The Woodshed

If you're a regular visitor to this blog you might remember me mentioning this structure (photo above) in a previous post. I took this photo a couple of weeks ago, today it looks like the exterior is nearly complete. I had no idea what the structure was supposed to be. I thought it might be an office or city owned facility, possibly a visitor's center of some kind. A recent visit to Fort Worthology revealed that this structure is soon to be a restaurant, a taqueria to be exact. According to Fort Worthology, "The restaurant (named The Woodshed) is the latest project from celebrity chef Tim Love." This place is not just accessible from Trinity Trails, it is on the Trinity Trails. I can hardly wait for this place to open. Check out Fort Worthology for more details and many more pictures

These photos were taken last weekend at the water fountain/ cooling facility just a few yards over from The Woodshed. You know, I go out on rides, take a bunch of photos and end up never using most of them, so I've included several extras for the heck of it.

Stay-Cation 2010 Update

With yesterday being a rest day for the Tour De France, I didn't have anything keeping me from heading out for an easy morning ride. My bike seems to automatically find its way to Starbucks. An Iced chai latte or an iced coffee is perfect in this heat. Actually anything with ice in it is acceptable.

I came upon this beauty as I searched for a spot to lock up my bike. I couldn't find a good angle to photograph it from. I believe it's a Raleigh Sports . The decals are faded and difficult to read.

The cranks have been replaced but other than the saddle, grips, and tires, it appears to be mostly original.

Heading back home along the Trinity Trail I encountered a slight detour. The supervisor in the hi-vis vest wasn't very happy with me taking photos of the construction site. He asked my why I was taking picture, so I asked him what he was afraid of (I kind of knew what he was worried about, I just wanted to make him say it). He told me that everytime somebody takes pictures of his work sight he ends up getting complaints from his boss. He had just been griped at by a women who was upset that the detour was not been paved. The poor thing had to walk her bike through the gravel. After I convinced him that I had no intention of complaining we had a nice conversation about all of the construction taking place just north of the trail west of the Hulen bridge. He believes that the area north of the trail is going to be a large city park. I had heard that it was going to be filled with shops. I'll have to check Fortworthology to find out for sure.

Ahhh, nature. This is why I choose to ride the trail.

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So you're probably wondering what has RTP been doing when not on the bike? Well, I'll tell you. I've been catching up on the first three seasons of Mad Men. The fourth season premiere is this Sunday. The show is much better than I thought it would be. Me and my wife usually don't start watching a series until it has been on for a while and we've read good reviews. We like renting the DVDs and catching up all at once.

Movies viewed while on stay-cation:

Two Lane Blacktop-After reading about it on The Selvedge Yard I had to watch it. It's a little slow but the cars are awesome! You can watch the entire movie onYoutube. The 55 Chevy in this movie is the same one that Han Solo was driving in American Graffiti (another good movie you can watch on Youtube).

Topaz-It's a cold war thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The story is interesting but in my opinion it didn't strike me as one of his better movies. It was kind of like he was going through the motions. This would probably be a good candidate for a remake.

Three Days of the Condor- It's an excellent thriller that I've seen a million times. It's now out on Blu-ray.

Max Von Sydow is a cool dude.

Afternoon Ride 12-12-09

It was another cold and gloomy day but I felt the need to ride. I decided to head over to Backwoods to look for some type of cold weather headgear for next weekends ride. I didn't find what I was looking for at Backwoods but I did find an acceptable cap with fold down ear protection at Target. I met up with my lovely wife at Target and we took care of some of our Christmas shopping.

Crossing the Trinity River I got a look at the progress being made on the Trinity Trail. The trail has been lowered closer to the river and a fishing platform is being constructed. I'm looking forward to seeing the final results.

This is Backwoods new, much larger location on 7th Street. They were located further west across the street from the Modern Art Museum. They have a nice selection of camping gear and clothing. They'll occasionally have some great sales on footwear.

I took some time to discuss stoves and tents with one of the sales people. I like this tent in the display. I couldn't get close enough to tell but I think it's a Sierra Designs two person tent. The old tent I have now is a bit on the heavy side for bike touring. This one is sure to be much lighter and cooler than my old tent.

I stopped for coffee at, you guessed it, Starbucks. FortWorthology reported the sighting of a new coffehouse under construction downtown on Florence Street. I'm ready for something different.

While I was out riding I had the pleasure of meeting Russell. He recognized my bike from the blog and stopped me for a chat. Russell was in the process of tweaking his position on his Specialized Roubaix. He showed me the shorter stem he had just installed (I completely forgot to take photos). I told him about BABBLE and invited him to join up. Hopefully we'll be hearing from him soon. I also met a guy when I stopped for coffee, but for the life of me I can't remember his name (I forget my own kid's names sometimes). He told me about an old Australian track bike that he's building. He was a pretty interesting guy. We talked bikes for a while. He seemed to be genuinely interested in attending our next group ride. Hopefully we'll hear from him as well.