Business time

It's all about the personal business in our world right now. Cam just received a shipment of three tube sets (a mountain bike, a cross frame, and a mountain bike for me). His shed is now outfitted with the proper tools and alignment table to get the work done. The last thing he needs is a frame jig... and he's debating whether to buy it or have it made here in town.

The other debate is of course what to call his business... Maysmith/Moretti/Grippo/Maynard bicycles? Gotta choose one.

In other news, my new website is up and running after many hours of finicky nit-picky tech stuff! Yay!

Nothing special, but it gets the job done.

http://www.drawingoutideas.ca/

And I'm excited for these revamped business cards to arrive next week:

Woo hoo -- it's business time.

Cam had Saturday/Sunday off last weekend. We'd originally planned a trip up to Mt.Washington, but both of us are a little tight for cash these days (I'm thinking about upgrading to a MacBook Pro!).

But who says we can't have fun in the South Island instead!?

Saturday I co-hosted a ride with the Dirty Girlz out at Hartland. I'm an official board member now, which means I attend board meetings and host one ride/month.

Saturday evening Cam and I headed to Ferris's Oyster Bar and Grill for a good meal.

Yummy! Can't beat the martinis.

Sunday morning we got up early, loaded the bikes in the truck, and headed over the Malahat. (for the out-of-towners, the Malahat is a narrow stretch of highway north of Victoria). But of course first we stopped for coffee and sausage & egg McMuffins from McDonalds. This girl doesn't last long without breakfast.

The Malahat was cloaked in fog -- the thickest fog I've ever seen! We could see maybe twenty feet in front of the truck at the top of the Malahat.

But we made it to Nanaimo safe and sound and drove to the edge of town where the locals go riding. This area is called "The Abyss" because apparently there is a massive fissure in the ground from long-ago earthquakes.

Did we find said fissure?

Nope! You think it would've been hard to miss.

This is the route we took... parked the truck at the star and spent 2.5 hours on the muddy trails (follow the green arrows):

I'm not gonna lie: there were times I was sure we were lost and/or would be eaten by a couger. At one point we stumbled across a rock shrine in the woods... with creepy little figurines all around. Legend says you must bike around the shrine three times to have good luck on your ride.

There were also random gnomes sitting on rocks throughout the forest... all wearing mardi-gras beads. Party time?

The trails were AMAZING --- mostly all single track, which basically means fewer difficult obstacles and more cardio! It was an awesome ride and I can't wait to go back.

At home we whipped up some French onion soup and watched a good flick:

 

I was pleasantly surprised by Rango... it had me laughing with some good one-liners!