Ribs and Hill Climbs

Got to admit. These three day work weeks are pretty sweet. It was one of those weekends that could have kept going and you wouldn't have thought a second about what day it was. Got in plenty of BBQ action on saturday. Crazy steak tips, Chicken, Bacon wrapped corn. Bacon Wrapped Corn that was grilled to perfection...Smoked Ribs where the meat just fell off the bone. Saturdays feast was BBQ perfection. Saturday evening was spent sipping some Peebers on the StockPot deck with Jack. Catching up and just taking it easy seaside. Portsmouth is an amazing place to visit and probably an even better place to live, oh well...until then, its just enjoying the time spent there with friends....drinking beer on a deck somewhere.
Sunday, spent some time on the Maine coast. It was great weather for the first bike ride in 5 days. Got in only 20 miles before I gave up and headed home. Good to get the legs back into it and give the new Crank Brothers pedals a try out. The Quattro's are pretty nice. The first ride, they felt perfect. The rest of sunday was spent helping out around the condo, BBQ with the in-laws up on a lake cottage. A good time. Plenty of good eats as well. Never leave a table of food in front of me, becuase I can decimate an all you can eat BBQ like you have never seen. I apparantly digest food before it even hits my stomach.
Monday was spent on the saddle once again but I managed to push out a 2 hour ride, a tad over 30 miles, but the big thing for this rider was my first attempt at climbing Mount Agamenticus. There is a service road to the top, no flats, no false flats, all uphill. I managed to make it with no stops, a big feat for me becuase i'm usually to beat to even try it by the time i get there. Spent some time on the beach and once again eating a huge meal at a surfside fried seafood shack. Polished off a post-ride recovery meal of fried flams that were average and a fried haddock sandwich to top it off. Love the fried seafood.
Tuesday, headed back home to make it for the BBQ de Gus. He had a brazilian BBQ 4th of july style party. Good times. Many of his shaved leg cohorts were there to watch the Italy/Germany soccer game followed by that days Tour De France Stage. I had the hairiest legs of the bunch, those roadies can teach a woman how to shave her legs, it's just unsettling. They are a good group to chat it up with. But being a MTBer it's sort of like skiers vs snowboarders.....I'm done rambling on, till the next day. Gotta keep watching the tour, hopefully Chris Horner will have a stage suprise (but his hand injury might put the axe on that), maybe George or Levi will open up it up a bit, but then again the Bobby Julich could be the dark horse bringing the time trial pain...