Today I caved in to sloth, and settled for riding a single round trip to Marsh Park, covering the 9.8 miles in 1:12. It was a lovely sunshiny ride in the upper sixties, but I was battling a pretty healthy wind (16 mph from the north when i finished). Though not 'mean,' it was ruffling the trees pretty good quite constantly.
The ride began with a nice surprise. After I had ridden the sidewalk along Lohr Rd. down the hill and was waiting to cross Oak Valley, a van pulled up and a man called out the window, "Hey, Allen!" He could evidently see me squinting and struggling to figure out who it was, because he then yelled, "It's Dustin!" Dustin Bornhoft (see picture below) is a friend who was a work colleague of mine at Firestone when I was there (in the second half of my 2001-2014 tenure). Good to see him wearing the olde English D in this profile picture of his that I stole from Facebook.😊
Alan, Are you still riding PALM? Don't worry about mileage! You have 8-9 hours to travel the distance, with a stop for lunch, and I have even fallen asleep under a tree in front of a farmhouse. It is not slothful to listen to your body. It is wisdom! rob
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