After hiking around the Grand Canyon, we headed south to Sedona, AZ. If you’re ever making a trip to the Grand Canyon, definitely put Sedona on the “must visit list”. I honestly enjoyed Sedona just as much as the Grand Canyon. My first thought when we were approaching Sedona, was “why do we live in Raleigh [...]
We arrived at the Grand Canyon(GC) on our first day at about 4:30pm, about 30 minutes before sunset. I’ve always seen pictures of the GC before, but I never realized what an incredible sight it was. We parked the rental car and walked right out onto Mather Point. Seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time [...]
The day after Ironman Arizona, we were looking for some very light physical activity. Ann found the Apache Trail, which is only about 30 minutes outside of Tempe. I don’t know how she finds these places but they’re awesome. Lots of fun winding roads with spectacular views. You can see miles of canyons, cactus plants, and [...]
With all of the recent hurricane and tropical storm activity, I was really looking forward to the Tour De Moore Century this Labor Day. There was another tropical storm making its way towards NC, but I really didn’t care. I just wanted to get back out on the road and do some hard work on the [...]
As I alluded to previously, we had to figure out a way to get 2 mangled boat lifts out of the water. The weather was nice that day, but the water was still pretty choppy, making the process much more difficult.
Throughout the clean up process, I’ve come to believe that bigger is better. Ex: Get [...]
Nine days ago as I prepared for hurricane Irene’s arrival I was thinking I’m either going to be in Raleigh with no power and eating out of an ice cooler, or down at the Pamlico River with no power and eating out of an ice cooler. I just had that feeling. Most of the media seem [...]
It has been nearly 2 months since we signed up for Ironman Mont-Tremblant(IMMT) for August 2012. With just over 3 months to go before Ironman Arizona(IMAZ), we have to start thinking seriously about how to at least become adequate at climbing hills…and descending them, just as importantly. In my immediate area, there simply aren’t [...]
Photo by iChaz
Today was the 19th Annual Firecracker 100k and 50k ride. This was my 5th or 6th time doing this ride, and I still love it. You start out at Salt Box Village in Cary at 8 a.m. and head out of town on Kildaire Farm Rd. This ride is great because [...]
Happy New Year everyone. My wife and I were just returning to Raleigh last night around 6pm from a quick daytrip. I had my new camera with me, and was hoping to get a couple of pictures of the Christmas Lights downtown, before they all get taken down in early January(tomorrow).
Apparently I [...]
On Monday afternoon I read that Monday night/Tuesday morning would be a pretty cool Lunar eclipse. I decided that would be pretty cool to try and get a photo of. So I did some quick research to try and figure out the best way to take a picture of the moon.
As it turns out, this [...]