Cycling Down

One thing about South Texas that we didn't really have back in Maryland - Water parks. And bunches of 'em.

Since my work week this past week started on Sunday, I got to have a 3 day weekend this weekend. Woo! So we decided to spend today with some quality family time at one of the best water parks in the country - Schlitterbahn-New Braunfels.

So a couple weeks ago, the wife decided that we should pick up WiiFit after we saw a demo unit at Toys R Us (the week before its release, in fact). After letting it sit in its box for a while, we cracked it open, and gave it a bit of a try.

I know people have issues with it using BMI as it's 'primary' method of tracking health, but it also does a lot with balance. The technology behind this board is absolutely -incredible-. And the workouts aren't too shabby, either!

Wow. I made it a month.

Sure, it's only been a couple updates a week (looks like 2 per week, once I post this one ) but considering I don't -generally- do a lot of writing, that's fairly impressive for me.

I just got back in from my first "real" ride in almost 10 years...

I'm winded.

I'm sweaty.

I'm...

So I've been thinking about how to go about actually doing this whole cycling thing. Particularly since it gets insanely hot here in South Texas during the summer.

I fully intend to end this summer cycling into work every day, but I have to have A Plan.

So here's my first look/shot at one...