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Sunday was the last Cross on the Rocks race at the brilliant venue of Shawnigan lake school. Mical and I awoke nice and early, had a big ass breaky , packed up Big Red and made our last race day trip up island. For those of you who have never seen Shawigan School it is one of those places that the Fortune 500 kids go to school at. The grounds are out of a fairy tale almost and the facility as a whole is immaculate! You walk into the rugby clubhouse where registration was and its all oversized leather sofas and chairs. I wanted to cancel our day and get a cigar and brandy and enjoy the room, but there is a race today so maybe another time! All set so we gear up for a couple warm up laps of the 3km course. Super soft "cow pasture" right off the horn. Twisty, off camber, slippery and throw in a mini whirly bird too........thats gonna be DEEP!! Next section spit you into a creek bed single track, rocky and how you say moist and fast? Leading up high speed to the run up of 1000 ...

I am sitting here editing photos, having a beer and reflecting on this past week and all the emotion and energy surrounding it. It was truly one of the busier weeks in a long while. First there's racing Sunday, Mical and I driving home Monday, working all week and squeezing in a few pre work rides, organizing and unpacking and lotsa figuring out where stuff goes best....as well as 8 bikes!! Take that and couple it with my fathers passing my mind has had hardly a moment to rest. If Mical wasn't with me this would be soooo much harder then it al ready is! She truly is the light of my day! She arrived right into a double header weekend of racing on the rock! I couldn't get Saturday off so I sent her out solo in Big Redd to find the farm. From what I heard it was a total slop fest!! And after seeing some pics I know why! She had fun and her bike and kit, even after spraying it off was more then a lil funky!! hahah. Jamie and Susan threw a nice social later that eve and we got t...

It has been a few days since dad has finally passed away and I honestly don't know what I am feeling. Such a mixture of emotions that I don't have the ability to truly deal with. I had spent 7 weeks with him and watched him deteriorate to the point that no human should reach and it tore my soul apart bit by bit. From the strongest man to the most frail frame imaginable. Nobody should have to go through what he did and conversely nobody that loves him should have to watch it. It is absolutely gut wrenching. If I had to do this solo I wouldn't make it. Being back here I find myself not really caring about anything other then Mical and us living our life. Not motivated to work hard at the shop even though I truly do enjoy work and all its foibles!! I just want to ride my bike, eat good food and have fun with my girlfriend. I don't think that's to much to ask is it? To bad about that money part!! Mical will just have to become a venture capitalist!!! ;) I am supposed t...