Bromont’s Bag

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Bromont pretty much goes everywhere I go nowadays. It’s good for both of us. He might be the best traveling dog every. The dog can sleep 12 hours without ever getting out of the van if needed. He is super comfortable in his moving dog house, so there isn’t the least stress there.

Bromont has a bag with all his stuff in it. I should keep the same sort bag packed for myself, but never do. His bag has all the essentials. It has his dog bowl, food and treats. Plus it has all his other stuff, the Garmin GPS, halter, leash and such. Bromont’s bag pretty much stays in the van all the time now. Of course it has to be restocked every once in a while, but in general, it is ready to go 24/7.

His bag is a Descente bag from the 7-11 days. It must be close to 25 years old. It is a little frayed and tattered, but still works. It’s one of those things that isn’t really worth much in dollar terms, but is priceless in history and also in its current function. If someone broke into my van, I’d rather have them steal my bike than his old beat up bag. That is kind of weird to think about, but it’s definitely true.

Bromont's bag always ready to travel.

Keeping Busy

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I’m doing an okay job of keeping busy this weekend until getting another ultra sound next week. I’m not riding very much. Just an hour or two a day, super easy.

Friday was a treat going down to the SPCA (Animal Shelter) with Sue and her friend, Jan. Jan is animal loving, billionaire who funded the building. The state of the art facility is named after her. The nicest shelter I’ve ever been to, by far. I usually don’t like animal shelters much, for obvious reasons, this place was wonderful. If all shelters were like it, I’d think we, as a society, would do a much better job of placing our animals in homes. I am an animal guy, so it was a very good experience. Pictures below.

There are races everyday here. I’ve managed to make it over to the first two. McKinney on Friday night was an all Elbowz Team show. I never saw the final results, but they were definitely 1-2-3, plus maybe 4-5. They nearly did the same thing down in Georgetown last weekend. I beat the local riders hate it.

I have to install a new radiator in my van. It took me a while to find the problem. I nearly couldn’t believe that there could be a hole that big in the radiator. It was spraying water. I would a bet it was a hose. The hole is in the back of the radiator, near the top. I spent a hour on the phone trying to track one down before the holiday. These vans are a pain in the ass to work on. It is going to take me a good while to get it in. The radiator cost $250 dollars. I called a couple places and since it is a holiday, they couldn’t get to it until Wednesday. And it was going to cost well over $1000 dollars. Up to $1600. That is way too much labor for something like this. I say that now. We’ll see how I feel about that in a couple days.

Okay, here are some pictures of the SPCA.

Jan carrying her bag of doggie treats to the SPCA named in her honor.

Sue and Jan.

I thought this saying was great. I agree completely.

The cat area was awesome. I bet they don't even want to be adopted.

The surgical area was state of art.

This is Tank. He was my favorite.

Jan is obviously into dogs. This is beside her door at her house. A gazillion dollar piece of art used to hold the leashes and such.

This radiator wants to be inside the engine compartment.