Rest Day... Sorta

Today is a rest day for the rider's in the Tour de France... however that's actually quite misleading. In fact, it's really just a "non race day", as the riders will still put in a 3-4 hour ride. It's too much of a shock to the system to go from riding every day for 100 miles, then do nothing, then do 100 miles tomorrow (and it's not unusual to see a few riders withdrawl tomorrow, as their bodies rebel against the change).

So even tho' it's a rest day, I'll still put some rows into Fawne:

Fawne
I'm done on the waist shaping and have moved onto the bust increases. So far, so good and I'm quite happy with the drape and feel of my fabric. I think I'll have a decent fit on it as well.

As I posted yesterday, I'm almost done with the 5th repeat on the Shoalwater... so just an other half repeat to go. I finished the beer working on just one row (however, it was the "lace" row, which takes me longer). So one beer per row might not be such a great idea... since I have about 23 more rows to go.

Matt's race team had an excellent race on Saturday, with Tim finishing 2nd (he was beat by about an inch at the line) and Matt finished high enough to get a payout (oh, and just as an FYI: when Tim wins money, he takes his fiance' out for dinner... let's see if that still happens when they've been married 15 years... heehee. So no, we didn't go out for dinner).

So Red Rose Races was kind enough to give a tour of the upcoming race (this is the race that replaces Mt. Nebo... which we are very sad is no longer being done. This was Matt's favorite race with a really hard nasty climb, but I think too many people threw up last year, so they changed the course). Here's a video of what the guys will be racing. Not sure if the horse drawn plow will be there for the race, but that's always the risk in Lancaster County:

(plus I love the soundtrack... heehee).