Friday, July 24, 2009
39: A Bird, a Bonfire, and a Few Old Friends
| Stoker's Log |
| Day Thirty Nine |
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| 7/24/09 |
| Rest Day |
| Aurora, CO |
The Hase Pino is out of our hands and at the bike shop. It looks like we'll have to be without it for several days at least, because there is a lot to fix and some of it requires parts to be shipped in. We're eventually going to have take a serious look at our schedule to figure out how to make up the time, but for now we're just enjoying the break.
We wanted to visit Dave at his museum job, but that plan fell through when he got out early. Instead, we enjoyed downtime at the house, admiring the incredible work they've done on pretty much every surface of their home, playing on their Wii Fit for hours (because, you know, we haven't been getting enough exercise lately) and laughing at the antics of their pet bird, Don Quixote.
He helped Pickle make us a delicious breakfast.
He flew around the house, periodically landing on our heads and other round objects.
And he demonstrated his bobbing, cooing mating dance. He seems especially attracted to hands and feet.
At night we had dinner and drinks on the back porch with Ryan and Adrienne, who are also Gettysburg alums and part of the reason that Dave and Pickle moved out here. It was really great to get to know them (they were at Gettysburg before my time) and their infant daughter, whom they are already training to be a left handed sports star. Dave built a fire and we concluded the relaxing night together roasting s'mores and watching the flames.
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