Reality of Mountain Biking

I road my first real mountain bike trail this week and I wrecked. The accident happened it a matter of split seconds. I was riding the Owl's Roost trail in Greensboro last week when the wreck occured. I went out biking with my friend Gerald, his 2 sons, and my nephew John. I was traveling down the trail and came to a big drop off in the trail. Gerald son was behind me on the trail and was following a little to close to me. As I started down the slope I hit the brakes and Bam!!...I suddenly found myself heading toward the ground. Gerald's son was to close as we went down the slope and he didn't realize I was slowing down. So when I braked he ran right into me. I received a few scratches and bruises, but got right up and kept on riding. In all, it was a great day of riding. I can't wait to go out again soon. Hopefully next time I'll stay on my bike 100% of the time.

Oh Look at the Pretty Red Ant

Yesterday I was enjoying spending time with my family at a birthday party. Christian, Luke( my nephew), and I were outside when a beautiful ant came walking across the drive way. Amazed, I decided to get a closer look at this ant.

I guess in the wild beauty can be deceiving, Bravely, I picked up the ant. It decided to crawl up my arm and sting me in the back of the neck. Ouch, now that wasn't very nice of that female Red Velvet Ant. After coming home and doing my research it turns out that it really isn't an ant at all. It is more like a wasp. It also bears the nickname "cow killer" because of its powerful sting. I'll tell you that thing was no joke. It felt like someone hit me in the back of the neck with a baseball bat. Man, what was I thinking. Next time, I'll leave stuff I don't know about alone.

Hot

In my younger years I would stay outside and play in the extreme heat all day long. In my older years I have fallen in love with the air conditioner and find little reason to venture out into the heat. The extreme heat has halted mowing grass in the mid-afternoons. I have to add ice to the dog's bowl or it reaches an almost semi-boiled temparature. Chrisitan stays inside. Beth definitely doesn't go outside. These are the dog days of summer. I need some ice cream.