Comments on: The Society Page: ‘I Make Dirt Look Good’ http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/mirwin/2009/07/03/the-society-page-i-make-dirt-look-good/ Blogs by the staff of The Wenatchee World Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:43:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Joanne Saliby http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/mirwin/2009/07/03/the-society-page-i-make-dirt-look-good/comment-page-1/#comment-10183 Joanne Saliby Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:51:59 +0000 http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/?p=5755#comment-10183 That was a fun way to start the day, Mike; I like beginning with a few laughs. I have always maintained that I am Jamie's greatest fan. He wrote an excellent column which appeared in the Leavenworth Echo for some time. and which I read first thing each week. I do miss it now. but he has bigger fish to fry and we are stuck with a decided lack of humor and entertainment in our local paper. Jamie and Jeff are talented and entertaining young men. I wish we had been there, as our lack of all that youth and vigor and hard muscle would have been a balance to the 125 you described. Another thing we lack: memory. We forgot about the event! At least we got to enjoy your description of it. That was a fun way to start the day, Mike; I like beginning with a few laughs.
I have always maintained that I am Jamie’s greatest fan. He wrote an excellent column which appeared in the Leavenworth Echo for some time. and which I read first thing each week. I do miss it now. but he has bigger fish to fry and we are stuck with a decided lack of humor and entertainment in our local paper.
Jamie and Jeff are talented and entertaining young men. I wish we had been there, as our lack of all that youth and vigor and hard muscle would have been a balance to the 125 you described. Another thing we lack: memory. We forgot about the event! At least we got to enjoy your description of it.

]]> By: alex http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/mirwin/2009/07/03/the-society-page-i-make-dirt-look-good/comment-page-1/#comment-10182 alex Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:48:47 +0000 http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/?p=5755#comment-10182 We bought our mtn bikes in 1989, not to hit the mtn trails, but because we liked the look of and felt safer on those fat tires. We put a Yakima carrier atop the Honda SE sedan and took our bikes everywhere with us. I have fond memories of speeding along the highways and by-ways across the nation and receiving the 'thumbs up' wave from other bikers we passed en route. Those cheering fans never knew, our bikes were well traveled, but seldom ridden. I mean, who wants to ride a bike in the Georgia and Florida humidity, or even worse in the heat and humidity of the Tennessee mtns? Not me. Great blog; wish I'd known you were going to be there. You could have joined us for our "Local Thursday" picnic on the lawn at Lyon's Club park first and then gone on down to eat and drink even more. We bought our mtn bikes in 1989, not to hit the mtn trails, but because we liked the look of and felt safer on those fat tires.

We put a Yakima carrier atop the Honda SE sedan and took our bikes everywhere with us. I have fond memories of speeding along the highways and by-ways across the nation and receiving the ‘thumbs up’ wave from other bikers we passed en route.

Those cheering fans never knew, our bikes were well traveled, but seldom ridden. I mean, who wants to ride a bike in the Georgia and Florida humidity, or even worse in the heat and humidity of the Tennessee mtns? Not me.

Great blog; wish I’d known you were going to be there. You could have joined us for our “Local Thursday” picnic on the lawn at Lyon’s Club park first and then gone on down to eat and drink even more.

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