BBT gets a face lift!

the Blue Berry Toaster got a face lift yesterday!
Last year the new Element-mobile suffered a serious blow while still sporting her temporary tags! This rock instantly caused a crack 1/3 way across the windshield. Two weeks later, another serious blow. This "rock chip" or hole, if you will, didn't crack the windshield until one of our major cold-freeze weeks this winter. A month later, a third chip. This one would have been repairable, had it been the only issue this poor windshield was having. I waited patiently all winter and into the spring before getting a forth rock chip.

I finally got the thing replace yesterday, didn't cost me a dime. Thanks State Farm! But I do have to wonder, how many new windshields can I get in a year before a pencil pusher takes notice?

Now I can install my new Good To Go! transponder. Are you Good To Go!? (quite possibly the stupidest name for a toll system ever, but I'll save that rant for another day).

A few of my favorite things

Bicycles. Handcrafted one of a kind art. Coffee. What is there not to love?!?!

We were in Baker City, OR for the Elkhorn Classic Stage Race this weekend. Baker City is a cute little bicycle loving town in the eastern part of the state. I bought this awesome coffee mug from a local artist and triathlete outside of Belle's downtown on Saturday after the crit. The owner of Belle's Main Street Market matched the Pro men's race payout for the women's race! unheard of!! I'll be back next year, more fit, and ready to win one of those $100 gift certificates ... I think a case of that Huckleberry Riesling needs to go home with me!

Speaking of wine ... I think I just thought of another use for my new mug!