today was a traffic avoiding bike ride. My son and Daughter in law invited me to a street scramble, which is kind of like a scavenger hunt or orienteering. The problem is the start and finish for the street scramble is also where half of seattle go to watch the fireworks, so not only was it a car free area, it was also extremely crowded. So I rode 11 miles there, then we did the 3 hour street scramble, then i put my sorry butt back onto the bike and rode home.
Discovery: even when you are totally spent from walking for 3 hours in the heat of the sun, with tired legs and achy feet, your BIKE muscles in your legs are STILL FRESH! so even though i was totally totally tired and depleted, i rode the 11 miles home in good time.
I am very happy to be home now.
BTW, for those of you who wonder about the effectiveness of those "wings" I have the DeSoto Sport Arm coolers. I was out in the sun from 11am until 5pm with those things on. I decided that by 5 the sun would be cool enough to take them off. I did. To my surprise, the sun felt so much hotter on my skin that I put them back on. They do really work!