Bikerscum - Patrick St. Jean

I got down to Holy Archangels Monastery later on in the morning on Thursday, got settled in, and found Fr. Michael, who put me to work disassembling some scaffolding on the side of one of the buildings.  After that we worked on installing some electrical… more »

Sleeping in is good, after all, it is a vacation.  Once we got moving we loaded the car up and headed out to Carlsbad to spend some time under ground.  We got in with plenty of time to spare and I scored a sweet shirt for Reese in the gift shop before we… more »

We hit the road early, heading for White Sands and then Las Cruces.  The road from Artesia to Las Cruces was great, in fact I'm planning on heading back on the BMW to ride it.  We got in to White Sands and spent some time driving around and climbing the… more »

We hit the road bright and early, heading west to Artesia, NM, which is to be our base of operations for the weekend.  The drive was pleasantly uneventful and seeing all the wind farms in west Texas was really nice.  We got in to Artesia just before 5 PM… more »

Had a good ride back, the train was running about 20 minutes late coming in to Bloomington, but overnight we made up time and were pulling in early to just about every stop. It was another good ride, though I had a little more trouble sleeping than I di… more »

I'm in Peoria now, and it's cold! But I had a blast riding the train. It was a whole lot slower than flying, but also a lot cheaper and a lot more fun. I met and talked with some really interesting people, and had plenty of time to relax. We left For… more »

We hit the road this morning, on our way to Altoona, IA to take Reese to Adventureland. The drive was uneventful, and we got in late in the afternoon. The only bummer was that the water park is inside the amusement part and we weren't going to pay for… more »

I got to the airport with plenty of time to spare, got through security and boarded the first leg of the trip, to Chicago. The flight was uneventful and after landing I made my way over to the gate for the short hop over to Peoria. Unfortunately that p… more »

I got the tent taken down and packed away it and the rest of the stuff I brought so that I could hit the road early. It was a long, hard drive back, fighting a headwind most of the way. That headwind put my mileage in the toilet, which is really going… more »

We got up early and got Reese out to his t-ball practice. This is his second year of it and the improvement is amazing. It's still loosely organized chaos, but not nearly as crazy as last year's practices were. He's getting the fundamentals down well.… more »