God's Country

I still can't get over just how gorgeous the Pacific Northwest is.  True, Colorado has it's domineering mountains, Nevada it's deep blood-red canyons and Louisiana it's bayous (...right).  Still, after riding yesterday I came around the bend and this was laid out before me.  How do you beat that?

I still have no clue what I'm doing with my life post-graduation but how could I possibly leave a place like this?

Update

So, it's been a while and I've neglected this again--here's the shortest, most complete update I can come up with.

Since returning from Colorado I broke the Scott yet again.  You know how something bad is going to happen even though you really don't want it to?  Yeah.  That's my relationship with that bike.  I was tired of messing around with it so I dropped it off with the guys at Veloce Bikes in Hawthorne and let them work their magic.  And magic they did work.  2 weeks and $30 later I had a bike with a replaceable hanger!!  Let's just say this has been a huge relief knowing that if/when I break that sucker again I can fix it in 15 minutes, not 15 weeks.