Met a guy in the city today for some trials there. It was lots of fun and he gave me so many great tips about bouncing and prehops and stuff. I learned a lot and made real good progress. Best thing was when I got my tire up about 65cm (didn’t land it, though, as I fell backwards all the time). 
Didn’t make many pics but here are a few:
Took a ride down the seawall to catch the Celebration of Lights
I stitched together a time lapse out of 820 stills, but it seems like the 1 picture per second function doesn’t work that well for something as fast as fireworks.
My last one on the ferry came out a lot better. I would have rode on the ferry but I busted up my tube while I was waiting for it to arrive. 
Gratki 
i did the 5-lakes loop two years ago, but brought only the handycam along…great pics, but low resolution, today i brought the DSLR:
Now that’s what I call a dive!
Great pics! Is that something we could do together sometime? I will go to the ISDW and maybe we could meet up for something like that after that weekend?
Turtle… that’s amazing!
This morning, I rode my 36er with (behind) a hundred or so of my two wheeled brethren in the 3rd annual Le Tour de Pork through the vineyards of Huber’s Orchard and Winery in Starlight Indiana. Lot’s of elevation to be had and lost in “The Knobs” which I learned (the hard way) means hills and oh what mean hills they are.
When participating in organized events, I always move my pedals to the shorter hole of my dual Moment cranks so that I can spin (smaller circles) faster to try and keep up. The trade off in shorter crank length is reduced leverage, which would have come in handy climbing some of those steeper hills. Suffice to say, my legs are sore. But, in a good way.
Can’t say enough about the nice folks that put this on. From what I gather, this whole thing started as a pig roast in this guy’s backyard. It has grown into quite the b*ke ride. The SAG stops were top notch (Gatorade, Bananas, and Cookies) and the food afterwards (nothing like a huge pork sandwich before 11am) was delicious. I left right after lunch but the kegs had already been tapped and the beer was flowing.
Big thanks to the hosting venue of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. I will be back next year.
The proceeds go to funding the multi-use bike path that will connect Clarksville, Jeffersonville, and New Albany to the Big Four pedestrian (formerly RailRoad) bridge and eventually, the Louisville 100 mile (95% funded, 30% complete) Loop.
David,
It sounds like fun. Those hill on Le tour de Pork would be a great place to try out your new 36" guni. Have you had a chance to ride it yet?
Scott
That loop looks beautiful! Truly, amazing. I wish we had views like that in Wisconsin.
Sweet pics Turtle! Absolutely beautiful landscape.
thanks for all the positive comments! i love living in this area and try to get all i can 
Short, but steep climb up Bohlman/Orbit in Saratoga, CA. This is one of the few flat spots until the top where there is some easier riding. Low gear on a 26 made the climb pretty easy. 22% grade is the steepest it gets.
At the top of the road.
