Burning the Midnight Oil

Marissa getting some laptop time in just a few days before Hayden was born.

Bikes: The choice of a new generation

No rain.

I like watchin' the puddles gather rain

Bailey.

The new man on the block.

Meet the newest member of our family! Hayden!

Hakkalugi? Yes please.

My personal Lugi'.

Stateside on the street

Yaroslav Popovich

Phil Liggett and Bob "Bobke" Roll

Villanous Monday: Floyd Landis

Floyd at the 2006 Tour de Georgia...before the big scandal. This photo was taken just 3 months before he would don the yellow jersey and win the Tour de France (which he was ultimately stripped of because of a doping scandal).

Lance Armstrong, 2004 TdGeorgia

Lance signing in at the start of the Athens, Georgia stage of the 2004 TdG.

Dahlonega, Ga - Tour de Georgia finish

The bunch as the approach the finish in Dahlonega.

Tour de Georgia: Dawsonville, Ellijay, Atlanta

Anxiously awaiting the finish in Dahlonega.

BMC Machines, 2006

Dave Zabriskie, CSC, Tour de Georgia

Vive le Tour. Bikes, bikes, and more bikes.

Alrighty folks. From now until July 24, it's all bicycle related posts. The 2011 Tour de France is happening right now, and this is as close as I am going to get to it this year. This is serious. Heck, I might even have to throw a special Saturday or Sunday post in there. Apologies up front if you aren't a big bike fan. Hopefully you are a photography fan and can enjoy regardless of the content.

I am going to mix in a bunch of pictures from my "Tour de Georgia" days. You know, back when we all were Floyd Landis fans? Yea, the old school southern tour. Along with Floyd, you will see pictures of:

-Lance Armstrong (2005)
-Phil Liggett
-Bob Roll
-Dave Zabriskie
-Viatcheslav Ekimov
-Yaroslav Popovych

For starters, I'm going to throw a shot my Explorer and my bike in there. If I am ever going to get the chance for an Explorer viewing, now is that chance. Now to turn the attention to the bike on top. My road bike at the time was a steel 2003 Marin San Marino. It was my first road bike, and I put 11,000 miles on her before I went carbon. Anyway, this photo was taken the night before the Brasstown Bald stage of the 2006 tour. I was looking for a place to camp/sleep in the back of the Explorer.

Just an old fashioned love song.

Hi. Where's Mrs. Stanwyk? In her cabana.

I'm supposed to meet her. Cabana 6?

Cabana 1. You would like something to eat or drink?

Actually, I would.

Charge it to the Underhills?

Right.

Givenchy

A week of Widespread Panic: Porch Song

Widespread Panic:

Porch Song

"Havin' a good time, here today

    Watching the sun shine, matinee

    Never the wrong time, time we stay

    Living the moontime, time we play

    Living the moontime, time to live it up!"

This last one goes out to my love Marissa on her birthday. She is NOT a Panic fan, but does enjoy a little Porch Song every now and then.

When I think Panic, I often think Telluride. I was lucky enough to see Panic in Telluride in 2003, but the photo here was of a Blues and Brews trip we took out to Telluride in 2008.

So, it's Telluride, it's Panic, it's Friday and it's Marissa's birthday. Happy birthday babe!