Today
...the kids were off school. I suspected this would be the case after the repots came in. As the day went on and we saw the carnage, I figured they would be off tomorrow as well. Sure enough, I got an email in the afternoon that verified this - after a single day of school, they would now be off for 6 days straight. Tough start to the new school year.
Covid test came back negative for all of us so we are free & clear to make big moves.
Went to Hilltop to collect Simon's bike, which Jim was not able to make new again. The fork has seen too much rain and is rusted dead. The bike itself looks in decent shape and once we get the new fork on there, he should be good to go through next year on this. I also spent way too much time trying to get D's old Scalpel back into working form. This is the one Julia taco'ed the front wheel at Killington. I found a wheel but neither of the 2 tires I tried to mount worked. I threw a tube in and called it a day. Now Simon has a bike for the short-term future.
Decided to take the dog with us this weekend because our sitters bailed at the last moment. The sitters would be my parents. And the reason being that they had a tree fall on the house. So they are somewhat preoccupied. This is nothing compared to Carson's Dee, whose mom had her house blow up in Somerville last night during the storm. This was so massive is shook our house at 11:30 at night. I had gone outside to see if something fell. Turns out that nope, it was a house exploding.
You read correctly. Her house blew up. You can donate to that fund here.
Went for a road ride tonight to do some sightseeing. The carnage is impressive but nothing compared to many of the pictures we have seen. Chimney Rock Road is indeed in a bad state.
This is orange from Gilbride. There is a new trail there that was effectively created by a rock landslide.
...the kids were off school. I suspected this would be the case after the repots came in. As the day went on and we saw the carnage, I figured they would be off tomorrow as well. Sure enough, I got an email in the afternoon that verified this - after a single day of school, they would now be off for 6 days straight. Tough start to the new school year.
Covid test came back negative for all of us so we are free & clear to make big moves.
Went to Hilltop to collect Simon's bike, which Jim was not able to make new again. The fork has seen too much rain and is rusted dead. The bike itself looks in decent shape and once we get the new fork on there, he should be good to go through next year on this. I also spent way too much time trying to get D's old Scalpel back into working form. This is the one Julia taco'ed the front wheel at Killington. I found a wheel but neither of the 2 tires I tried to mount worked. I threw a tube in and called it a day. Now Simon has a bike for the short-term future.
Decided to take the dog with us this weekend because our sitters bailed at the last moment. The sitters would be my parents. And the reason being that they had a tree fall on the house. So they are somewhat preoccupied. This is nothing compared to Carson's Dee, whose mom had her house blow up in Somerville last night during the storm. This was so massive is shook our house at 11:30 at night. I had gone outside to see if something fell. Turns out that nope, it was a house exploding.
You read correctly. Her house blew up. You can donate to that fund here.
Went for a road ride tonight to do some sightseeing. The carnage is impressive but nothing compared to many of the pictures we have seen. Chimney Rock Road is indeed in a bad state.
This is orange from Gilbride. There is a new trail there that was effectively created by a rock landslide.
