I rode 21 miles today. 1st ride in 2 weeks - schedule has been crazy to say the least. I had a lovely encounter with a pack of dragonflies. You know - when there is a huge group of the buggers. One of them thwacked me in the side of the head. I thought it was stuck in the side of my sunglasses for a while. They sound very crunchy when you run into them. A little old man that is always wandering around looking for aluminum cans nearly did me in - tossed a flip flop from the side of the road into the middle of the road just as I was coming up behind him. Gotta love that. The great thing about today's ride was that I only saw 1/2 dozen cars the entire time. Very nice!

The very best thing about today's ride was that I was wearing my new AV jersey! I got a lot of looks from the walkers and the other cyclist I saw. One guy even turned around to read it! Cool!