Saturday, 10/3 Rides

[7rider]

Pfunk12 got me into the "N2 Late" ride. A couple of Post-Crash Misfits () who choose to do the popular N2 route, departing 15 minutes or so later than the regular group. It does the same route, contains great company, but is much less crowded. No harrowing decents at speed in a crowd.
So that's what I did today.
40 miles of perfect autumn weather.

[pfunk12]

Post-Crash Misfits? I love it! Proud to be a part of that group ! See you tomorrow morning.

Pfunk12 got me into the "N2 Late" ride. A couple of Post-Crash Misfits ()

[Fredwina]

I wasn't sure how much it would take to fir my recumbent in my new (to me ) car, so I drive to the club ride.
I did a couple of loops of the heritage subdivision. This caught my eye:

I talked with Jiffer before the ride about how weel I can do hills on my bent:

I did the "medium" ride. about as much climbing and distance as the long, but less severe grades. The medium also skips the final climbs, but I decided to do it! It was ok. I out foxed my nemesis, The light at wilson (I have yet to master the start from a dead stop on a 8% grade), I was little wobbly, which was a concern as the road narrowed, and there a dedication for a new park being held at the top of the steet yesterday (lot more traffic). I thought I could cut across to Eitwanda, but no (ok, where did the drainange ditch come from?) I cam down the hill, had a smoothie, did 10 more miles and called it a day:

[owlice]

My Saturday ride was one mile downhill to the grocery store, then one mile uphill from the grocery store, with groceries.

Was approaching my street and noticed a car just sitting there at the T intersection not doing anything. Gradually dawned on me that the car looked familiar, and then it dawned on me that the driver looked familiar. It was my soon-to-be-ex-husband, whom I hadn't seen since .... oh, May, I suppose, or the very beginning of June. He had driven over to pick something up, something I hadn't put outside yet, he having missed the part of our phone conversation in which I'd said, "I'll call you when the [thing] is outside." The encounter was a little weird, mostly, I think, because it was so unexpected.

I like fetching groceries by bike! Now I have to get the nerve to ride my bike to Target and the pet store. The ride is a little daunting, what with traffic, but not nearly so daunting as the prospect of leaving my bike outside Target -- that's the scary part!