Nonsense: Fairland Part Deux

Last weekend, we had wonderful weather here in Laurel, and this Saturday was living up to the same standard. I could not bear to, again, watch the sun rise and set from the discomfort of my computer chair while working on lengthy college research papers. So, I ventured out at the prompting of another email from Austin Steo, to break dirt with my local mountain bike brethern.

Austin, looking rather charming with his pulaski (pick).
Photograph by Chuck Bolte.

Austin, Andy, and I met at high noon at the Storm Water Demonstration building in Fairland Park and carted our trail tools into the eastern (or was it southern?) part of the trail system. The particular section was a familiar one, because Austin has been working for weeks to finish bench cutting in the quarter mile to one half mile section of trail.

Bikes are jumping in Andy's head.
Photograph by Austin Steo.

We three labored for three hours under beautiful clear blue skies and successfully bench cut an Andy-estimated 70 feet of trail. It looked great.

Austin estimates that another two hours of hard labor from two to three hardcore trail maintainers will result in the completion of the south/east side rollercoaster of a trial section.

Nonsense: Never Summer

It has come to my attention that my loyal readers are upset with my recent lack of interesting writing. For this lack of interesting writing, I apologize. Since the beginning of the year of 2008, my life has been dominated by dull activities that keep me inside for long hours, which leaves me with nothing to write about. These long dull hours have also inhibited me from journeying out and making interesting things happen.

Like all good things, all bad things will also come to an end. And my current college semester will come to a close on Sunday, February 24th, 2008, and I will be free to make interesting things happen.

And they will happen.

The first happening will occur in the state of Colorado throughout the dates of February 23rd to March 1st, 2008. The snow gods of the West have responded to my snow dances in the East and I am not about to let another magnificent West snow season slip away unshred.

Neigh do I desire to travel to the land of snow unprepared.

Witness this...

Out with the old, in with the new.
Photography by Chuck Bolte.

My six years thrashed 152 Burton Balance takes a seat as my new 158 Never Summer SL steps up to do my bidding. The NS SL will be outfitted with my once ridden 2007 Burton Freestyle bindings.

Stoked to shred, dude.

Nonsense: ChuckBolte Youtube Channel

Ahhh!

When I deleted my Myspace profile, my BMX videos from Augusta were taken down with it.

So, to allow the continued public viewing of those videos and any future edits that I might produce, I have opened a Youtube channel.

To enjoy my life in motion, go here!

Chuck Bolte's Youtube channel

Snapshots: Blue Heron

While hiking in Great Falls, MD last weekend, this big blue bird allowed me to move to within 15 feet of it and steal its soul with my digital camera

Big Blue Bird.
Photograph by Chuck Bolte.