Adam, Daley, and Pibbs

Adam came down this weekend for a visit from the CHP Academy. It was the first time I had seen him since he left, and I was surprised to see that he had buzzed his hair! Apparently they make you do that at the Academy.

I had a MTB ride planned for today, and he said he could use the cross-training, so we gave it a shot. Details of the ride can be found at my other blog here. I'll let you check out the gory details over there.

Since we cut the bike ride short, we had a little extra time to do a little local Jeeping on a dirt utility access road near the house. I drive by the thing every day, and have wanted to explore up there for a while, so it was neat to see where it went. As I suspected, it did connect with South Lake Hodges. But after driving it, my dreams of biking to Hodges from home (at least by that route) were killed. It dirt access road was incredibly steep and rutted, and virtually impossible to do by bike. I was impressed at Adam's driving, the tight turns and steep dropoffs didn't even seem to faze him. My enthusiasm for Jeeping was somewhat dimmed, however, because I'm not sure I have his driving ability or confidence, and getting stuck out in one of those remote trails sounds like a nightmare to me.

Adam also brought me two cases of my beloved Pibb down from Sac. He actually had to check the bag they were carried in because of the new liquid restrictions on planes, but they made it safely and his efforts were greatly appreciated. I may even drink some of these ones, rather than merely hoarding them...

All in all it was a great visit with Adam. I'm proud of how he's doing at the Academy, which sounds absolutely brutal. And in a few months he'll be patrolling the highways somewhere in California, ready and willing to get me out of my speeding tickets...