Haven't posted for a couple of days as I wasn't seeing the text entry box. Turns out my ad blocker was getting over zealous and preventing it from being displayed. Just got that figured out so....

This being "bike to work week" there are a lot of extra things going on sponsored by area businesses and cycling clubs.

Yesterday morning: beautiful. I swung by a church near the client's office as they were offering ride-through snacks and prayer for anyone commuting. I figured I could benefit from both. As I rode up the pastor looked at me and said, "Hi Terry!" He looked vaguely familiar, but I couldn't place who he was. He reintroduced himself and it turns out I went to middle school and high school with him. I hadn't seen him in more than 30 years. That was pretty wild. We spent a few minutes catching up.

Over lunch I rode to the south end of the city to an LBS that was hosting a free lunch for cycle commuters. Last year I rode to the same lunch in the middle of a deluge and got soaked to the bone. This year the weather was perfect. Oddly enough, they had a bigger turnout last year.

Last night was the "ride of silence" to remember those cyclists who have been killed while riding. They listed all of the fatalities in our city over the last 15 years. There were five of them. While that's five too many, I was also surprised the list was that low (not that I'm complaining.) It was a somber ride. One of the five listed was a friend of mine so I rode in his memory.

This morning I left the house early to take the long way to work in order to grab more photos for the scavenger hunt. It was another extremely beautiful morning: 59°F, sunny and a light wind. I wound up logging 19 miles before I arrived at the office.