Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Awakening and Work ( fun n dollars)


Remember the statue "The Awakening" and it's cool location on the tip of Haines Point? The above photo is not of the awakening but I shot this statue in Germany (Kahrlsru or sumpin) I realize that the Haines Point one is still around but simply relocated to another location...the "National Harbor" which is really sorta out of the way and not convenient for most people. A nice place and worth the visit if you plan on spending some money, especially, but its earlier location was better as a DC accessable item and hang out. Which is exactly what I did late at night as a teen to impress a girl and bail on my own keg party, I have two other brothers so they were always shared mayhem events anyway. Yeah,.. big digression from todays ride to Hains Point. It was harder to get there today thanks to heavy headwinds then to ride once there. There was little going on and the few I saw were doing spinning and chatting. Soo I went home ..back to McLean.
Work has gotten in the way of trying to get some better miles to get ready for the weekends Grand prix and the bike jam on Sunday. I could use a teammate or two who rode in or around my category to help give some motivation and some ride sharing...as well as training together with. Gets lame now that it is the second year with nobody to ride with...WAH. I guess you make your bed and so on. next year things might change,..who knows and its still early for this season sorta. Work is going well and more lawn contracts are coming along as well as the more satisfying work of creating mulch beds and constructing rock walls to contain new plantings and so on. I love seeing the results of all the new rain as far as growth of plantings and seed development.. Blah blah so at least i have that going for me. ( that was a reference to the movie Caddyshack when Bill Murray recalls a trip to India and he was given a prayer by the Dahli Lahma..or sumpin like that.

3 comments:

  1. Agreed. Moving The Awakening from Hains Point was ridiculous...even if it made hammering around the bend safer (see: less tourists dawdling across the road). Yes, I just used "dawdling" in a sentence. See you at BikeJam.

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  2. Does a goose dawdle or is that a general alternative to amble,..? You make the call..but yeah thx Grayson for the agreement and yes Ye olde Bike Jam,..I will be the guy with the George Clinton look cept white...B-more camouflage.

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  3. chris

    scroll down for some sweet shots that may bring back some memories of The Awakening at Haines Point!

    http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=haines

    http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/search?q=awakening

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