2 More Days of My Adventure.

After a delicious Easter dinner with my family, I took a short nap.  Then I decided to "hit the trail" so I got my bike out of the garage, filled my water bottle and started out.  I wasn't sure how far I would ride but I knew it was a beautiful day and I wanted to be outside in the fresh air.

     There was no wind which was a big relief to me as I rode along.  I went toward Sanford on the Rail Trail and much to my surprise there were hardly anybody riding or walking.  It was a nice change as I didn't have to worry about me running anyone over.  I think I saw 2 people, both on bikes on my whole ride.
   I got to the duck memorial spot which is just outside the city limits of Midland and decided to turn around.  I had made good time as it was easy riding.  When I was going past our neighbor's house--the "Novak's", which is the neighbor closest to our house, I heard people clapping and cheering for me.  I turned around and went to talk to them.  They were all out in the yard and saw me go by.  They are and have been the best neighbors in the whole, wide world.  It was nice to have my own cheering section.  Thanks Novak Family for your support.

       Later in the afternoon before it got dark, I decided to go around the block so I could get 20 miles in.  I actually rode 22 miles so I was happy with that total.

    Yesterday, as soon as I got home from work, I hopped on my bike and rode around the block.  I only had a half hour as I had to take Clif to therapy on his knee.  But I made it in 20 minutes, not bad for changing gears from working to riding.
  
     After supper, I took off  and rode once again to the duck memorial .  It was windy going and several times, I thought that "turning around would be a good thing to do", but I pushed myself and kept on going.  On the way back, the sun was starting to go down but I knew I had time to make it home before dark.  And I did.  My total miles for yesterday was 23.

   Today it's raining and windy but I'm hoping after work to get a few more miles in.  We will see.  I do not ride in the rain (unless I get caught in a rain storm) as I ride for fun and it's no fun to have the rain running off your head, or making my glasses steam up so I can't see where I'm going. 

    So my grand total this year is 269 miles.  It doesn't seem like a lot to me considering I started riding March 17th.  But I have to remember all of the snow days that we had in there, plus there was 5 days that I couldn't ride when Clif had his knee surgery.  I guess, I'm not doing to bad considering everything.  I will keep plugging away as I only have 1742 miles to go.   One mile at a time, as the "tread meets the payment".

    See ya later.