On the Road Again

Thanks to my blogging yesterday I got caught up on Gunny Girl's blog and found some extra enthusiasm for hitting the road last night.  I did the Gold Nugget triathlon last month and had very few miles on my vintage Schwinn before the race.  I have no idea how many miles actually because it took me a while to realize there were two batteries on my wireless computer and get them replaced.  And then I measured my distance in km.  Mostly because I can't figure out how to change it to miles. 

It was a fun race even without enough training and my time was not much different than 5 years ago.  And I still suck at swimming.  But back to last night's ride.  I had originally planned to bike to work, but bailed when I saw it raining.  Hatman wanted to ride after work since he now also has a vintage Schwinn road bike (thanks craigslist) and he did some tuning on it last weekend.  It poured rain.  I mean really dumped.  We perservered and he got to see a bit more of the trails, including the coastal trail.  Did I mention it was 46 degrees?  Somehow the temperature is not in metric, just speed and distance.  Which turned out to be 31 km.  In a couple days he will recover and we can go again. 

Eklutna Paddle

I had a list for Memorial Day weekend.  And paddling was on the top.  But it was a reward, so I scheduled it for Monday.  I will not traumatize you or bore you with before and after pictures of the garage or the studio or the kitchen.  Just trust me when I say that I really needed a break. 

That's why I went somewhere nearby, because later in the summer I don't think I will appreciate it as much.  Also, it took me a really long time to get the rack on the car and the boat on the rack and the gear in the car (mostly because I had to find it in the recently 'organized' gear closet - modifications pending).  I probably would also not have appreciated the conditions I paddled in if I had not been working so hard.  Despite what it looks like, I was not alone on the lake.  Lots of other people were suckered in by the sunshine and suffered with me in the wind and the wildfire smoke.  I swear I thought there were mountains up there but you would never know if this was your first visit here.  It was all worth it.  And as soon as I order the missing parts for my kayak rack, I'll be out paddling again.  Until then, I will try to figure out how to install my new disc brakes on my mountain bike. 

Women Run

A little bit of my weekend adventures.  No pink this year, the flamingo needs a rest.  An amazing number of people thought I had cat ears.  I will never understand humans.  Other adventures involved cleaning the garage, scrubbing the chrome on my table and chairs, swapping said furniture with the loaned version and returning them to their owner, vaccuumming and shampooing carpets, and continuing to be amazed that there is still stuff in the garage that does not live there and needs to somehow find a home inside.  Aren't you jealous??  I also took the road bike for a spin and I might have eaten ice cream.  More than once.