New Long Haul Trucker

By Mel Wade | May 29, 2005 | Comments Off on New Long Haul Trucker

I got my bike Thursday!  Now both Keith and I have Long Haul Truckers (touring bike model made by Surly).  I went to pick my bike up on Thursday and found the parts still in their boxes.  The college student that was going to have put it together hadn’t been heard from.  So I stayed…

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Traning Rides

By Mel Wade | May 8, 2005 | Comments Off on Traning Rides

Our training rides are progressing.  So far this year we have ridden 320 miles with 67 of those today.  I’m a bit concerned that we have not done as may long rides as I would have liked by this time of the year.  The next two Sundays are out for long rides due to Pathfinder…

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Robotic Challenge 2005

By Mel Wade | May 6, 2005 | Comments Off on Robotic Challenge 2005

I just wrapped up what is becoming the biggest event of the year for me at work. Monday, May 2 was the Adventist Robotics Challenge a Great Lakes Adventist Academy in Cedar Lake, Michigan. Twenty-nine teams from Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Texas came together to test their skills at building and programming LEGO Mindstorms robots.…

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