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Well I am looking forward to a few rides up coming. Got some dates today for a trip to Florida to see my mom and attend a nieces graduation. Seeing mom isn't easy these days in that she is at the end stages of Alzheimer's disease. We are staying at a place that has a suite right near the water, but this time I am taking the bike or maybe bikes.
Right near the hotel, I can catch Pensacola Beach, and there is a road that goes between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach near Fort Walton, that is fairly lightly traveled, flat and along the beach the entire 20 ish miles. Twenty miles with an ocean breeze in my face, plenty of time to stop and admire the scenery (wife won't even care if I look at the bikini's. Being a photographer has advantages.) and just stop when I want to for as long as I desire. About half the ride will be along a preserved beach that is almost totally natural. The last time I was along this route, the beaches were dealing with oil. Now clean, its a trip I am really looking forward to.
After that, I am headed up to my hometown for a few days and going to spend one of them riding many of the roads I traveled as a kid, decades ago. That I am not sure how I will react, but its something I do want to do.
Better work on the new gearing for the rear wheel tomorrow. Life is good.
Right near the hotel, I can catch Pensacola Beach, and there is a road that goes between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach near Fort Walton, that is fairly lightly traveled, flat and along the beach the entire 20 ish miles. Twenty miles with an ocean breeze in my face, plenty of time to stop and admire the scenery (wife won't even care if I look at the bikini's. Being a photographer has advantages.) and just stop when I want to for as long as I desire. About half the ride will be along a preserved beach that is almost totally natural. The last time I was along this route, the beaches were dealing with oil. Now clean, its a trip I am really looking forward to.
After that, I am headed up to my hometown for a few days and going to spend one of them riding many of the roads I traveled as a kid, decades ago. That I am not sure how I will react, but its something I do want to do.
Better work on the new gearing for the rear wheel tomorrow. Life is good.