My Bicycle Musings

I was invited to go on a bike ride with a couple of people, but I chickened and made excuses. This is the second time, so they just MAY stop asking me! My excuse was, I didn't want to drive the vehicle to Torrey Pines Glider Airport, which was the starting point of the ride. I kind of have been getting away from driving to riding places. It seems vaguely un-ecological to do drive a smog-mobile to go on a healthful bike ride. Of course, one avoids the sucky ride, in this case through Missing Valley, to the jumping-off point if one drives.

Anyway, I rode to nearly Del Mar, and even rode UP the Torrey Pines State Park road (and LIVED!). The waves were humongous, there was no beach, the waves were crashing right on the rocks next to the road. It was high tide, too. I shoulda brung the camera...

I found a dime at a stop light.

I also found an ENORMOUS (well, about two inches) nut, but it was too heavy to carry home. I left it near where I found it, near the bridge that goes from Rio Del Mission (or something like that) North to Rio Del Missione South.

I also also found an Incredible Hulk hackie-sack kind of thing, right on my own street! Left it on the picnic bench at Fashion Valley for the homeless lady to play with (more about that in the one-after-next paragraph).

The golf course had a thing going on so there was tons of vehicular traffic.

Took a break at Fashion Valley. Talked to a homeless-type lady. She wandered off to panhandle fifty cents to use a phone. True to form, I didn't even THINK of giving her the dime I had found earlier. Selfish lout!

A goodly portion of the way back starting near the In 'n Out I was playing leapfrog with two ladies on bikes. I got ahead, they went a different way, they took a break, I passed, they'd catch up. All the way up the Montezuma hill, then they turned off.

I felt pretty good the whole ride. Not weak or anything. Must be the four slices of pizza I had last night. Or was it five? Good thing I forgot to test last night! Of course I ate and hydrated during the ride. Two granola bars and an apple.

What do you think of the colors? Too much?

Weekly Mileage Totals:

Schwinn -- 53.89
Jamis -- 34.82