There were a few notable things about riding today. The first is that it was a gorgeous day, weather wise. The temperature was probably in the high 60s or so, starting out a bit colder and getting warmer throughout the day, slightly overcast but getting sunny. We rode for a while on a really old-school dirt trail which was hell on my 28mm road tires but I got through it with only a little bit of mud crusted onto my brakes. That trail opened up onto the rails-to-trails pedestrian skybridge that went over the Hudson near Poughkeepsie and that was one of the coolest, largest and highest pedestrian bridges I’ve ever personally seen, because it used to be a railroad bridge. Super cool.
I rode today with Teri, who I hadn’t ridden with yet, and she shared her life story with me (too private for the blog) and I gave her some of my patented high-quality life advice. It was a good reminder, as I’ve had many of, about the power of speaking your truth and being honest.
Then I drove the van for a bit so that Sean could go get his knee checked out.
The terrain and weather is really starting to remind me of being a kid in Buffalo, which is hardly surprising.
