What is the going rate for a tooth? I’ve been told $5, I’ve been told $1, I’ve been told $3 in Tempe and $5 in totty Scottsdale. I neglected to mention its for me, I finally pulled it out, after G gave me permission. I get it…who knows what the hell a lost tooth will feel like til you lose one? There was a tiny red spot in the center where the body fed it, that snapped like a band when i pinched it & pulled. G didn’t even flinch. Then we rode bikes for ice cream.
the light just went on.
and in same ride she put it together with steering and pedaling. i was startled, baffled, joyous. She pedaled uphill, she stayed in cadence, she used her core. She steered along perpendicular sidewalks and called out white roads and black roads. She crossed-up her wheel at 0 mph and .4% grade and fishflopped out of the cockpit onto the blacktop, smacking the back of her head. The helmet left her with nothing but shat pants. The next night she both remembered and laughed about it, and did all the same better again. She called the streamers her bike’s ponytails. I carried it down the path into our neighborhood, wanting to walk it across the street after tiring of coaching. She called me out ‘dad we’re not walking on rocks!. Put down my bike!‘ She is very willful.
Is my appreciation of her maturation because it is on her bike, or is her maturation because of my appreciation on her bike?
2 good days in a row.
20 degrees at 8:15am. Bright Angel started with 4 miles of snow, ice and slush.
Dorky McLooserson updates her Facebook Status: ‘In The Canyon, very slippery‘
The sketchy conditions lasted almost to Indian Gardens. Our pace paid the price for the difficult descent. Calves still hurting 2 days later.
Warning: If you dress like a 70’s PE teacher, do not attempt to hike the canyon rim to the river in one day
Snowmelt led to several unexpected water crossings
top and bottom
18 miles was not too far to carry the flask…
…and the rabbit
stopped 1:45 into the climb for our only break, finished the climb up Kaibab in 3:30
that hurt
enjoying kahlua and coffee outside El Tovar, soon to be assimilated by a swarm of Japanese tourists, their hive-mind decided this exact spot of the rim was where they must co-locate. Tip to our foreign guests: you look stupid wearing a hospital mask, and you wouldn’t be at risk for disease if you didn’t invade others’ personal space.
El Tovar
celebratory drink by the fireplace
