Hello,
My goal, back when it was too cold for
me to ride, was to ride every summer Saturday that I was scheduled to work. Saturday
was my day, but the heat was to be well up in the 90’s. I convinced Leroy that
I would take extra snack so I would be charged up to come home. I would start with
a full water bottle and not ride hard. After all I had no need to be there at a
certain time.
Leroy rode with me in the morning and
again we set off in plenty of time, mostly because he wanted to beat the heat
on his way home. The temperature was in the 70’s with a nice bit of wind. He
tells me that his ride home was still very nice. I so enjoyed the 12 mile ride
to work. I would like to feel comfortable doing that every working day, but my
work times do not fit that need. If it was only five miles I would do it.
I saw a deer dash across in front of
us. Leroy was looking elsewhere and missed it. He did see the very small rabbit
that came out of the brush, saw us and scampered away.
Work was not so busy with people,
perhaps because of the heat. That means that I was able to catalog some books
that have been sitting on the shelf above my desk for a week or so. It felt
good to be able to take care of some of those items.
Before the trip home, I ate my snack, filled
my water bottle, slathered on sunscreen, and reminded myself to take it easy as
I felt the heat attack me when leaving the building. It was not so bad. The wind
was behind or blowing from the side giving me an assist for almost half of the
trip. At one point I was going down a slight down grade and coasting with the
wind at my back I got to 19 mph. I could always tell when the wind was helping because
it seemed there was no wind, but turning a corner or looking at the trees told
me otherwise.
Leroy did not even have supper ready
when I got there because he thought I would be later than that. I used that time
to take a shower so all was good.
Paula
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