Where to start. This year was better than last year as my summer coaching duties diminished a little. In the end, though, most of my riding was during the week as weekends were pretty full until the middle of July. Spinal issues have sidelined me for the most part since September. But, I'm still upright and walking and that's all that matters.

Riding – rode more than the past two years but still not where I normally like to be. That will pretty much be the case until these last two, active girls finish high school in 2022. The highlight was the Tour de Palouse. As others state, just getting together with fellow BF members is a reward in itself. And then to have them travel to ride is even better. Kudos to [MENTION=170517]rccardr[/MENTION] for making the loooong trek for a great weekend.



And thanks to [MENTION=168558]Drillium Dude[/MENTION] for most of the photos:



Touring/Vacations – the next tour will have to wait. My wife and I celebrated our 30th anniversary in August by taking our two youngest and our oldest daughter to London for 8 days. It was an absolute blast and hopefully memorable for the girls.

Bike Collection – I had no intention of making any changes to the bike collection other than maybe stripping one or two low end ones and getting rid of the frames. Then October rolled around and I pulled a smoke and soot damaged Cannondale from a guys truck at the dump, overhauled and cleaned it up, traded it to my brother to get my 1984 Peugeot PSV back. The following day another brother calls and offers another 1984 Peugeot (PH10L). So, of course, I couldn't say no. 9.5 months of N=0 and then in 9 days it goes to N+2