You Know I Love Beer

If you know me at all you know that I enjoy really good beer, some might say I'm a little snobby, and they are probably correct in that assumption. Well, I decided to do a little sampling in the area to compare my favorite brews from back home ie Catawba Valley and Highland to some New England brands. I mean I figure if we are losing Anhueser piss.. I mean Busch to the Belgians we might as well enjoy true American beer while we still can, right. Fun fact: Did you know Miller is owned by a South African Company and Coors is partially owned by Canadians and the American half is homophobic? Anyhoo, back to the story I went on a brewery tour of the Wachusett brewery, stated in '93 by three cute engineers. The beer was OK, the porter was bitter to me, but the IPA was good. I wasn't too impressed, I'm partial to my Asheville roots... can I go to Barley's? Lurve ya!

Vacation

This ride had me awe struck, pretty much every house took my breath away. Imagine inviting front porches, fresh air, lively flower gardens, stone walls, friendly dogs, plush woods, and open back yards. Kinda love it, thought about how much Nanner would too. Welcome to Home and Garden Magazine. I wont bother you with the details, but it was a lovely morning. Days are quiet here, mostly relaxing. It's been raining like crazy so I've been jogging more than biking these days.
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Hanging with the Fam

Please beleive my family is a lot to take in all at once, love them to death but it's a lot of personalities in one room. As always, we are enjoying our time swimming, catching up, drinking (and lots of it), eating, playing games, and laughing. Could the world be a better place than that? So, this is my recent ride. I like the traffic here, because there is more of a shoulder and drivers just seem to get it.
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Biking

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Biking

After about ten going away parties (thank you for such a great send off, by the way), I made it to Townsend, MA for some family time before work starts. Great news, I found a few great bikes in the garage! A black GIANT kind of like mine minus the perks. Aunt Cathy and Uncle Chuck have these bikes that have been hanging up in the garage for years, including this sweet TREK. Anyhoo, the one I'm using has been neglected for three years, we fixed it up today and now it's riding pretty well. View Larger Map">