Riding to Emergency ...

Last night Dara and I rode to the Emergency at Memorial Hospital to get x-rays of Dara's arm. Temperature must have been around 100 degrees when we left home about 4:30. We had to wait at least three hours before they finally did the x-ray. Somebody has mistakenly marked that the x-rays had already been taken, when in fact, no x-rays were done!

We spent about four hours at the Emergency, before we rode home again, from about 9:30 until 10:15. Ride home was pleasant, as the temperature had cooled to about 75 degrees.

Total ride for yesterday = 16 miles

Dara Took a Spill on the Townie ...

I rode into town, then took the bus with my old Switchback to work. After work, I rode over to pick up Dara at his friend's house. We rode from there into town. While riding through the park, Dara slipped on the Townie, and crashed. He hurt his hand pretty good, but was able to ride all the way home. When we got home Dara was complaining about his hand hurting really bad.

Total ride for today = 16 miles

Dry Creek Trail - Lots of Squirrels!

Rode the Dry Creek Trail with Benny. There were so many squirrels out! Benny almost ran over one, and in order to avoid hitting the poor thing, Ben crashed his bike!

Benny rode the entire trail, 4.5 miles each way. I pooped out about half way, or less. Needed to find a shady spot to sit down and rest. All the best shady rest areas were already taken, so I had to ride back towards the start of the trail. Finally found a bench to sit on and rest.

Benny pointed out to me a bunch of squirrels playing around in the trees. They were jumping around from one branch to another! I've never seen anything like that before ...

I took lots of pictures of the squirrels. Was able to get pretty close to some of them. Some squirrels were standing perfectly still ike a statue. Others were dragging their bellies on the ground. One was so occupied with finding nuts, that they didn't seem to be too worried about my presence.

Talked with some friendly people when we got back to the trail start. One lady had a cockateel in a cage that didn't make a sound! Her two boys were having a blast riding their skateboard down a short hill (both boys on the same board!).

Guy On a Titanium Bike

Went for a ride on the Dry Creek Trail with someone from a new club I just joined. We met at Star Bucks, and just as we were about to ride out, we met a guy on a titanium bike, Gary. Chatted for about 20 minutes, then headed out for the trail ....

We rode the trail to the end and back, which is nine miles. When I got back to Star Bucks, I saw the guy with the titanium bike still at Star Bucks. I rode over and we chatted for about two hours! I'm glad I met Gary. He told me his life story in a nutshell -- how he used to play hocky, ride in bicycle races, and lots more ....

Total ride for the day = 17.2 miles.

Lightspeed Titanium Bicycle

Here is the Lightspeed titanium bicycle I got to see yesterday:

Lightspeed Titanium Bicycle ...

Another shot of the beautiful Lightspeed titanium bicycle:

Biggest Grocery Haul ....

Today was my biggest grocery haul yet .... $195 and about 80 pounds in just food items ... !!! I maxed out my handlebar bag to see just how much it will hold. I also wanted to know first hand just how the bike would handle with the front panniers loaded and the handlebar bag packed full .... I packed 14 pounds of food in the handlebar bag. Steering was wobbly, unstable, and actually scary ... !!! I won't load the handlebar bag with that much weight again!