Treatment Crashing

Sunday Sue and I went mountain biking. She hadn’t been offroad in quite a while, so this was just an easy ride to try and get her back into it. I didn’t want to kill herself on her first time back 😉

We started off with Shock Treatment which is a nice rolly trail with the odd challenge to keep you honest. After that it was an old school loop that went far over to the firehall side of the dump. Sue kept up to me very well. It definitely wasn’t her fitness that kept her back.

Of course Yoshi was there too. He had lots of fun as always.

On one section, Sue went back to try it over. Yoshi started to follow, then stopped right in the middle of us looking between Sue and I. You could see in his mind he was trying to figure out who he should stay with. It was quite funny.

I am so proud of Sue though. On the last trail of the day, Skull Trail, there was one particular corner that I wanted Sue to give a try to. While I spotted her, she tried it several times before getting it. I can remember how tough it can be to go back and try a drop after just crashing on it, or not making it. Sue kept on it until she made it. Way to go Sue!

I had a good ride too. It was good to get out and sweat a little. Riding is always so much fun.

Candidate Taxes

Just got back from the All Candidates meeting for Esquimalt. We were there for about 45 minutes or so, but it was definitely enough. There were three candidates

Each candidate definitely had their own style. Maurine’s opening speech was all about how the Campbell Liberals had screwed everything up, and the NDP would fix it. She basically attacked the Liberal party.

Jane went off on how the economic model was wrong for BC.

Tom introduced us to his latest work in the public office, and some of the problems he has solved, or is currently working on. Immediately you could see the difference here.

We only stayed for a small portion of the questions, but the NDP position is that the Liberals have a huge deficit, yet the NDP will fix the whole province, and not raise or drop taxes. In most of Maurine’s answers I just wondered where the hell she planned on getting the money from.

Jane usually answered her questions about how the economic model was wrong, and they would look at it, and change it so that it was better. Again, I wondered where they would get the money to change all these models.

Tom’s answers never attacked another party, and generally made sense. In my opinion he was the most well spoken of the three.

With 7 days to vote, Sue and I wanted to learn a bit on the issues, but we could only stand the rhetoric so long. No matter what the question was, the candidates still had problems answering the asked question.

It took less than an hour of our time, but it was still time well spent.

450 Passes

Just got back from swimming with Sue. I haven’t been out in a very long time, but I stil managed to get through 450m. This was my first time at the new Esquimalt Pool. It is pretty nice, and the salt water is a good temperature (IMO). Plus the hot tub is an excellent size, shape and temp. Prices are reasonable too. If we end up having a family, and living in Esquimalt, we will most likely get yearly passes. Anyway, nice and tired now. Time to watch a little TV, then off to bed.

Drupal Upgrade

Upgrade time. I am about to try and upgrade this site to the latest version of Drupal. Things might appear a little wonky for a bit, and when I am done, I will need a couple days to upgrade the theme again. Back in a bit.

PhotoFriday – Action

This shot turned out pretty much how I was trying to get it to. This racer was the lead male, and on the first lap had a commanding lead. This shot was taken during his second lap while descending a small hill. I panned as best I could from the same trail, but around the corner a little.

Outcome Fantastic

Everything went off perfectly yesterday. I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome.

Myself and Suede (err, I guess it is Sox now), had a fantastic time. I hope everyone who attended also enjoyed themselves.

Now on to the honeymoon. More later!

Today is the big day!

Today is the big day! I am getting picked up in a couple hours, then I won’t see Sue until the big moment (sort of). The weather is overcast, but it looks like sunny breaks this afternoon. Everything is good to go. UVic is decorated, and looks awesome. The park is in full bloom. The bride and groom are just needing to get prepped.

Now if only the spammers would leave my galleries alone. I have had to disable commenting for now. :grr:

Forward Organization

Tomorrow is the big day. 8)

I am not that nervous yet, but I expect to be tomorrow. Yay! I am really looking forward to it. The weather looks like it is going to cooperate, which is a very good thing. Not much left to do organization-wise, it is now just following through on all the plans.

Park Flowers

Tuesday the photoclub met again. I chose Saxe Point Park (can you imagine why?), and it worked out pretty well despite the factonly one other person was available. It was gorgeous out, and there were lots of people out enjoying the sun. The flowers were a big attraction for me, and it shows in my pictures.

Pics are here.

Dirty Race

After watching the TC 10K race I thenk headed out to the dump to check out the Down N Durty at the Dump XC race. There aren’t too many races in Victoria, so I wanted to go cheer on the races. I know when I race that I appreciate support from the crowd.

I timed it perfectly too. I arrived at the race site, and was surprised by the lack of cars. As I hiked up the trail I was struck by the lack of spectators. It was very quiet out in the woods. I hiked up to the top of the switchbacks, and waited for the racers. Less than 10 minutes had gone by when the first racer showed up. He had quite a big lead, which was a good thing since he crashed on the corner close to me.

As more racers streamed by, I kept moving down the race course to capture the action in different locations. I had a great time taking pictures and cheering the racers. By the time I made it to the finish line, only two racers were still on the course.

In the end I came away with several pictures I am proud of, and a new respect for action photographers. It is certainly an art that needs to be mastered.