Making good on my Resolution

   Damn I think I drive to much, lately there have been a lot of weird dreams in which I am looking out the front window of my vehicle and all I see is everything passing me by, such is life I guess when you drive 20-30 thousand miles a year and none of it is for vacation.  Oh well enough bitching about it work is work and it pays the bills and keeps me bike parts.  Sometimes I think about switching career paths but when I really only work 3/4 time it makes looking for something full time seem like a joke, 40 hours a week? I don't think I have done that in a long ass time.  One thing that has been killing me this last month is that I haven't ridden my bike once and I don't count taking the dog around for an hour a ride since I have to stop and pick up poop and keep an eye out for other peoples dogs not on leash or just plain aggressive dogs ( a tazer should would be nice now again).  I have been riding on the trainer I got for when it gets cold or I don't have time to get out, it is like methadone for a heroin addict, it helps keep the beast at bay but does not make it better.  Since getting out and riding looks like it might happen here in the next few days I am getting kinda antsy in pantsy.  Even if I don't get out and ride the weather has been really good and I think I am just lacking motivation to.........not sure just not feeling like riding in the cold and wind and such, maybe I am getting old or something.
   The week has been good so far as I finally picked up my frame bag from a good friend who makes some of the best bags in the business thanks Joe at J_paks, the wait was killing me since I placed my order in July of 2015. How does the waiting measure up to the bags well lets just say I am more than pleased at the end product and if I had more of voice on social media it would probably help him out but since I don't, sorry Joe. I can't wait to load those bad boys up and get em dirty.  Plus it was cool to get to hangout with Joe and his wife Kristen.  I am hoping to do a bikepacking trip with Joe, Kristen, and Jay this 4th of July weekend, I need to start looking for a good route somewhere I haven't been.

new packs make it look better

  Super stoke that I got to get out and go for a ride today, the first one in a long time and it started out kinda shitty because of me and then I warmed up and it was awesome I was rolling along with my new bags. It was nice to be out in the sunshine taking pictures of which I am not very good at but I think with some practice it should start to get better...I hope anyways.  The last couple years I have been using Strava and I think I am going to back of using since I have no aspirations of racing I don't need to keep track of miles and elevation.  It's cool to see other peoples rides but my own rides aren't anything special and don't need documentation.  One good thing about my ride today is my new bags I love having storage on my bike and dividers for days with lots of different options, LIFE IS GOOD!!!  Can't wait to get these bad boys loaded and go on a weekend bike trip.