May 8 rides

[reddDesign]

11 miles today, doing a 26mi group ride on sunday...

[short cut sally]

I called in at work today..ssshhhh...don't tell on me.
I took a nice leisurely ride today. To enjoy the wonders of spring. I rode up and down all the side streets of 2 towns to look at remodeling projects, flowers, and the architecture of all the older homes. I smelled all the dogwood and lilac trees in bloom. I wanted to pick some lilacs at an abandoned house but was afraid of getting caught and how would I manage getting a large handful home? I was going to stuff them in my back pocket but it's not that deep. I would've left a trail of lilacs for sure. There was a breeze at times, that made going down hill a little rough. The weather was only 70 degrees, but a warm 70 which surprised me. It was a beautiful day, got in 42 miles. NOT bad for being sick huh???

[Fredwina]

Well today was my normally scheduled day off but I woke up about the same time, so I took off early.
I was going to go up to applewhite Campground on Lytle Creek Road, I decided to go up sierra ave in Fontana to avoid some bad dogs

Unfortunately, once I got close to the 15, I started to pick some Santa Ana Velocity winds -so no Lytle Creek road for me!
I decided to see If I could make over to Glen Helen Park, not bad:



Coming back , I noticed a Condor trying to Fly across the road. The wind was bad enough, it was not making any progress. so it landed and gave me a "Rodney Dangerfield" look.
I took a shot of a fire station, just not the one I was aiming for, before heading for home:

[slmdunc]

I'm almost 20 weeks pregnant and I haven't been riding (or exercising at all) for the last month, due to an outrageous schedule at work. Sooo... got back out today and went 13 miles by the beach with a friend. Not far, not hard - but GREAT to be back.

[ZooZoo]

Just shy of 20 miles today, with more hills than normal for me. Beautiful morning, and I went out early to avoid traffice (cars and bikes). Felt really good.