Today I did a ride out to Snohomish and back which means a climb on the way back, up a particularly nasty hill that can actually make me see stars. I always have to chuckle as I pass the spot on the base of the hill where someone has written the word "hill" in green paint as if for an organized ride. It's more of a wall than a hill, so there's no missing the fact that suffering is imminent. I always wonder if it is somebody's idea of a joke, or if it was actually a marking from an organized ride. Hmmm