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Devil's Backbone

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 Happy Fall, Y'all! First of all, ROCKY TOP - GO BIG ORANGE!  I would like to congratulate my Tennessee Vols, my Alma Mater!  Earlier this year we won the College World Series in baseball, and we now have a fighting chance at the National Championship in football with a current ranking of #4!   Please see my rendition of Rocky Top on my very underused YouTube channel with my band "The Half Cats."  I'm thinking about vlogging soon and getting a little more traffic on there.  And I've recently purchased a new guitar (a shiny black one), so there may be some more strumming folkish covers in my future. I've been enjoying a lot of mountain biking this year (after a hip injury), particularly early morning rides or sunset rides when I can beat the heat.  Recently we took a trip to Loveland, Colorado to enjoy a very unique ride called Devil's Backbone Open Space (Devil's Backbone, not to be confused with that spooky stretch of highway in Texas).  As ...

Wide Open Spaces + Room to Make a Big Mistake...

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  A Recipe for a Successful Saturday Afternoon First start with a little mountain biking + wide open spaces... (Make sure to spray on some SPF and wear your hat + eye protection) Add a dash of wildflowers... Pour in some ice cold lake water... Dump a buttload of fish in z'lake... (these fish were as long as my arm...and, I bet you'd like to know the location.  Please know I can be bribed with tacos, guac, and or margaritas) Now stir in some random sauce: And, my random sauce, I mean a cute wee little senior citizen remote control sail boat race! OMG the boots...so cute...I just can't...they were all wearing them in case of a capsize. This was a heated race.  Not one participant was talking... With Father's Day coming up, it makes me wonder if my dad would want a remote control sail boat.   Ahhh, what to get the man who has every electronic possible.  Do dads still appreciate homemade cards with construction paper and your hand print? Orrrrr some homemade so...