Bicyling does pay off

Let's just say I am happy I had the camara that day:>

I just renewed my pledge to bike to work with the New Belgium Brewing company. Apparently by biking to work I have managed around 200 miles a month on my bike. Which according to their site saves 200lbs of CO2 emissions, $40 dollars in gas, and uses 56,000 calories or 186 beers worth of energy. While I am pretty sure the first two numbers are monthly (I have saved way over $240 dollars in gas in the 6 years I have been without a car), I have an incling that the last figure is per year (I think I burn something like 60 calories a mile on my bike.)
Of course, this is assuming I still have a car and wouldn't be saving by not having the other expenses associated with a car such as insurance car payments and maintenance costs. Which is probably why I was able to pay off my loans rather than accrue more in grad school.
So, what are you waiting for! Make your pledge! Biking to work relieves stress, tones your tummy, reduces your carbon footprint, reduces the amount you spend and saves time by allowing you to get a workout while you commute.
Hmm, maybe I should pedal harder and think less while I am riding.

Fall Colors!!!

The Pennobscott River
The Stillwater River, a.k.a. the Western side of the Penobscott river
Flowers from the garden.

Aloha from Maine!!

Phlup and I enjoying the downtown Camden area.

Ahhhhh! After nearly loosing all nuero-cortex function due to self induced stress created by the overwhelming need to get off of Long Island, it was decided that it was time for me to move to a state that emphasizes a more tranquil lifestyle. In short, I moved to Maine! While I haven't technically finished my thesis (err revisions and re-writes), I am vacationing and enjoying the domestic life, as a plus I even have gained some of my ability to think.
While Orono Maine isn't necessarily the most touristy portion of Maine (it is here more or less because of the college) it does have some interesting characters. Phill and I live in a house not far from campus across alongside the Still water river (a wooden paddle manufacturer blocks any view we would have of it). It is about a month ahead of Long Island as far as fall goes with temperatures already dipping towards the freezing mark. The fall colors and ready access to the river and fishing, however make up for any loss of the summer season.

The house Phill and I are renting the upstairs rooms in.

The sign for the paddle manufacturer (Shaw and teeney), note the store hours.

Phill hiking along the Appalachian trail.

A fall fish I caught on the Western branch of the Upper-Penobscott river. Yes, I am fishing without pants (we had to wade across a fairly deep channel to get to the part with the large rapids we were fishing (Compared to the rivers in Colorado, this river is huge! ). And yes, I am wearing a mosquito net.