I usually take a bicycle path around a shopping center, and today was no exception. But when I approached the furnature store behind which lies the bike pathway, I had to stop.

A fellow was cleaning up broken glass on the front of the store, and he told me this story. Someone had backed a large truck up to the store front very early in the morning, smashed the window, entered the building, and stolen several items of furnature. The man knew this had happened, because the police caught the fellow less than a mile away. His truck had expired license plates, and he was pulled over by the police for a routine check. That check stopped being routine when they found he had furnature and no sales slip. The police called the store, and found it had just been burglarized. The man was arrested, and is in jail. He had also done the same thing to other stores some fifty miles away in Salem, Oregon.

I continued on my ride, and stopped by Starbucks to get together with some church members (we do that on Tuesday). I had an interesting tale to tell.

It was cold in the morning, but very nice weather in the afternoon (50s F) and sunny. I brought home my laptop, and carried about 28 pounds on my new Rans Stratus; it's doing very well, except for some flats (I think that may be solved with some tough strips). Tomorrow I fly all day, so my next riding day is Thursday.

John