christmas was, as it should be, good, with the family gathering for dinner on christmas eve this year, since my parents and brother had to fly down to tampa for a soccer tournament on christmas day proper... despite some chaos cause by my sister getting called in to work in the afternoon we had a great evening... warm and inviting in that great and intangible way that christmas is supposed to be...
i stayed the night at my parents and after breakfast, as they were getting ready to head to the airport i started to get ready to ride... they live a couple of miles from schaeffer farms, and 2 days of sub-freezing weather held he prospect of good riding conditions. i finally got up there around 1 and it was quickly apparent that conditions were not the best... in spite of the temperature staying below freezing the sun had warmed the trails enough to soften the surface of the more exposed parts of the trail... i stuck to the more sheltered parts of the trail and rode for and about an hour and half, huffing and wheezing in the winter air, alone... completely alone... for the only time i can remember i rode a full loop at schaeffer without seeing another soul... just a deer, some squirrels, and a few cows...
flew down to tampa today to meet up with my brother and parents... i haven't see my brother play for almost a year, so i'm looking forward to watching the games... i've also been tasked to videotape them to help with the college application/recruitment process. hopefully it'll be easy enough that i can get my dad to handle the camcorder for a couple of the games and i can shoot some stills...
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