Wee-man (Jason Acuna) from the highly acclaimed MTV series and movies “Jackass”, is on a USO tour of Europe with Monster energy drinks and stopped in on base yesterday for autographs and photos. Gavin and I stood in line for 30 minutes to get this pic and autographed picture. Very nice guy with plenty of [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Wee-man is taller than my son
Posted in germany on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hohenfels USFE
Posted in bikes, racing on June 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Saturday we drove south to the 4th race of the U.S. forces Europe mountain bike championship race series. The is the first one we have made it to, the first one being in Aviano, Italy, which we will make it to next year. This race has the reputation as being one of the most brutal courses [...]
Can’t concentrate
Posted in germany on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is the little blood sucker I dug out of my leg, which has a high probability of carrying the tick-born encephalitis virus. TBE is rampant in Bavaria.
I may have only days left of normalcy as my neurological system may begin shutting down any moment, causing possible paralysis and death in 1% percent of the [...]
Down with the Sickness
Posted in germany on June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been disturbed for the past few weeks with a cold that has over stayed its welcome, caused me to cancel a few races including this weekends Germany marathon championships in Garmish, and ran up a huge kleenex bill. I refused to see a doc and be prescribed anti’s, even though they probably would have [...]
