Update!

Hot summer temps rage on! I love it.

Did the 2nd annual CPMG campout last weekend. Great time. Got a bit too loud for the neighbors (we had 14 people over 4 campsites, all in a row) but managed to not get booted out.

Had to tow my mom and her friend from the canoe. They got tubes and would have taken more than twice as long to finish the 7 miles. Got a little tired at the end, but had a lot of fun. Grayday was hilarious the entire trip. I made jambalaya over the open fire which turned out great. Played some $.25 poker, I think I lost about $8 over the weekend. OUCH. Lol, that's OK, I made up for it this past Sunday at the Horseshoe, finished up an even $200. 8-2 down there now!

Got the big 163-mile MS-150 Pedal to the Point coming up the first weekend in Aug. Looks like we are gonna skip day 2 due to some other obligations, and the fact that they changed the route. I think 80 miles on day 1 is PLENTY. Especially if it's hot. I'm glad we upgraded our bikes since last year. I got such a good deal on my Rapid I couldn't pass it up, and it's so much smoother than the Trek, although the Trek looked better. The Giant also fits better, and I get almost 2MPH better performance out of it.

Made whiskey peppercorn steaks this week. WOW were they good! Deglazed the pan with Makers Mark, beef broth, worcestershire, and cream. I've been trying a low carb diet the last couple weeks. Meh...no big results yet, though I'm down almost 5 lbs. I've been eating tons of veggies and keeping the meat to a minimum, but splurge a bit a couple times a week. Hence the steaks. Had fresh green beans and huge salad to go with them.

The other pics: JC celebrated his 50th b-day last week, and the other is the view from Lakewood Park during an urban assault bike this past weekend.