Another Hot One

Temp inside the house got up to 91° in the kitchen today.

That's fun.

I suppose we could turn the AC on, but when the humidity is down around 19%, the AC seems like overkill. Then again, we're outside now at 8pm when the temp is 79° and it almost feels chilly. I suppose the AC at 80° wouldn't have been so bad.

Enough with the weather. I'm sure everyone is feeling and dealing the same.

So what else went on?

The morning started kind of early (at least for me) around 6:30am. Leaving the blinds open last night to let the cool breezes in didn't help keeping the sun out when it came up.

At least we had time for a delicious pancake breakfast and bacon, before I was off to French Creek to do some trail maintenance.

PaTH was holding a maintenance day at French, and some of us Bean's guys thought it prudent to help out. We had a good crew. Henderson, Mark, Ryan and I hooked up with the Dtown guys (Martin, Paul, Jim, etc.) to do some work on the Turtle trail.

First it was cleaning out a gully to keep the water off the trail and in the gully.

Didn't seem totally necessary, but it went quick.

Then it was creating a rock bed in a low spot where it gets soft after a rain.

Again, didn't seem totally necessary, but we did a good job and walked away proud.

Done early, we found a spot further down the trail that we decided actually needed some work.
So now the impervious French Creek is even more so.
Don't get me wrong. It was all good work and I was more then happy to do it.

Back home and after lunch - more pancakes and some hot dogs - Jen and I got some of our deck furniture down from the garage attic, but only some since it was so freaking hot up there. I guess that was worth it to, as we sit outside now and enjoy the coolness of the evening.

Yeah this whole not working on the weekends thing is kind of new to me, so hold on. I had all kinds of silly things to do and enjoy this afternoon, which included but was not limited to:

• Cleaning out the Mazda in preparation for donation
• Getting the Ninja fired up and running
• Hauling six months of cardboard to the recycling center
• Loading up the car for tomorrow AMs ride/paddle
• Fixing flat tubes from who knows when
• Stowing XC skis and snowboard away till next year
  

The Mazda's a real shame. I tried starting it to see if I was going to need to push it or jump it to get it to the driveway for when they come to get it, but it started right up and hummed like it always did.

Getting the Ninja running was interesting. I got it all fired up and got excited to ride, so I threw on some jeans, my helmet and took off for a quick spin. As I roll by the township building a cop rolls out behind me.

Damn!

Guess I'm not going to be burning off any carbon today. Whatever. Do the speed limit, use my signals and everything is fine. I'm totally legal...

Damn!

When I threw on my jeans, I forgot to grab my wallet. So I'm walletless. That's just a fine. Hmmm. I got a letter from the insurance company the other day. I wonder if the insurance is up to date on the Ninja?

Damn!

Maybe it's not?

I turned off at the first light and got rid of that headache. Didn't ride as far as I'd hoped, but at least I'm not paying silly fines. Which is good. I need that money to put gas in the bike. Though it's only a 250, the Prius gets 10mpg better then the little Ninja.

Wow. Look at that! I've got chilly all down the front of my shirt. How'd that happen? Yes. I'll take another beer please.

Blah, blah, blah, I finished the day with a beer and some punctures. Besides this shot,

I should have gotten some pictures of my snakebites. You'd think with so many I'd learn to ride higher pressure, tubeless or just better.

Oh well.

At least I wasn't working this weekend.

- b