riding, walks, a BEAR, and a Chicken

This week was a quiet one. Bernice was gone almost the whole time; she was in North Georgia with her supposed friend Cheryl(more on that in a minute.) Derek and I held down the fort and did quite well with both the housekeeping and meals end of things. Riding was somewhat limited due to pesky rain (which we need - so I dare not complain).

Activities this week were divided between work, some riding, lots of dog walking,and housekeeping. The dog & I had some late night early morning walks which both of us seemed to enjoy.

I did also have two nice long phone calls with friends: Tim from Tennessee and
Darrell from California it was good to catch up with both of them. The only bad thing about having friends scattered around the country is you do not get to see them as often as you would like to.

Bernice had fun hiking in North Georgia with Cheryl. But Cheryls true colors were revealed last Thursday. They had just read up on bear saftey and how you should stick togehter, act BIG, walk away slowly without turning your back. Well the two of them encounterd a bearon the trail. Cheryl TOOK OFF SCREAMING--- YIKES!!! Luckily the bear did not eat my lovely wife. (the above Bear is not the one they saw)(for those of you who followed us this summer Cheryl was the Heckeler in my Blog)

They had a chance to have lunch with Uncle Bob from the bike trip.
He seems to show up and eat whenever we are in the area. This time he was with the lovely Sherry, his bride who hails originally from Chattanooga, TN. They had a LOOOOONG lunch that lasted till after 4:pm (from a 12:30 start) He tends to chew his food rather methodiclly due to his advanced age and weak digestive system.



He was inducted into the "Brotherhood of the Chicken"

For those of you who do not know this is normally given while accomplishing a particularly arduous task requiring perseverance to complete. I got mine while riding accross the country.. well Bob got his for having to endure a 3 hour lunch with Cheryl.