So far away….

Holding onto the city’s last days of bikeable weather…I’mna try to ride this one out till the roads are slick with snow (I mean that in the safest way possible of course). As Young Hearts finally dies down a bit I’m looking to re-vamp this blog and dedicate it to (some new) true loves: Campouts and roadtrips with Andrew, Traveling & motorcyles.

Totally looking forward to re-living this summer’s road trips while watching the city cover in snow. This summer, hanging with Tristan in Van:

Picture by Tristan Casey

September…really?

If feel the summer’s end paranoia coming on strong these days – like any chill in the air is some kind of tell tale sign that this is it. I got a few things keeping me in good spirits though – getting my bike on the road is definitely one of them. A ride of any kind has cured the mood of any tiresome day and I’ve been having a blast riding around the city. Now I can’t stop daydreaming of all the little trips out to the country I wanna take with Andrew.

Pic by Matt Rennick.

Redwood Days

A couple weekends back Andrew, Lauren, Matt and I headed up North to a cottage that Andrew and Matt’s parents have been renting every summer for over ten years now. Andrew always told me stories about how great this place was and after seeing I realize there is no way I could have ever pictured it. It was pretty perfect. Just this little rustic cottage built on rocks that came down onto the lake. I had an awesome weekend hanging out with the McCracken family playing games, shooting bb guns, building fires and making puzzles…weekends are definitely made for cottages.

Summer.

I promise once the weather gets crappy again I’ll be on here more often…but for now I’m completely smitten on Toronto summer. Hare are a couple updates on my end:

Camping at Algonquin was rad.

I also just spent a week hanging out with my amazing friends Chantal, Chris, their family and friends and Heather in Jamaica. Chantal & Chris said I do in a gazebo overlooking the ocean during a 15 minute break in a Jamaica down pour. We figure they now have enough luck to last a life time. Here’s a sneak peek from their portrait session we did the following day. Fun fact: we were all fully sun-destroyed at the end of this shoot with sunburns on top of sunburns. Pretty sure I passed out after dinner that night…

More from Jamaica….sooon?

Last weekend was amazing – had a little visit from Courtney Fairhead, and Monday I went on my first lil bike trip. Andrew, Chris, Matt and I rode up to George town to visit our friends Taylor and Maria and take a little sit in the river by their place (we literally sat in the river, it was about knee high. But it ruled cause there was a really strong current). You can check out picks from the day here on Matt’s blog. Our ride’s at the bottom of his post. Too fun.

In other news, my bike’s finally up and running – Andrew’s going to pick it up from the shop for me tomorrow morn! So stoked. We didn’t do all that much to it, but it’s looking a whole lot better. After this weekend I’m definitely looking forward to riding.