Thankful for...

Family
All of these dents in my bike that aren't in me.
Ridge-Decca-Ridge
The Parkway
That uneasy feeling on Tuesdays at exactly 6 pm
The color teal
Simmons Gap
Drinking not coke at the old coke building
Flo Lakes
Rocky Holler
Rigid Fork Comeback
24X36
Brokenback
The Hold Steady on the way to night ride at 9 PM
Strict Chipotle pre-race regimen
Ditch Witched trail
12 pack of 40Mile cans for $10
DWLinks
Little rippers
New grips
8-speed stuff that I stockpiled 10 years ago because I saw the future
Honey Stinger Gingersnap Waffles
Private land
How insanely bright a new $150 light is now
Slacks
50-foot tall Rhododendron forests
The diverse pursuit of 2 wheeled happiness in all its forms

And on and on and up and up and up.