Off To Jellystone National Park!

It's spring break and therefore time to pack up the family truckster and head south to take the domestic goddess/tent bait and the whipper snappers camping.  We'll be pulling a Dick Cheney and heading to an undisclosed location, just without shooting anyone or plotting our evil world domination.  More like grilling hot dogs over a campfire(god I hope I can get that thing lit), making s'mores and general hilarity.  A little hiking and a little fishing, and yes dad's packing the road bike.  The gentlemen's race looms large and there are some semi-epic roads in the parts where we're heading, and with the Pave's mounted, a little time off road wouldn't kill me(in all likelihood)

My quest for entertainment for the trip is being filled by the new issue of Embrocation mag as noted previously and what I consider to be the finest of the classic greek road trip sagas.  I actually was reminded of the book by the unholy rouleur a dude far smarter than I.  Xenophon's The Persian Expedition(also known as Anabasis, just not on my copy) is the story of a greek mercenary army that, after their employer is killed in battle, has to fight their way to the safety of Greece.  Sounds just like "The Warriors" right?  I can't wait for the scenes between the Greek mercenaries and the Turnbull A.C.'s, but maybe I'm mixing the two.  My memory is a little faded due to some past indescretions that I needn't go into on this space.

So some decent reading and a whole lot of good tunes for the way down there(you almost made me spill it you trickster).  Possibly not to the professional level that Seiler, the papist and I managed after enough Fat Tire was displaced the other night....but hey that's another soundtrack for another time.

Hopefully I'll have some epic or at least interesting ride reports from our hidden location, and then we have a flurry of activity with the Road to Roubaix party @ the Mtnbike Depot, the Dirty TT, Land BTW Lakes mtn bike race, Mini Marathon, some spring road races(mayyyyybe) and the Gentlemen's Race.  

Shaping up to be a decent spring after all.  Now where did I pack that picnic basket Yogi?