First, I organized a team training ride for Saturday. As it turned out, only my friend Deb could join me on the Cannon Valley Trail, which is a lovely, scenic bike ride along the Cannon River. The trees were budding, the frogs were making their peeper noises, and we saw a lot of wildflowers. I failed to take photos during the pretty parts of the route, but Deb did take this photo of me, sporting our new jersey and arm warmers.
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| Ugly trailhead area in Red Wing Pretty jersey and arm warmers |
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| Exciting Friday night "collating" the team gear that got delivered |
Matt and I had a great ride to the north side of Stillwater today. It started a little bumpy - literally, due to Marshall and Jackson Streets being very potholed. Then we had to walk through some random gravel. We saw several goslings. None of them were Ryan. But I had no photos of the ride today, so here you go, engaged reader!
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| Am I amused? |
We also saw a cute woodchuck, a ton of turtles, a huge catfish head with the skeleton attached (Matt), and a turkey (Maggie), and could hear the frogs again. We had to do some walking by the Lilydale yacht club due to a ton of sand on the road from the recent flooding. We rode through water without even getting our feet wet. We stayed on task, so we were able to take the longer route home so that I could be on time for an afternoon walk with my friend Alison.
So, I've ridden a decent amount the past few weekends, with not much happening during the weekdays. I've had good excuses. This past week, I was in Florida for two nights for a work-like thing that I think I will just characterize as a meeting I attended in my free time for professional development purposes.
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| About half of the meetings' attendees were lawyers, so it is fitting that the hotel was a former fed courthouse |
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| I got little exercise in Florida, but did manage to get out for a nice post-dinner walk |
I'm thinking I'll be able to get out on my bike during the week, and am looking forward to whatever adventures await.
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