I had a great ride today, with only a few exceptions. The weather was sunny this morning, then in the afternoon a thunder shower hit my bike. A quick dash outside brought it out of the rain.

I took a short ride at noon to a GI Joe's store to get a map and look at hiking gear for an upcoming vacation.

In the evening, I had a great ride home. I saw two cars try to go through a cross walk while I was in it--not good and I shook my head. Encountered a kid on a bicycle riding the wrone way, against traffic and I said to him, "Not Good!" as he passed. He wasn't wearing a helmet either. I had wanted to go where he was, but he forced me into the lane, with another bicyclist behind me, cars passing and a curb divider on the far side of the curb. It was a setup for problems, but none occurred.

I was going onto a freeway overpass toward the end of my ride, when I dechained while trying to accelerate. 'Had enough momentum to go to the road's side and get on the walkway. While there, I saw that what looked like a used battery was placed on the sidewalk beside the overpass near a light post. It looked like a used battery, but I got my cell phone out and called it in to 911, explained that it probably was a used battery but because of its suspicious location, it probably should be checked out. 'Don't know the outcome.

My son and I talked last evening about that ol' LeTour I rode today, and he was uncomfortable with me riding it. It's only 20 years old, and I've modified it a lot. The dechaining in an intersection gives me enough pause that I'm going to remove its rack, and begin riding my Trek 1420 again (I had been saving it for training rides--which I haven't done many of).

A good day's ridin' though.

John