for me it was INDEPENDENCE DAY! Independence from everyone else's plans. Also, a hope that I can be independent of our horrible government. But I digress.
The plan:
return books to library on bike. Then fly down Cheasty blvd, a winding tree lined road that takes you right to the heart of south eastern Seattle; usually a place I don't like to go even in a car because of traffic jams and road construction.
But it's early in the morning, on the 4th of July! I went straight down Martin Luther King, Junior Way like it was my driveway! There were hardly any other vehicles, and since it's all newly paved concrete, it was a beautiful ride.
Then I went back up the hill on Henderson, even more tree-lined than Cheasty, a lovely 2% grade all the way up to the top. 12.2 miles and i'm in for the rest of the day to do domestic things Independently.
(Raleighdon is doing a 200 k ride today)
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