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// May 17th, 2008 // 7 Comments » // A Day Down Under
Supposedly old news is not good news. Luckily, with the stuff you will find here in this blog, the date is irrelevant, and i more or less just include (what i think are) cool photos and other cycling associated entertainment! I must be honest, this post was started just after returning from my last road trip (two weeks ago), and this is actually my sixth time sitting down to try and get it done. There are all sorts of reasons why it has taken so long, and one of the main reasons is my laziness! Another big reason is that now that University has finished for the Summer, everyone seems to have left the apartment complex, and there is no more wireless for me to use. We had to go and buy a router two days ago!
So anyway, these photos below are old now, but still have a good enough story behind them… Well, i am not sure about a story, but maybe something entertaining!
South Carolina has a great feeling when you are travelling through it. I am not sure if it is the really flat, sandy landscape, or the nice warm air, or possibly my love of explosives? Every time i arrive in South Carolina i start to wonder if i am dreaming:
I can just see right now how Mum would just be shaking her head, yelling, “how do you think that’s funny!?”
Here is Keith, posing with one of the few advertisements for the great man when we were out for a morning ride in Beaufort. It was crazy, we just kept passing all these signs advertising Keith.
Here he is again…
Unfortunately, i didn’t take a photo of the other business we passed, but it was Keith’s Billiard Hall and Games Room. It isn’t all that funny i guess, but seeing three “Keith” things in the space of about 500 metres was quite entertaining for us, on an otherwise uneventful morning!
After racing in a few criteriums in South Carolina, a few of us headed up to Washington DC to race in the US Air Force Classic. On the way we stayed with the big man, Mark Hekman, at his place in Winston Salem. Mark is a champion, and it was really nice of him to let us stay with him at his house. Some of us stayed in the cottage out the back, which was built before Australia was even settled! It was amazing, and full of antiques. The craftsmanship that went into building the cottages here is amazing, just so perfect, and made to stand the test of time.
Here is a motor bike we passed on the highway. There was a truck and trailer following him with another identical bike on the back. Check it out, he saw me taking the photo so gave me the thumbs up! I wonder if he realises he is probably world-famous now?
The race up in DC started right here by the US Air Force Memorial. It, like all of the other monuments in the area, is quite stunning.
We raced by the Memorial every lap, and while the hill up to it didn’t seem like much, it hurt! I think we went by it twelve times, and i think i took the photo on lap four, when we went a bit slower up the climb…
Here is a classic blog photo. I haven’t had many opportunities to get any snaps like this lately, so i had to jump on the opportunity, and the plane, when i got the chance!
In other news, Melbourne finally won a game last time they played! I have a feeling by the time anyone reads this, they will be back on the losing list, but it has given me a glimmer of hope that they can make the finals, and i can get to see them play when i get home at the end of the year!
The Wright Brother’s first flight covered a distance equal to only half the length of the wingspan of a Boeing 747.
