biking

Around the World

Sorry for the long delay since my last post. I have been traveling like a fiend for the past 6 months. So far I have been to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Lake Tahoe, Dayton OH, San Antonio, and Dillingham Alaska. Quite the whirlwind tour. I am happily settling back down in A-town. Here are a few photos to update all my fans :)

A few more downhilling pics

Lucy is a bad a**. that is her on the above.

Pink

As you can see from this pic, I got some fancy new hot pink pedals for my baby blue bike. They go really well with the pink body armor I wear for downhilling. I also recently acquired a full face helmet which I got just in the nic of time as I actually fell off the rock you see in this pic. In case you can't tell, its about a 6 or 7 foot drop. I landed on my back. fotunately I wear pink pads!

Biking with sonia

finally went riding

yeah! I finally went riding again. It has been a while since my last mountain bike ride. As some of you know, I tore was quadracep muscle pretty good. It has been about 7 weeks since my last cross country ride. I rode McDowell mountain a few days ago. It happens to be the best trail I have ridden in phoenix, unfortunately, it took me three years to find it. Just my luck, I finally found a great trail 1 week before I move back to california. Another slightly unfortunate decision was bringing my downhill bike on a crosscountry ride. Not only does the bike weigh a freakin ton, but my derailer is bent, so I couldn't shift gears. It was kinda like riding a tank up the face of a mountain. 12 miles later, my friends were sitting in the parking lot waiting for me as I exhaustingly rolled up dripping sweat from every pore in my body. The long ride was well worth it though, I got see a rattlesnake. I attempted to take a picture of it with my new digital camera that i can hardly work. I couldn't figure why the picture wouldn't take until i realized I was taking a video of the snake. I have attempted to attach the accidental video, hope it works. It was a beautiful diamond back snake. i also snapped a couple of quick pics from the trail. I am hopefully going downhilling in a few days, may be able to get some more pics then.

RIDE ON!

Last Day

I officially finished my last day of the third year of medical school yesterday. I went down in style. I had one patient walking through the ward smoking a tampon like a cigarrette. I had a little mexian patient tell me "I just can't get rid of this bloody accent", in the worst fake British accent I have ever heard. And, I had another patient tell me that I had to leave the room because I was being motivated by evil spirits. Now, I have always tried to be motivated by good, even Godly spirits, but this man saw the evil within me. I think I accidently clicked my pen, and that is why he sensed my evil motivations. So, all in all it was just another day at work. I am however glad to be done with the third year, and I am very ready to move on. I start off my 4th year with a bang. Dad and I are going to costa rica for the month on a medical mission. I then get to spend a few weeks at home before I take the second part of my licensing exam. After that, the military gets me for two months. Then off to Alaska! Quite a bit of traveling coming up for me, but I can't wait. At least it will get me away from the blazing hot Arizona summer. Oh ya, I finally got my new camera, so hopefully some more pictures will be coming shortly:)