Verbier First Alpine Ride

So I was reading lance's twitter and he said he climbed Verbier and it was a great post-flight climb. So, I, having nothing better to do, decided to go try it out for myself, then I could bask in glory as I watch stage 15 of the Tour de France and they all suffer through it.
I also was able to enjoy one of the best pizzas I have ever eaten. It was called Provencale, and it had gruyére cheeze, goat cheese, cucumbers, olives. The restaurant was called Fer à Cheval, definitely worth the sweat. Plus the decent was wonderful, I nearly overtook cars.

Verbier Climb

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Fast forward to July 19th, I managed to make it out to Verbier again to watch the finish, my photos are pretty terrible (I forgot my memory card); although, my view wasnt really much better. The energy though at the stage was incredible. So many people, 10s of thousands, had all descended on this little town of around 3000 to see the riders come through. It was fantastic. And to watch the riders crawl by one at a time was pretty fun as well.

Another Ireland Trip

Since my aunt and uncle (mom's brother and sister) and several of their kids were going to ireland, and had extra-room at their house, I decided to make the trip, again, myself, and it was a fantastic idea. The weather was not as good as when we went in march, but still decent. We climbed Croagh Patrick again, and got to meet with a little more distant family. We also managed to make it out to Knock where several miracles happened. Most importantly, I was able to extert my peer-pressure forces to get my cousin to order a beer, and essential aspect of any ireland trip