Well, as I continue on my journey, last Saturday night, I was debating whether to ride my bike after church on Sunday or take a nap. As we were eating dinner, it started to snow, and it snowed, and it snowed. Great big flakes and it was very wet and heavy. That took care of what choice I should make. I took a nap.
Yesterday, on Monday, it was really windy and cold. But I did get a mile ride in. I figured every mile that I can ride is one more closer to my goal.
Then tonight after supper, I knew it was windy and kind of chilly and I tossed the question back and forth in my mind, "Do I ride or do I not ride?" I decided to ride. I wanted to get 10 miles in and so I took off. It was pretty easy riding to Sanford, and not as hard as I had thought it might be.
On the way there, I saw a little creek and as I watched the water flow, I noticed some bubbles. I didn't stop to explore them that closely, but they were kind of awesome as they floated along.
I arrived in Sanford and kept going. I needed to ride at least 5 miles to make my goal. I ended up going 5.5 miles and I turned around. As I turned, and headed back toward home, I was facing the sun, and it was very bright. By the time I had gone about a mile, I noticed the sun was going down and boy, it was dropping fast.
I normally stop to rest a few minutes at a picnic table that they have along the rail trail but decided I should keep on pedaling. I don't have a head light on my bike but I do have a reflector on the back that blinks. So I stopped just for a minute to turn that on and grab a small Twix bar out of my packback. (that gives me energy to ride more) :)
As I pulled in the driveway, I could still see but it was getting darker. And I looked at my miles that I had gone for today, it was 11. That made me happy.
So now I only have 1898 miles left to go. And so, until next time, when I will be glad to have the "Tread meeting the Payment."
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