2019: Day 2 One of the cool things about cycling, or any endurance sport for that matter, is that you pretty much get what you put into it. Put in the effort, the countless hours by yourself on a bike riding in the middle of nowhere, and you usually get rewarded on race day with … [Read more…]
2018: Day 13 (Bonus!) Chain Reaction! There. We said it. For 16 months, we’ve been sitting on this poorly kept secret not knowing exactly when it was safe to announce the name of our winery. Pretty much from the day we bought this property (or shortly thereafter) in 2017, we decided on the name Chain … [Read more…]
2016: Day 12 If I was to choose just one person to toast this year, it would undoubtedly be Linda. 7 years. A lot can happen over a seven year period. 7 years ago there were a bunch of punk-ass high school students hanging out at the 7-11. Over the past 7 years, we have turned … [Read more…]
2015: Day 16 and the FINAL day of our 12 DOD! This one is a bit unusual, so please bear with me. As good as 2015 was (and it was a great year), it also seemed to be a year of complex problems. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that complex problems require … [Read more…]
2015: Day 2 Now for today’s official 12DOD post, since *somebody* wasn’t happy they missed out on the limoncello. Today’s drink honors my big achievement this year – finally finishing a Gran Fondo! Joel and I did the Axel Merckx Medio Fondo (92km) in Penticton in July and then Whistler Gran Fondo (122km, 1980m elevation) … [Read more…]