Le Tour

The Tour de France starts today! I have to admit that it isn't quite the same without Lance Armstrong. Although it isn't quite the same without Jan Ullrich or Ivan Basso either :P The tour was rocked yesterday when an ongoing doping investigation shed light into the involvement of the top 2 favorites in the whole race. They're done before they even started. Wow. Jan has been runner up to Lance like the past 6 years in a row; this was his race to win. Not so much anymore. That paves the way for some of the other Americans like Levi Leipheimer or George Hincapie.

Got any big plans for the weekend? Ross and I are thinking about heading up to Summerfest today for awhile. We try to go every year. It's a great place to people watch and get some great food. Tonight we are supposed to go sing karoke with my family. Tomorrow we have another practice for the dragon boat race at the upcoming Midwest Dragon Boat Festival. Let me tell you, the dragon boat racing is tough! Ross and I went into it thinking that we would have a slight advantage because we know how to canoe. The first thing our instructor said was to forget everything you know about canoeing! It's different. But very cool. Should be a good time.

Can you believe the 4th is right around the corner? To me that is always the unofficial half-way point of summer. Still not sure what's in store for us, but I'm sure we'll end up making the rounds. We always try to get in a little time with family and friends. Sometimes that makes our days long, but it's nice to see everyone.