Please allow me to introduce myself

Couch, meet Mr. Potato.

Mr. Potato, meet Counch

I now pronounce me Mr Couch Potato.

I think I'm going to sit on something besides a bike seat for a couple of days.
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More of the same

View from the train window

What did I say about train travel a month ago?

I forget what I said about the first train trip, but my current feeling is train travel rocks.

We got a roomette, or whatever they call it, for the LA to San Jose section of the trip (San Diego to LA was a different train without the same option). It was actually cheaper than 2 coach tickets (said the ticket agent) and it includes 2 meals we don't need to pay for seperately. Big seats. Fold down bunk above for sleeping (for David), with plenty of headroom below for sitting with the iPod and staring out the window (for Jon). Rolling through Santa Barbara listening to Jack Johnson. Life is good.
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C'est fini

We rode across the border this morning. When we turned around to go back we spotted te light rail. Since our objective was the border, we considered it a done deal. Light rail dropped us at the train station. The bikes are boxed for tomorrow's train ride. It's all over except the celebratory bottle of wine while watching th VP debate tonight.
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I was like a shark out there today.

If I stopped moving, I figured I'd die. I'm pretty sure it was over 100 degrees, certainly while going inland through Camp Pendleton. And I was wearing my rainjacket in order to prevent the sunburned arms from seeing more sun. I was OK as long as I was moving and getting a cooling breeze, but I felt if I stopped I would overheat and die.

On the otherhand, I was wearing my - Petroleum, Satan's Energy Drink - jersey so it may have been just as well that I covered it up whike riding through there. The funniest site of the day was the convoy of HumVees that passed us, maybe a dozen. They all had yellow 'Student Driver' signs hanging on the back. I'd never thought about that before and found it pretty amusing.
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What's the maid going to think?

I put so much Aloe Vera on my arms last night that when I woke up this morning the sheets were green. Really, I'm not kidding. I wonder what story she is going to make up in her mind to explain that. Or maybe it doesn't even make the top 10 list of strange things she's goiing to see today.
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