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704 miles of my own

2009-10-01T02:17:29Z

I started riding my bike in early July and have logged a little over 700 miles since then. The goal was (and is) to get into better shape and drop a few pounds. So far, I have gotten into better shape, but haven't dropped many pounds. As in, I've lost 4.5 pound after riding 700 miles. While that kinda pisses me off, I know there are other factors involved like diet and so forth.

Anyway, Just thought I'd pop in the chart that I've created from my bike log data. I'm pretty pleased with the nice stair step of the number of miles logged each month, even though the number of rides each month has dropped slightly because I'm doing longer rides. I just home from a 20 mile ride home from work that I'm trying to get done twice a week until the time changes and makes that impossible. When I first started, that 20 mile ride home was my first major goal.

I know I've got a lot to learn on this stuff, but I'm enjoying getting out there and Damon's even gotten in on the act since we got him one of those tag along bikes that attaches to mine. He especially likes the 20mph downhill bits that we get from time to time.

21,000 miles on a bike

2009-09-29T03:01:52Z

I've logged about 650 miles on my bike since the beginning of July. This guy did 21,000 miles in a trip from California to the southern tip of South America, then across the US from New York back to California.

He wins.

Biking along the Santa Ana River

2009-06-21T22:09:45Z

For our Father's Day time today, Damon and I rode our bikes from Moon Park in Costa Mesa, down to Vista Park, along the Santa Ana River trail. Marnia met us with lunch, which was a good thing as Damon was getting a little tired as we neared our destination.

Looks like the GPS on my iPhone has some accuracy challenges. The 3mph speed looks about right. Not sure where the 93mph reading came from. That might be some sort of land-speed record on a cruiser bike.

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Bike ride at Fairview Park

2009-06-14T21:29:02Z

Damon and I went for a bike ride today at Fairview park in Costa Mesa. We even went over the railroad-style bridge to "Goat Hill Junction" where the little trains run and rode around in there for a while.

I turned on GPS logging on my Phone and created the track log below.

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Joe and China

2009-06-04T13:53:13Z

Got an email from Tim yesterday that Eric's dog Joe passed away recently and in the email he asked if I still had the video of Joe and China from when Joe was a puppy. I was able to find it, and the video is below. This was taken in 2001 or 2002 when Joe was about 7 weeks old.

It was nice to hear Judy's voice as well. I was kind of bummed that we can't see her in the video, but I'm sure that's the way she'd like it. It's all about the dogs, isn't it?

Moving

2009-05-05T07:53:14Z

Merry Christmas

2008-12-26T01:11:59Z

Yes, we're still here and still kicking. We were on our way out to some friends to celebrate Christmas Eve last night and took a minute to snap a quick family pic. Enjoy, and more updates coming soon. Probably.

Fundraiser for Damon's School

2008-09-22T00:09:19Z

Hello friends & family,
It's school fundraiser time again. If you're so inclined, visit the Great American Fundraising site via this link and anything you buy will be credited towards Damon's school and will earn Damon points towards some fabulous prizes.

The fundraiser runs only through the end of this month, so shop today!

Trip to the beach

2008-09-03T04:57:21Z

Went to the beach today with Caesar. A good time was had by all.

At the beach from Chris Henry on Vimeo.

Crazy Hair Day

2008-08-15T15:11:49Z

Career Plans

2008-08-08T15:40:22Z

In the car, on the way to school today:

Damon: Daddy, after I'm Buzz Lightyear, and Alex, then I want to be a knight in shining armor.
Daddy: Really?

Damon: Yeah. But I don't want to do girlie stuff?

Daddy: What's "girlie stuff"?

Damon: Princesses. I don't like princesses.

(Alex is the lion from the movie Madagascar)

Photo Update

2008-08-03T16:12:37Z

So, as usual, I've gotten behind on updating photos on the web site.

Idaho
First up are photos from the trip Damon and I took to Idaho to spend time with the family. Click the photo to see the rest of the pictures.

While we were there, we also rented a tag-along bike that Damon rode on with his Papa and had a great time. Here's short video I took:

Damon on the bike from Chris Henry on Vimeo.

The Orange County Fair
Last week, we went to the OC Fair for the afternoon. Click the image below for more pics.

Tree Climber

2008-05-17T18:55:37Z

Damon Climbing the tree from Chris Henry on Vimeo.

"Daddy, you're a dumbass"

2008-03-27T15:10:03Z

Okay, he didn't really say that. Exactly.

I didn't see my shoes this morning, and rather than looking for them, I enlisted Damon's help. He loves finding things, and it seemed like a win-win situation.

Turns out my shoes were sitting on the floor next to me, but out of my line of sight. Damon points them out to me, then says, "Daddy, you should look down there before asking me to help you find things."

Good point.

Playing Monkey

2008-03-17T14:22:45Z

I looked out of the garage yesterday, and there was Damon, he had the jog stroller parked under the tree and was standing on it to try and climb up into the tree. It was moving around a fair bit since he hadn't locked the wheels, but he almost had it.

Daddy: "Damon! What are you doing?"
Damon: "Playing monkey. I want to get up into the tree"

I'd seen him trying to climb up the trunk several times already, and I guess he'd decided that he needed a leg up.

We put the stroller back, and I gave him that one little boost that he needed and he climbed up into the tree. He even climbed down. The second and third times up the tree, he was able to do it much more quickly, but did get himself wedged in and had to be "rescued".

The first thing he wanted to do when Mommy got home was run outside (in the rain) to show her how he could climb the tree and after that first little bit of help from me, he scampered up it like he was born to it.

Any bets on how long the "you can only climb the tree when Mommy or Daddy are helping you" rule will hold?