Tonight I went to the grocery store, but coming out discovered that I had mis-timed my return home and that it was raining heavily.

So I hung out in front of the store waiting for the storm to pass. A very heavy man noticed my Specialized Hard Rock utility bike and started asking me a lot of questions about it. He told me that he works at the VA, doing PTSD counseling for Iraq/Afghanistan vets and suicide prevention. I got the feeling that he was eating the stress of his job. He told me about the bikes that he had as a kid.

So we talked a bit more about bikes. I let him know that the LBS across the parking lot could let him know what size bike he needed. I also told him about the Clydesdale forum, and how there were guys there as big as he was who rode bikes and understood the issues. His wife had joined us by then, and she also asked me to repeat the URL for it. You could tell he was going to get a strong push from her.

As the rain diminished I took off for home. The skies were clear in the direction I was going and the sunset was amazing.