John’s Ramblings

Ridden it twice, and told myself last year that I wouldn’t do it again for a while.  Probably a good decision, as we were up pretty late last night after attending a concert by Stevie Wonder.  I would have been hard pressed to be up and rolling at the crack of dawn, given that we didn’t get to bed until 1:30 a.m. or so.  Still, I had to run out this morning at 7 to get coffee (we were out), and dozens of riders were riding down West Valley Hwy. in waves while I got my bucket of black-lightning at the Bigfoot Espresso. I waxed nostalgic to do the ride for about 30 minutes, or the time it took to get home, kick off my clothes and park my coffee-sipping ass in front of the tv to watch Le Tour.

I’m on the hook for doing some smokey ribs for the neighbor’s party tonight, so I slipped out for a quick loop on the bike before I fire up the BBQ.  The Green River Trail is compromised on the west by the levee repair, and the Interurban is cluttered with people and strollers because it’s Kent Conucopia Days.  Go home, people, you are in my way!

I’ll try to get to bed at a decent hour tonight, and maybe head up to Sunrise on Mt. Rainier for a little solo torture.  I’m still fighting a bit of upper respiratory congestion… nothing too malevolent, but I must hack and spit every 50 yards or so, an activity much better performed in solitude.

Tags: cascade_bicycle_club, Cycling, green_river_trail, interurban_trail, obama, sick, stp, sunrise-mount-rainier-cycling-hill-grunt-clydesdale

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