delbiker1 : 7000 miles in your 69th year? Shoot, man, you're a hero. I aspire to that kind of thing. I hope that in twelve more years, I am putting in that kind of mileage.

Like you, I had much time off work this spring, and I really don't work at all in summer. (College prof, now semi-retired and hence PT; I teach what I want, when I want, and do a couple other things.) So, I rode 200+ miles per week, most weeks, from early April through just last week, when I started teaching a new course. Hit the 6,000 mile mark a couple days ago, and this year will probably surpass my peak mileage year, which was 7550 miles (last year).

Keep on truckin', man!