August 2nd Rides

[mary9761]

It's been terribly hot and I've been recovering from a long visit to the ER a week ago with my asthma and allergies so I hadn't been riding. The forcast was for low humidity and a bit lower temps today and I figured if I'm going to get a ride in this week, it will need to be today.
With my 30 mile ride yesterday "The Little Navigator That Could" crossed the 6,000 mile mark with 6,023.6 miles!!! 5,589.10 of those outdoor miles and all but 124 of those were between 7/05 and 11/06.
The morning started in the mid 70's with very low humidity and bright sunshine. I had a pretty gusty headwind out of the NNW heading up to Carmel from town. I rode downtown to the White River Greenway and over to the Canal Tow Path and then to the Monon.
I rode up to The Bike Line to get the Trek Ion 6 LED headlight and the Flare 7 tailight. I should be able to see and be seen great now!
As if in protest to getting the new light set and installing the tailight at the store, I was heading down a grade in Carmel and hit a bump, I heard crashing and bouncing and I looked down at my handlebars. My old headlight evidently was telling me "Well PHOOEEY on YOU!!" and tumbled down a rocky embankment never to be seen again... Better the old light than the new one!!!!
I headed back towards town and finally was bonking big time so I headed to College Ave from the Monon and caught the bus the rest of the way home. I'm toast and exhausted. The hot shower felt great.
With my 30 mile ride "The Little Navigator That Could" crossed the 6,000 mile mark with 6,023.6 miles!!! 5,589.10 of those outdoor miles and all but 124 of those were between 7/05 and 11/06.