Several things took time and effort away from my Joy of Cycling this year:

• Moving my parents from NJ to be near me, mom to memory care and caregiving for 94 y.o. dad in my home, and organizing their financial matters.
• Major home improvement projects at a house down the street; demo for new kitchen, new bath, removing bearing walls, moving exterior doors, running underground 60 amp service to the remote garage for level 2 EV charging, etc. Throw in a partial kitchen rehab at my present home too.
• Bike storage at capacity.

Riding - lots of commuting trips to in the first half of 2018, including riding to the memory care facility daily to visit mom. Once dad arrived in late July, riding to MC fell by the wayside. This upcoming spring, I will probably take a bike along and ride back and forth, leaving my vehicle at MC when not traveling with dad. No organized rides as it conflicts with yacht racing, though I rode to the harbor for most races.
Touring/Vacations – in September, we took our bikes to Grand Rapids for visiting the many venues for Art Prize. It was a weekend of perfect weather. We headed to Leelanau after Art Prize, and the highlight was riding the Traverse rail trail, where a 62km R.T. ride equaled my age.
Bike Collection – I only bought two this year, an 89 Ironman Expert that DanBianchi was kind enough to facilitate and an underpriced Schwinn Twinn, which I flipped quickly. My wrenching took a dive due to slowing sales and lack of bike space. I have 6 garage stalls between 2 houses, of which only 2 cars are parked in the garages. Plan is to recapture another 2 stalls for vehicles. I really need to get inventory under control as there are more than a dozen bikes coming from NJ. I have been spending the last few evenings purging, reorganizing, and wrenching.