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Getting Fit — 28+ Mile Bike Ride on 5/30/23

I rode with the same lady I went riding 9 miles with last week. We met up at a bike-friendly church (parking, bike repair kit, welcome to bikers signs, use our bathrooms) on the bike path and headed north on the Fred Meijer Berry Junction Trail. My new friend has an e-assist bike, so I…

#FF — He’s Back!

He’s back, just like he said he would be! It took but minutes to ripple through the digital ether to inform the human population. The website posted his tour schedule, where the faithful were expected to gather to join him, where they would rise to The Promised Land. In city after city, The Faithful climbed…

Yellowstone’s Rip — be my man

Cole Hauser as Rip on the TV series, Yellowstone I’ve been binging Yellowstone S5 Pt. 1 this weekend. It’s a new release from the library so can only borrow it for a week (close to 2 dozen people are waiting for it) which means I gotta do it. Don’t feel sorry for me though, because…

RWG 11 — For my uncle, shot down over the North Sea in WWII

North Sea When you heard whistles, yells, and felt the shells pierce the wings and hull, what did you wonder as parachute’s grace rocked you towards inevitable clash with Northern Sea’s finishing freeze splash? Did you embrace chivalrous? Macho? Scared? Maybe yours were no confident, steeled, screaming lips. Maybe relief gave your imminent non-being a…

Doodads — Dotty closeup and walk around the yard 052823

The first pic is Dotty, where she likes to sit on the armrest pullout of my retro desk as I’m at the keyboard. Notice her new pink bow, which is part of a t-shirt I cut the neck and arms out of. The rest of the pics show how things are growing. The prickly pear…

Getting Fit: bike ride Ottawa County 052623

Copy and pasted from Strava (on a 30-day free trial and need to figure out how to lift actual maps from it of the rides) 11.44 mi 1:21:43 296 ft 156 Avg Max Speed 8.4 mi/h 17.3 mi/h Elapsed Time 1:45:52 Clear Temperature 64 ℉ Humidity 43% Feels like 62 ℉ Wind Speed 8.3 mi/h…

Getting Fit — On the bike

I’ve taken 2 bike rides so far, one on the 16th and the other yesterday, the 25th. On the 16th I went a tad over 8 miles. Perfect riding weather. Yesterday I went on a ride with a new friend that I met on the bike path riders facebook page. We met up at the…