Eating, shopping, basketball and more shopping

Lots of stuff going on this past weekend. WOW!

Friday night we hit the Taste of the Big Apple with Kris's sister and mother then on to the airport to wait for her brother-in-law to fly in from DC. His plane was late so spent a little more time there then we thought we were going to but it was all good.

Saturday Kris's family hit the mall for shopping. It was NUTS out there. The funny thing is that the people that live in Sioux Falls avoid the mall on the weekends because of all the out of towners but since we had out of towners in town with us it was the thing to do. A few things were purchased by others but not by me as I was saving my extra cash for the bike swap on Sunday. We hit Puerto Vallarta for and early supper before hitting the Augie vs Northern basketball game. Ok, I am not much for watching sports anymore except for baseball, bike racing and maybe a tad bit of golf..very tad bit..so I was BORED out of my head watching this coupled by sitting behind the students section who were standing the whole time and if we didn't stand we didn't see one end of the court. So to pass the time for me I tweeted on the Blackberry. I am sure I was viewed as anti-social but here is the deal. I was there to see Don Meyer coach and secretly hoped Northern would win...sorry all you Augie people. I have a lot of respect for this coach. Do I know him?..NOPE, but just his whole ordeal he has been through and his fighting spirit earns my respect. Don Meyer has the most wins of NCAA college men's basketball coach ever so it was a privilege to be at a game he was coaching. Here is a coach sitting in his wheelchair on the sidelines in the coaches box, moving ALL the time, coaching, recording, watching the plays, calling the plays and then getting upset about a call that had him standing up in front of his wheelchair with his ast coached hanging on to his belt to keep him from falling. He has such passion for the game even when he is fighting cancer and still recovering from his accident. Look for some great footage of him around March Madness time as ESPN has been following him around a lot filming.

The other fun thing this weekend was Snakebite, a local blogger / biker, had organized a bike swap meet with the proceeds going to F.A.S.T. (Falls Area Single Track). Great turn out! FAB had a booth there and sold some memberships - YEAH! There were some GREAT deals there also. I got a pair of Shimano sandals (SPD) for Kris for $20! They were brand new but maybe the model was a few years old but still...they retail around $80! TWD (Two Wheeler Dealer) sold a LOT of shoes! Of course some of the Lane Hogs came up from Vermillion / Wakonda so we had to meet at Monk's to make sure the beer was still good there and of course it was. We had Biking Brady, Ride Vermillion, Cycling Cathy with husband Charlie, Me, Kris and then a couple of friends Dawn and Christi came later. Lots of fun and laughter was had and plans are that some of us might do the St Patty's day ride in Yankton put on by the Missouri River Cycling group in Yankton, March 14th. Should be FUN.

Lots to do this week work wise, bike club newsletter and then our second camera class on Thursday night.

Congrats to Levi and team Astana for their win at the Tour of California this past weekend. Also way to go Lance for placing 7th! Amazing 7 TDF wins and second race back after 3 years and places 7th!