The title of this blog comes from a man named Dennis. You see, when I returned from my mission I worked doing cement construction for about two months before I started school. One of the guys I worked with was a beaten down, hard labor, hard livin', rough edge guy named Dennis. Now, Dennis didn't say much other than we were doing work that killed his back and that he was living in his car. However, one morning when we jumped in the dump truck to drive to the job site, I said, "good morning Dennis" and he looked straight ahead put his hat over his face and slouched in the seat and said, "just another day in paradise". That phrase stuck with me and I was determined to find paradise. One of those areas of paradise in life - I believe - is riding with friends on two wheels up a canyon road. That is paradise. So this title is a tribute to you Dennis, wherever you are, I hope today was just that - another day in paradise.

Tribute to the ride

Our family has moved several times in the past five years. We have gained many good friends and specifically - riding friends. This blog is dedicated to all my friends that ride to help keep off the extra pounds (me), to barrel down a mountain while dodging cars (Lee) or for whatever reason. On this blog I would like to hear about your latest race, ride, or planned endurance event. To start off, we have relocated to San Diego and now live where the sun shines - almost all the time. My commute to work is about 12 miles and I have been riding my bike 3x a week. California is nice because employers think about the .05% of employees who actually ride to work. My employer has arranged bike lockers and showers for employees wanting to ride to work. It works out just right. I've stocked my cubicle with all things good from Costco (not as much as Barr) so I am sure I won't go hungry. My goal is to get back to my "race weight" when I was without children or real responsibility. So here's to getting back to 165 one commute to work at a time!
Anyhoo, please tell me all things bike - I really want to hear about it.

Thanks for looking,

Justin