Tuesday, May 1, 2012

April wrap

Well, April finished with a flurry of activity.

Went to the Slow Food happy Hour at HausBar Farm (owned by the East Side Cafe people). I think both owners are patients of Mollie's. They have some nice donkeys and a goat:



Next up, Ron rode into town as part of the MS150 finish. He crashed spectacularly 50 yards from the finish line, but I arrived too late to see or help him. He did get some sympathy from the ladies, including Dotsie Baush (ex-road racer, current Olympic track racer), who was at the BP tent signing autographs. I knew Dotsie by sight, because I bought her T-Mobile team bike years ago on the internet (back when she was Dotsie Cowden). I had a chance to say hi, chat about her old bike, introduce Ron's sore shoulder, and take a quick picture:



Towards the end of the month, I rode the Hill Country Ride for AIDS with Pete's law firm team. They had a couple of teammates who could not make the ride, so I rode for one of them - a lady, but I forget her name - which was bad because I had to sign in at the medical tent to get a couple of ibuprofens, so I just made up a name.


The ride did have some nice rest stops, including an old hall, and a make-shift roller rink (complete with roller derby girls):



And last, but not least, Jill and I went thrift store shopping at the end of the month. Jill found these naked GI Joe's. I, on the other hand, was happy to find out that most Dell swag gets donated and recycled: