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Riding Riding Riding..

So this weekend meant...guess what? Wow, you're right! Bike riding!

Saturday: Rochester with Annie. Distance: 20 miles. Terrain: Canal trails (mixed paved/hard packed dirt). Weather: Wetter than your mom with a midget. Hills: Mostly flat. Knee pain: moderate to severe.

The drive home was cool. The best part?

The scene on INTERSTATE 690

I almost plowed into traffic stopped on I-690 because there's a traffic light there. Only used during the New York State Fair.

Arrived in Syracuse in one piece.

Saturday night: A date of a very different sort.

CHAI

I was able to partake of the best chai on the planet, thanks to Happy Endings. While at the coffeehouse I ran into old friend Megan, and met Morgan, shown below.

May I take your coat?

We hung out at the coffeeshop for a while and gabbed about nothing in particular. Then I went home and slept.

Sunday: Highland Forest with Stephen. Distance: 12 miles. Terrain: Singletrack with typical offroad obstacles (rain washout, small ponds, large tree roots, bears). Weather: Dry, trails wetter than your mom with a midget due to rainfall Saturday. Mud. Hills: Yep. Knee pain: Mostly non-existant.

We got really muddy from riding in Highland Forest. Bikes were covered with crap. I heard a rustling off the trail we took. I heard reports of a bear running around later. Was it one & the same?

Monday: Rock Quarry with Amanda. Distance: 5 miles. Terrain: ROUGH. Weather: Dry. Hills: Yep. Knee pain: None.

Amanda ended up taking a really serious spill almost as soon as we started. I blame myself. I took us down some really technical portions of the quarry. The trail was windy in trees, on top of shattered/broken slate rock. Very hard riding.

Shipped off the big-ass computer I sold on ebay today. Glad to have it out of my hair. Sleep now. More talk later.

Posted by reid at August 26, 2002 11:16 PM