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B & B's Excellent Adventure, Pt 1

Ben Peterson and Brandon Donahue recently escaped the cold and snow of Durango for a long weekend of wandering and cruising New Mexico's finest attractions in route to a visit of Old Mexico.

Fotos by Brandon Donahue

Male Modeling by Ben Peterson

The Very Large Array near Magdalena.

The boardwalk at Bosque del Apache near Socorro.

A Bosque resident, the Great Blue Heron.

White Sands National Monument, near Almogordo.

The lunar landscape of White Sands.

Ben and yucca elata

Brandon's wheels, post White Sands.

B y B Aventura Excelente, Pt 2

The high point of the excellent adventure occurred when Ben and Brandon became the only American citizens on the day to cross the US-Mexican border - from the safety of El Paso into drug-war ravaged streets of Juarez for authentic tacos and sodas sweetened with real cane sugar.

Fotos by Brandon Donahue

Male Modeling by Ben Peterson

Juarez céntrico, chihuahua, México.

Mercancía seca, ...

fuentes del partido, y ...

fruta y verduras frescas.

Servicio de autobuses cómodo.

¡Éxito!

i nostri eroi

"Our Heros"

From MilanoFixed

Happy Whatever You're Doing!

The lovely home of Lisa Bourey was the scene of a "Happy Whatever You're Doing" Party for Ned and Pam Overend, who are kinda sorta temporarily relocating to Santa Cruz. The facts are few, but rumor has it that Ned will be commuting (one-hour each way) to work at Specialized in Morgan Hill for something south of 5 days per week. Pam, we're betting she'll be waxing her surfboard and heading to Half Moon Bay. And their son Rhyler is reported to be enrolling at Cabrillo Community College. However, they're keeping their house in Durango with their car parked in the garage, so who the heck knows? Anyway, the company was convivial and food was great (with special culinary thanks to Lisa Bourey, Wade Moore and Rob Kabeary, owner of Durango's artisan bakery, bread).
Fotos by Wade Moore

Ned sits next to Ricky Worrell and treats the party to yet another ribald "racing" story.

As usual, Pam is the best behaved Overend.

Brandon Donahue and his Tuareg friend mug for the camera.

(L-to-R) Local legends Brett Hahn, Ed Zink, Chris Wherry, Patty Zink, Machelle Richburg, Pam Moore and Bill Richburg get cozy and friendly.

Drew and Rob show off each others stylish eyewear.

Late in the evening, Ned puts his glasses on and gets serious with a LEGO toy.

At long last... success!

Hungary Cyclists

Hungarian cyclists hold up their bikes in Budapest on April 19, 2009 as part of a demonstration to reclaim the streets for bicycle riders. The Budapest 'Critical Mass', a worldwide demonstration, is becoming one of the most important with more than 30,000 participants.

ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images

Winter Wünderland

The Animas River Trail, freshly plowed after 8" of overnight snow.

Southwestern White Pine

Pinus strobiformis 'Elephantruncus'

Paradoxical Palindrome

Video submitted by a 20-year old for an AARP contest titled "u @ 50". This video won 2nd Place.

Christmas Fun for the Young

Click on the Chin Carolers for minutes and minutes of Excellent Under-Age-12 Entertainment.

A few suggestions from Axel, age 8:

12 Days of Christmas

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Deck the Halls

Psycho-X

Our friend Steve Lamont (aka The Dude) encountered a little difficulty while pre-riding the course at Cyclocross Nationals in Bend, Oregon. Apparently they feature extra sharp ice in Bend. He recovered and went on to bravely finish 42nd in the 50-54 Age Class. Good thing he was wearing his Bouré Wooleez socks!

He's not Lebowski, he's the Dude.

So that's what you call him.

That or His Dudeness... Duder... or El Duderino,

if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing.