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Went on a sweet mountain bike ride today!  I have been wanting to get into mountain biking for a long time, but have been rather fearful of the whole situation.  I took my sweet little Specialized Stump Jumper out for a short spin on Sunday and was immediately hooked.  So, got some friends together and went for a longer more involved ride today.  Santa Cruz is an incredible place to mountain bike, it is so beautiful!  I have been kind of against the sport because I've seen a lot of people drive to their trailheads to go for rides and that has always just seemed silly to me.  In Santa Cruz you are surrounded by trails and never have to get in the car to find a sweet route.  There are tons of fire roads that are nice for learning and then a lot of single track through the beautiful redwoods.  I am of course starting out rather cautious, but it is really fun and reminds me a lot of snowboarding off trail.  It is the same constant state of focus and maneuvering at high speeds.  Basically going as fast as you can but still be in control enough to not run into anything or just eat it.  Thus, the constant adrenaline rush.  

Four of my friends and I took advantage of the long weekend to take a trip on our bikes to Monterey. We headed south on the Pacific Coast Bike Route for about fifty miles on Saturday through strawberry fields and along the beautiful coast. Stormy rain clouds chased us the whole day, but made for nice riding weather and a gorgeous sky. The rain finally caught us right as it was getting dark and right as we were getting into Monterey. We stayed with some wonderful friends who were incredibly hospitable! They fed us amazing food and set us up with beds to sleep in as well as great stories. We woke up late on Sunday to clear sunny skies! We followed the bike path down by the wharf and out to Lover's Point...the Monterey Bay is so mind-boggling! We headed back north into a bit more wind, but rode together and took turns pulling while others enjoyed the draft created by the group. We made it back to Santa Cruz just a little after dark, exhausted but in very high spirits feeling proud of ourselves and bonded together through the experience we shared. We concluded the trip with delicious burritos that were well earned and very satisfying.

This game was the most exciting, and scary game I have ever been to.  The crowd was insanely loud.  It was amazing.  Cromartie and Sproles were absolutly amazing.  I hope that Cromartie will now start over Jammer.  Cromartie is sooo good.  The chargers offense is utter trash.  They cannot do anything.  The offensive line does not push or create holes.  LT has no where to go, and as for P Rivers, he cannot throw the ball.  We almost lost but got lucky that one of the best field goal kickers in the nfl missed 2 field goals.  Wow, if we would have lost, I think Norv would have been fired (which wouldn't be a bad thing), lucky we won... I would have cried if we would have lost.