After rushing back from camping we had to get ready to have Mother's Day dinner. We thought we just had to clean the messy house, but it turns out, the power in the kitchen and living room went out. Candlelight dinner anyone?

Luckily (e:mike) had bought the food and prepared some of it at his house, and we still had a stove. He definitely saved the day on that one.

(e:Paul) and Mike's parents came, and so did mine, plus Emily and Daniel. Everyone seemed to have a really good time. I was really happy at how great our familes got along.


Random snacks on the fox tray

Grillmeister Paul

A bunch of delicious food - I'll have to take everyone's word on the steak, shrimp and chicken though.


Fancy fruit and whipped cream and chocolate drizz in champagne flutes. Presentation is always important


Dessert time

Then it was dark and we couldn't really clean in a candlelit kitchen. We watched Teen Wolf before passing out super early.
[bgcolor]#f48979[/bgcolor]

Yesterday we got back from the first camping trip of the year at Brushwood. Absolutely good times.


It was such an amazing day - an emergency called camping came up so I had to leave work early. We met (e:heidi) and (e:dianne) down at the campsite.


The Brushwood hoarder bus (e:paul,58969) wonders about


Someone hung tampons in the tree - glad they weren't used


The first night it rained most of the time. (e:paul) was not a happy camper.

But he did have a gaybrella to keep himself from melting


Dead things



On top of it the rain, the car died after the first night because things kept running off the battery. Just enough battery was left to hit (e:terry).


The next day was a lot nicer weatherwise. Paul and I even got to go nackt. Not long enough to burn though.

Lots of frisbee and balls

The patent-pending firebuilding method from Paul



Schoen









Terry made us a nice eggy breakfast Sunday morning. Then we packed up to head home and get ready for mother's day.

Kyoot.
[bgcolor]#dcedcf[/bgcolor]

Thursday, it was absolutely amazing out. So after (e:terry) got home, we went over to meet up with (e:yesthatcasey) for a night ride. We explored Black Rock a little before getting on to the Riverwalk, which we took up to Tonawanda(city). It felt like a summer ride. Thankfully it was night so we missed most of the toxic air pollution along the river.


Almost derailed the train


On the way back we rode through Ken-Ton. (e:paul) had gotten home from a work party and was with his friend Tim. Total betrunken aber spass.


We stopped at this Tops before we turned around. These cookies are a thing.

Tim was wearing a New York Liberty WNBA hat (not sure why I know of any WNBA teams)

Wednesday I got home and went on Rick's Cycle shop new weekly ride. (6pm in front of Rick's). Not many people showed up at first, but by 6:30 we had a decent number of riders plus Rick's employees.

The ride was a super relaxed pace - we averaged about 12mph. Everyone riding was super streberhaft but that made it awesome. One guy I run into on my commute a lot was there - Dave. He wears two cameras on top of his helmet, plus has four times as many lights as I do. Out-nerded.

We rode up around to the cemetary, through the park to the riverwalk, and down to Canalside, where a Rick's employee bought everyone a round of beer at the Liberty Hound. After I rode back and hungout while (e:terry), (e:heidi), (e:dianne) and Meredith gamed.




My name is on that wall!

The mixture of a nice day, smell of the canal and sewage treatment plant almost made me want to row again.

(e:terry) wanted to get nachoes to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. I knew it was going to be crazy out, but the hostess at Don Tequila told us about the 2 hour wait there like we would actually wait around for it.

Instead we had cheesy nachoes and salsa at home. Just as good. (e:paul) even got home earlyish.



[bgcolor]#ffa500[/bgcolor]