Week 2

Not really an eventful week here in HF. I had a bike ride with Kerkstra up at the watershed, a day of OT, and a pretty cool hike in the Shenandoah NP. After procrastinating for nearly a month, I installed a cool blue chain on my old (07', lol) Kona. So, it went to the Shed with me. It felt really weird to have shifters and old tires. I was sliding all over the trail and forgetting to gear. I was way off balance when I first clipped in, ended up over the handlebars pretty hard within the first mile of the ride. Overall it was a good ride, found some new trails and had to road climb back up to the parking. Can't wait to get back on the Trek SS (single speed).

Yesterdays hike was up to Overall Run Falls. They are around 90ft tall and usually completely frozen this time of year. There was ice, but not what you would expect in January. Actually they are the tallest falls in the park. I had been here before, but my approach was from the east off Skyline Dr. This time we came in off of 340 which was pretty cool also. It was a clear cool day with great views of the Shenandoah Valley.

It's finally starting to feel like winter, which means everyone complains about the cold weather. It is a little hard to go from the 60's one day to the 20's the next, but I guess that just builds character, right? I just want to get on the snowboard more. Maybe I'll hit up Whitetail tomorrow.

O, I almost forgot about another new thing... I am dabbling with snowboard waxing. This really seems like it is completely doable, so I practiced with that old board I have lying around here (soon to be a bench). I had no idea how much of a mess the flaking wax is when you scrape it off. This back room was a complete disaster! The wax stuck to my shorts, legs, shirt, and feet then I spread it all over the house. I think it turned out ok so I'll do my loaner board this week just to master the skill before I touch my my new Antic. Skis are pretty similar so if anyone wants me to wax them, let me know.