike Tour Photo" ) who took pictures...
Mr._Bill's best hang-gliding-flight (Ever) - see the FlightLog.Org web-page, here...
and-or see the track-log over Google Earth Image(s), here... small_image larger_image (1 megabyte)
Archived BeachWeb monthly site(s): Click here for a list of the archived months
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Some people have asked, WHERE can I FIND, "X" - whatever the heck "X" is?; but in my case - these two things are being asked about...
The "Tire Changing Web-Page" and/or the VANC (VikingAsia (Networks and Computers)) Consulting) web-page.
AND / OR if you 'WANT' (or desire or need or have an 'urge' for something you don't see, then you can e-mail me at: bill@vikingasia.org
Archived BeachWeb monthly site(s): Click here for a list of the archived months
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Some people have asked, WHERE can I FIND, "X" - whatever the heck "X" is?; but in my case - these two things are being asked about...
The "Tire Changing Web-Page" and/or the VANC (VikingAsia (Networks and Computers)) Consulting) web-page.
AND / OR if you 'WANT' (or desire or need or have an 'urge' for something you don't see, then you can e-mail me at: bill@vikingasia.org
updated: 18:12 p.m. on Monday, 20 September, 2010 - from the Macintosh "G5" - revID: 1c
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