I always like musical references for my life. Odd I'm not a musician,but music is an important part of my daily life.
Changes in Attitude. I decided to the Six summits and a six pack mountain bike ride, also know as Drunken Sunday instead of the Whitney Point road race. Let's see WPRR I've done probably 17 time DS zero,even though they've had it 9 years.
On my way there I'm listening to Outlaw Country and a song comes on "A good day to be a bad husband" by the band "I can kick any sonofabitch". Great lyrics.  How can you go wrong with. "I gave you whiskey cigarettes and porn". Good guitar work and that local talent band sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1UMckwZGFg  I don't know how to embed a video so here's the link.

Up bright and early for breakfast and the first beer at the shop. I chose a Bruxelles de Blanche. One of my favorites. Start the day with a little spice and fruit. I sat down with my fresh off the grill sandwich and there was a pack of Marbs. Nice.

So all twenty of us fueled up and headed for Ely Park. Of course it started to rain. It was warm and all was good. Up.Up we went. lots of thick grass. Single speeds to the front. Then we descended to our second beer of the day. MMM fig newtons and beer. I had a Sam Adams Blackberry wheat. Not bad. The bikes were pointed towards the Brick Yard. I hadn't ridden there in probably 10 years. Never a favorite. but the trails were fun and down we went to Jim's house for  a  Lowenbrau and donuts. Fuel of Champions.

Next was Millers farm. The last time I was up here, I was dropped and got lost. Ended up in some angry homeowners backyard and rode back to Bingo n the road. Today's plan was hang with Todd. up and Up we went. Too bad the fog clouded the view. It's truly a 360 view up there. On the descent the group split with one group taking a wrong turn and ending up in  a dog pen. We think this may have been some sort of X-Files pen to capture humans and harvest organs. But they escaped unscathed. On to Dick's house for more beer and food. Here I had a Southern Tier Pale Ale. MMMMM. Very tasty.  We had bagels,peanut butter,cream cheese and watermelon. Dick's yard had some interesting yard ornaments.

On wards and upwards. again SS to the fore. we were headed to Mills St and the bowls. I'm amazed at how all theses trails link around little Bingo. Todd Josh and I did a little extra loop. Todd was flying on the cambers. I hit a stump and lost my rhythm a bit but still kept Josh in sight. Apparently we were behind schedule for the day. So we dropped down to Matt's house for Old Milwaukee and Matt's secret dip. Tasty.
One summit to go. Storm clouds loomed. Todd said it would be a TT to the top of South Mountain. SS to the front. The three of us were up first and then the group changed. Todd said this is the X-19 group. Off we went. X-19 is a great trail. Nice way to finish the day. Then it was a split back to the shop or climb back to South mountain for the descent? The thermometer in the back of my head popped up. Done cooked ready to eat. I think Todd was disappointed I didn't go. Then one of the Rachacha gets a double flat. lots of flats today. With that fixed we rolled back to the shop for more beer and lots of good food. Cyclists sure can cook. Big Thanks to the guys at the shop for hosting this event. See you next year.
In the end my hands and feet had called it quits. The brain wasn't far behind.

Also this weekend Saturday. We headed up to Ommegang for some product and to see the old time vintage baseball game.

We took a picnic and had a "ballpark delicacies" there. Then the rain started. seems to always rain there. Good time to fill the cars with product and get out of there.
Jake became a Hobbit in the rain.

His Dad Needed to get aero for the ESG's.

 Mucho bucks later we were on the road headed home in a crazy storm. We drove out of it and all was good.

Enjoy life,ride your bike,drink good beer and love your friends. OGQ. Here's one of me for all of you who asked.