Dog bite ride

i think the thing i like the most about riding in the winter is that it is pure unadulterated life coming at you full speed.  A lot of people spend their time indoors in the winter and don't end up having a lot to show for it.  Living through their favorite TV shows, not being very productive in general.  (it's mostly the tv watching that i despise)  I find that trivial events mean so much more when you have to work for them; full moons, eyes in the night, crazy sounds.  So, in the events of real-life-jacob, Amanda and i went out for a ride in the very cold (in the teens) ride and i was bit by a very large basset hound.  Not all that crazy of an event for a bike rider, but it was very funny the way it happened.  The dog ran up with a young boy in full camouflage yelling at it to stop, and most dogs will run up and just run besides you, which is what i thought this one was going to do but before i knew it this one latched down on my ankle.  What was more surprising was the first thought that went through my mind when i realized what a soft bite he had.  I thought that basset hound must have been part bird dog cause it was really gentle with my leg, felt like more of a gumming than a bite. 

In other news, we tapped Amanda's Christmas present and we are enjoying it one liter at a time.  Here's a pic.