Sunday is my big ride day, but even those have been few and far between this year due to other commitments. Today I planned a century, but I knew I was in trouble before I was even half way done. Too hot. By then I was committed though, since I couldn't turn around without running out of water.

That haze in the distance isn't haze, its pine pollen.
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt11.jpg

Bambi and Thumper
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt21.jpg

My favorite cemetery
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt31.jpg

Self portrait
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt41.jpg

A cotton field. This'll be plowed and planted soon
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt61.jpg

Blessed shade
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt71.jpg

The gauntlet. This route takes me across the Congaree river and its floodplain
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt8.jpg

Still on the bridge
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt9.jpg

I like my pavement baked.
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt10.jpg

Downtown St. Matthews, SC.
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt12.jpg

Breezeway1
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt13.jpg

Breezeway2
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt14.jpg

Confederate vet1
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt15.jpg

Confederate vet2
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt16.jpg

Another self portrait
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt17.jpg

Mt Carmel Baptist Church
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt18.jpg

A hill!!!
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt19.jpg

A steeple!!!
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt20.jpg

Home!!!!
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt211.jpg

And did I mention the pollen? I'm still hacking it out.
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/stmatt22.jpg

very nice but something just isn't right about that steeple.
i just can't put my finger on it...

why is your computer in a plastic bag?

why is your computer in a plastic bag?

pollen allergies no doubt

pollen allergies no doubt
Heh. No, I put it on there for a rainy ride some time back, and since its not in the way I've just left it.

The Pines are a couple months out for us. I hate that stuff. A month of snot for me. And Blue Lake Tahoe turns into Yellow Stew Lake Tahoe. Those roads look great. Did you make a century?

The Pines are a couple months out for us. I hate that stuff. A month of snot for me. And Blue Lake Tahoe turns into Yellow Stew Lake Tahoe. Those roads look great. Did you make a century?
Nope. Gotta find another 7 miles out there somewhere on the loop because I refuse to do laps around the neighborhood to make up the difference. And I'm not sure I had another 7 miles left in me anyhow. :)

very nice but something just isn't right about that steeple.
i just can't put my finger on it...


He is holding the camera the wrong way.

very nice but something just isn't right about that steeple.
i just can't put my finger on it...
You must be very short.