What a crazy, life-changing year!
In one year I:
* Put my old bike Randy to rest, best bike I'd ever had, bike on which I invented my derailleur;* Started a new family tradition of going to the Dakotas, which are just plain awesome;
* Changed my signature;
* Got a new bike, now my favorite bike ever, my first fatbike;
* Found a world class riding destination right next door in Wyoming, slickrock style;
* Started getting money from my patents;
* Took my first trip to the Pryor Mountains, which are insanely underrated and cool;
* Rose got her first serious MTB;
* Had my twelfth anniversary (Love you Lo Po);
* Took a bunch of trips to my favorite place in the world, and stopped along the way for one of our best times ever at Natural Bridge and Falls;
* Saw many of my bike industry predictions come true, and many more shocking developments in the industry;
* Finally found some good soccer in the area;
* Found a secret stash spot in the valley so beautiful and amazing it knocks my socks off every time;
* Found a camping spot next to WSS that is the cherry on the very perfect cake that is WSS;
* Had a baby bird land on me, and on Rose;
* Rose used her bearspray on a baby black bear on Lulu Pass;
* Rose and I helped Yokie prep for and subsequently nail her citizenship test, after twelve years of trying;
* Did more riding in two days in Cooke City than I had in two years living there;
* Rose had her first backpacking mission;
* Went back alone a week later and almost died in the same area, on a mountain that tried to claim the life of a friend's friend earlier that same year on the same exact spot, a two day mission that changed my life in many ways;
* Raced in five races, and won two or three;
* Became fully consumed by biking and started shaving my legs;
* Got a new cat;
* Got a new dog, earlier, my new best friend;
* Got a new job;
* Got notice my patents are being granted.
That's the best of one hell of a year, in 100 posts or less.
Thanks for reading you guys.