Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Ride'n in the Rain

Bruce came to town today to join me for a few meetings (1 today and 1 tomorrow) and an afternoon planning session related to our church plant. Good times, good times!

Anyway, he brought his bike and expressed interest in taking in a Billings Mustang game. Court and I had been discussing trying to take in one of these games in the near future. So I called Court at work and suggested she ride the few blocks down to the stadium after work to watch the game with us. 

Bruce and I got our bikes and set out on the short 1 3/4 mile ride to the stadium. As we stood in line to get tickets a guy came up and handed us three seats down the third base line. Free stuff! I love it. The 'Stangs were playing a team from Orem, Utah and it was a good game. In the 4th inning the bottom of the sky fell out and huge thunderstorm came rolling in. 

So we sat and waited, because it was to dangerous to ride our bikes. :) Court was not happy!

Eventually we caught a break in the weather and off we went, peddling as fast as our legs could take us. Water was spraying up on us and Court appeared slightly angered by our predicament. As we approached a small hill near our home a flash flood was occurring, Court may have become more angry as we crossed the calf deep water, at this point she wasn't responding to my quick witted quips. So I am not certain she actually increased in anger or was already beyond a measurable point.

Thankfully we all arrived home safely, but a bit less dry than before. All in all I called the night a win. We caught 4 1/2 innings of good baseball, for FREE! We also set a Tour De Billings time trial record getting home. I am not sure Court feels the same way.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Beartooth Pass Day Trip

We spent the day driving up to Beartooth Pass, it is awesome. Not to much to report other than I have never experienced terrain going vertical that quickly in my life. Here are some pics!
Mom about had another heart attack on this trip. She kept babbling about some childhood scar involving the Smokey Mountains and being sick.
Oh yea, and we saw snow in July. That was a first for all of us.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

SunCom made it right!!!

I got a call from somebody from SunCom today. They have decided to waive the cancellation fees based on the five year history we have with the company and our good credit standing. They do stand behind their normal cancellation policy, but said all policies are open to be reviewed and they decided to exercise their wiggle room on this issue based on the history Courtney and I have with the company. 

They even referenced this blog. It was nice to be reminded that the big guys do listen to and hear the little guys, sometimes.