I’m a bit back-logged on things to blog about. It was quite a busy weekend.

Tammy and I both got off work a little early on Friday and planned to take advantage of the cool, over-cast weather to get in a bike ride. We didn’t even make it out of the parking lot before I heard the familiar hiss of a tire going flat. I had a patch on one of mine (a “trail repair” from last year) and the patch let go. I tried several things to get it fixed, but to no avail. The tube was a loss, so biking would have to wait.

Saturday, after sleeping in, we head out to Bicycles Inc. (only the best bike store in the world) to get a new tube and lust over the latest gadgets. Then it was off to the Movie Tavern. (If you’ve never been, I highly recommend it. It’s your basic movie theater except that every other row of seats has been replaced with a long table and the theater sports a full restaurant and bar. You order your food when you take your seat and food shows up about the time the previews are over. Best of all… FREE REFILLS!) We went to see Revenge of the Sith (review forth coming).

Saturday evening was spent at the home of our good friends Galyn and Kristen Black. As usual, they provided great food and great conversation. We provided the great root beer.

Sunday, my script for Memorial Day was read by Bill Guy, Brigadier General USAF Retired. It was a very moving piece and once I have the pictures and audio clips cleaned up, I’ll be posting about it.

Sunday afternoon we finally got around to riding our bikes. We rode to Six Flags (about four miles one way) and spent the afternoon riding rides. Right about the time we were ready to head home, I realized I didn’t have my keys. We back tracked and figured out which ride stole them from my pocket. The operator said she had just turned over some keys to a passing security guard. We made our way to the security office and waited for them to show up. After forty-five minutes, we began asking questions. After some detective work, it became clear that the keys they turned in where not mine. *sigh* We gave the situation into God’s capable hands and walked to dinner. Just as we finished dinner and were contemplating how to break into our third floor apartment, we got a call from Angela, my hero, the Six Flags security dispatcher. They had keys matching the description we had left. Thus the lock on our bikes and the screen door on our balcony lived to see another day. We made it to the apartment just before dark, about 8PM.

Monday, Memorial Day, we decided we had not had enough torture the previous night and decided to head out to Trinity Trails, a “green way” type bike/jogging trail that follows the Trinity River out of down town Fort Worth. It was still over-cast and we rode through occasional light rain. If you ask me, that’s the perfect conditions for a trail ride. Coming home (back to downtown and the truck) was pretty strenuous with a stiff head wind, but we made it. I’ve still got a lot of conditioning to do before August and Grand Teton, but I have come a long way.