Headed to Fat Tire

Heading north towards Hayward, Wisconsin to attend the Fat Tire mountain bike race tomorrow. It's been our obligation for the last nine years to place ourselves on top of the Seeley Fire Tower hill to cheer on the riders as they climb the steep, rocky hill. Bike man and I have climbed that steep hill ten years ago, so I totally understand those intense expressions on the faces of the riders. Cow bells, grilled brats, a beverage of joice......that's our support to all the riders. Should be a fun time, but I usually loose my voice by mid afternoon.

We are doing a bottle hand-off to our rider friend (awesome racer Mark Lewis) on top of fire-tower hill. This is serious stuff, even down to standing in the exact place every year to hand him the bottle .....every second counts ya know?

Hope to get some good photos.

Summer's End

I'm still tired from Sunday's tomato marathon. Thanks to Caryn for helping with the day long canning project.....I really loved her straw hat! With lack of energy, I just came home after work and enjoyed the quietness of home.....and a great meal. Beef and veggie grilled kabobs with seasoned couscous. Thanks Bike man!

More Tomatoes

More tomatoes in deed! Like I mentioned before, my friend Joan had this bumper crop of tomatoes.....too many tomatoes for her. Once again, she offered for Bike man and me to come on over and pick tomatoes. We came home with two laundry baskets full. Spent most of our Sunday processing tomatoes.

We invited our friend Caryn to come over and help with the canning process. So what did we make this time? We made 30 more pints of salsa, 7 quarts of tomatoes chunks and 10 quarts of tomato soup.

Our outdoor kitchen was so nice and so airy! All of the mess was outside, so that made me very happy. Finished our canning by 9 pm last night. Lots of work, and lots of sore feet!

My treat to a hard day of sweating among the tomatoes yesterday, was a late afternoon ride today with my friend Kim. Beautiful day for a ride. Very warm and breezy, plus we were covered in gnats when we finished our ride at 7:10 pm. The pink sunset was amazing tonight, but now we are experiencing 30-40 mph wind gusts from the cold front moving in. The weather is certainly changing......a sign that fall is really coming. (22 miles)