In Search of…musings for my grandchildren while riding my bike…
This was the 3rd and final day of 220 miles of riding with this leg being 80 miles from Utica to Schenectady, NY. Strava Link.This ride would take me through some of the most historic and beautiful parts of Upstate NY. I didn’t even know that until I made that ride! As I think back, … Continue reading Upstate Pizza Mecca Tour – Day 3, GPS #35!
Day 2 of a 3 day bike tour to Utica and Schenectady, NY, two Pizza Meccas of Upstate NY. This day ended in Utica where I’ve been wanting to try their Tomato Pie, THAT WAS THE DAY! Neapolitan Word of the Day – Scugnizz Scugnizz (or Neapolitan shorten form of scugnizzo) is a word for … Continue reading Upstate Pizza Mecca Tour – Day 2, GPS #34!
With summer coming to a close, we decided to try something new! We’d not been out in the camper since the gravel bike races had ended in early August, and I really wanted to go to the Upstate NY “Pizza Meccas” of Utica and Schenectady, NY.So, off we went on a 3 day bike tour … Continue reading Upstate Pizza Mecca Tour Day 1 – GPS #33!
When I ride, my iPhone is usually in my jersey pocket playing my 70’s playlist. I have about 12,000, 1970’s pop songs cataloged, tagged, rated, and organized in iTunes on our server! (Doesn’t everyone have their own server...remember, I’m anal).As most would agree, every song in our memory has at least two versions: The version … Continue reading 70’s Music! & GPS #25!
Recently, I've explored the Neopolitan based slang used in our HS locker room and mentioned Coach Mel. But, there were many coaches from youth through college. I remember most, and each had some effect on my development as a player AND as a person. I respected my coaches, even those I was not close to. … Continue reading Man On, Front Side, Back Side! & GPS #24!
This blog post explains another of our locker room slang “Chooch!” and there’s a new Great Pizza Search (GPS) #22 to Wiseguy Pizzeria in Hammondsport, NY. “You Big Chooch” Another locker room, and even high school hallway, slang was “you chooch!” or “you big chooch!” or “you choochadell!” This word had different meanings depending upon … Continue reading You Big Chooch (GPS #22)
This blog post talks about some locker room slang that we used as high schoolers in football and baseball and Great Pizza Search (GPS) #21. You Big Caguzz! I played football (previously discussed) and baseball in high school. Most of the baseball team also played football, but only a few played basketball. ASIDE - Why … Continue reading You Big Caguzz! and GPS #21
On August 14, I completed the final race in the 2020 Durty Bikes Gravel Series starting and ending in the Naples, NY Community Park. On the way home, we stopped for Great Pizza Search (GPS) #20 at Faro Pizzeria in Canandaigua, NY. 2020 Durty Bikes Gravel Race #5 - the Hills of High Tor For … Continue reading Gravel Race #5 & GPS #20 – Italy (no, not Italia) HILLS!
On August 13, I combined Great Pizza Search (GPS) #18 with a 5 new Post Office, Great Post Office Search (GPO) #3 as a 44 mile, hilly loop from Naples, NY. Naples was chosen for two reasons: 1. the following day was the final 2020 Durty Bikes Gravel Race, and 2. the last pizza that … Continue reading GPS #19 and GPO #3 – (Naples No, not Napoli)!
This blog post is long but not about GPS, or GPa , or even GPO! Instead of searching, this post is about FINDING. Last week, I did a virtual gravel bike race as part of the 2020 Durty Bikes Virtual Gravel Series. Virtual in this case means that the race organizer sets up a course, … Continue reading The Finding!
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