So, I'm cycling up Mt. Diablo today with V. and our spouses.

It always seems to happen ("always" being a data set of 3 at this point) that when I'm about 3/4 of the way up the mountain I experience a bit of chaffing - even though I apply the Chamois Butt'r liberally to the inside of my shorts beforehand, maybe that's just how long it takes to wear off of.

But no worries, I carry a little travel-size plastic bottle (the kind you get at the drugstore or sporting goods store) filled with Chamois Butt'r for just these occasions, and there's a little potty shed precisely where I need it, at the valley overlook near Juniper.

So I pull up to the shed, pull out the little bottle, run into the shed, squeeze out a liberal amt of the contents and smear it over the areas inside my shorts that need it the most.

Then I happen to look at the label of the bottle. I had drawn a big S on it.

I had pulled out the travel size bottle of sunscreen (SPF 50 thenkewverymuch) instead of the travel size bottle of Chamois Butt'r, which, you guessed it, had a big C on the label.

I'm glad to report that the chafing on the rest of the ride was minimal - I'm not sure if that means that sunscreen works as well as Chamois Butt'r, or if a lot of gloopy lotion of any kind would work. It did no harm, though.

But it does give new meaning to the phrase "put it where the sun don't shine"