Somewhere Over The...
For the first three days I was in Canada, it rained on and off (mostly on), which made for a lot of cold, wet, sometimes miserable riding. However, more than once in the past I've been rewarded by a fantastic rainbow during a rainy day of riding. I can't speak for anyone else, but they still thrill me and leave me awed.
This was a double rainbow (you can sorta see the second one in the upper left-hand corner) I saw on Route 97 west of Chetwynd, BC. The more prominent rainbow was so real looking, I almost felt like I could reach out and touch it. You could even really distinguish the violet, which is pretty rare.
posted by Mathew Elsner at 1:26 PM
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Great picture. And thanks for the F@#^!ing post%$^$card of the f^@#ing Joshua F^#%^@ing Tree you muthaf%$%^#!
I am sorry. I do not know what came over me.
Matt!!
I just learned of your excursion and I love the blog. Yippee for going out and doing what you've always wanted to do.
Have to say I esp. loved your acct of getting the ticket. It reminded me of when I got a ticket with you from the Poconos. You said EXACTLY the same things!
And thanks for saying us losers who still smoke are cool. Smoking is cool dammit.
Vici
Thanks, Sam!
Btalkssmac-
I'm guessing R saw your post and kicked yer ass, hence the apology...hehe...
I'm glad you liked the postcard - I had to crash my bike to get it!
ME
Vici-
I'm so glad you like the blog! And thanks for the encouragement - I'm getting a little down lately for a number of reasons (mechanical stuff, lack of internet & cell phone, etc) and it is encouraging to hear things like that.
I remember that ticket in the Poconos! You were going even slower than I was, if memory serves. PA is NOT the place to speed - those fascist bastards WILL bust you (I got one of the three speeding tickets in my life there).
Smoking is and always will be cool. Having a blase attitude towards semi-suicidal things has always been attractive for some reason. It also is sorta sexy (probably 'cuz people make kissy faces every time they take a drag) and gives you something to do with your hands. Of course, it also makes you smell nasty and cough up gnarly things in the morning, which makes it a little LESS cool.
And now, nearly eight years after my last Marlboro, I still think about it wistfully...
Email me your address and I'll send ya a postcard from Alaska!
ME
hi...was browsing n came to your blog.rain makes me feel free! and ur idea of biking around appeals a lot.as a femsle biker i'mthrilled by rain n bike rides! i hope you get to bike out some day.
Hi Thinkpad-
Sometimes riding in the rain can be very cool, but other times it is a bit of a chore.
It gets to be even less fun when you have a hole in the crotch of the rain lining of your riding pants, as I discovered the other day. Ugh.
Hopefully I'll see you on the road sometime, but it is a long way from here to Delhi!
Ride On!
ME
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