OK not to pick on the jocks, we've all been there. circumstances arrange themselves in such a fashion that a college student suddenly finds hisself desparately in need of 3 credits from a field he has no interest in, needing to be on the transcript by yesterday. redemption for me in this regard back in the day came in the form of a gen-u-ine UW system accredited course entitled - no joke - Scenic Geology of Wisconsin State Parks. i was tipped off to this curricular gem in the student union, where i bartended nearly full-time and also where i padded my you-owe-me-one favours account with strategic free beers. as an interesting aside, none other than Hayes Brakes own Lenny feebly attempted to fill my long-haired-purple-lens-john-lennon-glasses-wearing shoes in that very same position of employment . . . only problem being after gretchen and i left the university saw fit to put in $25K worth of metered-dose beer dispensors in order to save money - sucked for lenny - sorry bout that, kid !! anyway getting back to the rock4jocks course . . . . how could i pass that one up ?? !! surprise - i learned sumthin, besides.
word of the day - as pictured above: "cuesta"
use in a sentence: "i did hills today on my shite-bike, utilizing the sharp elevation rise afforded to me locally by the geologic *cuesta* which forms the niagara escarpment."
here, take a closer look at one;
see the left hand side of door county there ?? that is where i rode. and, my old SGoWSP professor would, i am sure, be proud to know that my learning has remained life-long ( so far )- indeed i learned another thing about the cuesta just today: i need to ride there one hell of a lot more in the upcoming weeks.
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