Buttery Commute
Date: Jan 10 Wed
Mileage: 27 (Bleriot)
January mileage: 134
Year to date: 134
I realized I wasn't going to have much time to ride the Bleriot in the upcoming days, so I decided to commute on the Bleriot. There was no nastiness forcasted, so I wouldn't feel guilty "soiling" the new ride. The a.m. end of it proved to be one of the more pleasant commutes on memory. It was just pleasant. "Like Buttuh". In the p.m. I followed Oak/Virginia/Hale through the West End to Chickasaw, and then Shawnee. It's too bad I didn't have the camera w/ me, because I could've documented the extremely high water on the Riverwalk, which in fact blocked my path. That hadn't happened since 'lance' and I had an adventure a few years ago in much warmer weather. After cutting through the golf course, I got back on track and back onto the Riverwalk, only to be blocked again, this time by a train. I had never seen a train actually blocking the path at that juncture before. Usually they separate the cars, but this time, No. I found myself glad that I'm pretty knowledgeable with directions in that area. For those trying to use the Riverwalk w/out much experience it would be a pretty daunting and defeating experience. Somewhere around 15m or so in I ran out of gas. Don't know if it was the cold (finally more normal winter temps @ 35F), food or what, but I came home pretty casually. A really good day though.
Mileage: 27 (Bleriot)
January mileage: 134
Year to date: 134
I realized I wasn't going to have much time to ride the Bleriot in the upcoming days, so I decided to commute on the Bleriot. There was no nastiness forcasted, so I wouldn't feel guilty "soiling" the new ride. The a.m. end of it proved to be one of the more pleasant commutes on memory. It was just pleasant. "Like Buttuh". In the p.m. I followed Oak/Virginia/Hale through the West End to Chickasaw, and then Shawnee. It's too bad I didn't have the camera w/ me, because I could've documented the extremely high water on the Riverwalk, which in fact blocked my path. That hadn't happened since 'lance' and I had an adventure a few years ago in much warmer weather. After cutting through the golf course, I got back on track and back onto the Riverwalk, only to be blocked again, this time by a train. I had never seen a train actually blocking the path at that juncture before. Usually they separate the cars, but this time, No. I found myself glad that I'm pretty knowledgeable with directions in that area. For those trying to use the Riverwalk w/out much experience it would be a pretty daunting and defeating experience. Somewhere around 15m or so in I ran out of gas. Don't know if it was the cold (finally more normal winter temps @ 35F), food or what, but I came home pretty casually. A really good day though.
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