The Neighborhood

We packed our things and headed to our second cottage for the week. This time we would relocate to a more densely populated area of the island, and further up the mountain. Here is a view of the main house looking on from our cottage.

Our humble abode. The ocean is visible in the distance.

Wild goats, monkeys and donkeys inhabit the island, roaming free.

After settling in we were off to see our new neighborhood. We stopped by The Hermitage Plantation for drinks and dinner.

Wedding Day

Rubbing elbows with New York socialites, District Attorneys, a former CNN anchorman and writer for The Rolling Stone, and a foxy DJ flow in from NYC, we knew this wedding wouldn't disappoint

The Four Seasons

The ceremony took place at Cottle Church, which was built in 1824 on Thomas Cottle's plantation as a place where his family and slaves could worship together. Cottle church was one of the first Angilic churches where interracial prayer was encourged.


Rico Suave!


And then it started to rain. No worries as it's great to be blessed on your wedding day.

I present to you our DJ, Sky Nellar. Oh yeah, she used to model too. Meow kitty

You know the wedding's a hit when you're diving in bushes at the Four Seasons! Hey honey, how's the hip?

St. Kitts & Nevis, West Indies

Libby and I were off to the Caribbean for a wedding and decided to extend our stay. After all we both could use a vacation. Tucson-Dallas-Jacksonville overnight-Miami-St. Kitts and then a short ferry ride to Nevis, West Indies. Whew, we're there!


Quick taxi ride to the docks


Time for my first Carib!

Uh-oh, it's the fuzz


Everything on an island needs to be brought in, of course.
Packed in with the goods on a ferry trip to Nevis



Our first cottage


View from the deck

Then off down the beach


Nevisian breakfast of fresh pine, fruitcakes and sour sop juice

Riding with Dad

It's not every day you get to ride with your dad. That being said I take advantage when ever he's in town. Looking back, it was my dad who introduced me to what I know consider an afinity for bikes. From my old bmx days to waking at 4am to drive me to out of town races, tearing down single track in Idaho and the local weekend road ride, Dad's been there for me.

School's out and it's 6am on Sunday. No cars in sight.




Met up with dad on the road.



Thanks for the draft!







Hey, are you guys riding too?











Food for thought...

Stone House x 2

A low pressure front moved through parts of the Southwest, bringing a tornado to Denver, CO, cancelling the Iron Horse Classic in Durango due to snow, snow falling in Flagstaff and rain in Tucson with plenty of clouds and cooler temps. Spiker and I headed to Tucson Mountain Park to enjoy the weather. Just earlier this week it was 101 degrees! Global weirding?
CDO trail to the first stone house, over to the newer 36th Street trails and the second stone house, back into Starr Pass basin, up CDO to benchcut, around the bend to some lesser known trails. Fine time to be on the bike.






What's with the clouds? This is May, right?










And then we ride over there...

Second stone house above 36th street trails

Stairway to heaven
This time next week I'll be sitting on a beach in the Carribean