happy thanksgivings
Today, Ang and I will feast with the parental-units, the red-neck bro, his best red-neck friend who has piss-holes for eyes, his wife and their two kids. Should be a relaxing time. We will dig in & chow down, talk about life, argue, laugh and watch the kids and the dogs play in the yard. It will be Americana in its own right. It will be one of millions of similar experiences but it will be unique in that it is Thanksgivings with my fam, just like you and yours.
And Manana? Manana will be a joyous, post gorge right of passage that I will experience along side 100 or so like minded souls. I will ride with good friends both known and not, all around this stinking, piece of shit-ass valley on the Flight of the Pigs… v11. And over the 80 miles of riding, we will see the good things that still remain here.. albeit by a thread: the trails, and good people that ride, the soul of it all… the city itself. These things and the countless details of the ride and the sharing of the experience will compensate for the many things that this place of consumption, intolerance, cars, sprawl and 5 million people who fiend for the dollar, take away from the experience of living.
This will be my 4th or 5th time on the ride and it will no doubt, be as epic as ever.
It is true that the holidays are simply a time to experience the good things of our lives and in that, all ya’llz have a great holiday however you celebrate it.
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