I started out to do my usual Saturday ride. It was a May Gray kind of day: it was still a little gloomy going up the Pacific electric trail:
I did change it up a little by going all the way to Nealy's Corner (i-15 and Sierra) before heading back down. I almost went up Lytle Creek rd, but I didn't. It had cleared up: I passed the Galleano vineyards: since I had gone up to Nealy's I decided to do the short ride and go up Benson. we still have some snow on mt Baldy: Kathy Tish petted The Goodwine's dog: and then the pant that I got from the Logsdon's a couple of years appears to be doing something: One of things that Father Kieth talked about was the on Ascension Sunday was the old English practice of beating the bounds and that we should view this as spreading the Word. One of things we do is take picture of winged lion (the traditional symbol of St.Mark and photograph ourselves with it when we are on vacation. Since Kieth wants to try and get photos from all 50 states, I took one so I can get Missouri and Illinois (and possibly Kentucky and Texas, although the latter will be the inside of DFW airport). They also had a smaller version, which is idea for my bike:
Most people think of LA as a movie town, but really it was built more on oil and aircraft. I'd suggest you watch "There will be blood" or checkout a copy of OIL! by Upton Sinclair
now I've got to figure if want to ride my bike to church tomorrow. I've also got to check out part of a Rando route
wihich did cause a bit of problem, as I had planned on having lunch at Tio's, whereas they stopped at a pancake breakfast. The res of Saturday went ok. except for the fact the I got an email at 5 stating that I was to read the prayers at 8. a Little problem, considering I was going to take part in the tour de cure today. Big decision. In the end, I decided that my duty to the church won out and I went to Saint Marks instead of riding over the Vincent Thomas bridge. One has to have their ducks in a row one thing I ran across doing research was this video:
versus the Americans:
was struck by the contrasting approaches. Me , I'm an American. I like the more uplifting approach of donald. maybe that why we're still here when the USSR is gone.
since I've been dong some reflections lately and decided that that ultra -riding is not really for me anymore. and I've started attending a self help for the fact at times I can't stop eating, so yes, I've taken the first step of may (could be twelve, but then again). feels good. part of it i taking it easy, and one day at time. no more crazy all nighters( well, we'll get to it shortly) Friday, for once, I had absolutely nothing to do on my day off. so I took a little bike ride: that's not clouds in the background: we had fresh snow at end of april. One of things that impressed me when I shot this was the vines are used to make the "pride of Cucamonga" wine. the message that came to me was fine wine or rotgut? I was thinking of bike journal reunion when I brought along a bottle of it. every one drank cheaper stuff , and ignored my bottle, the host sent me an email afterward remarking that it was the best thing anyone had brought. what came to me was that most of time , we chase the cheap and easy payoff, when the Lord wants us to struggle a bit, for a the better reward, either in this life or the next.(I was struck by how much I enjoying doing this versus riding in a pack) The other thing that came to me when I was writing this Jesus' first miracle and how he saved the best for last. another thing that popped into my head:
Saturdat was our big 3 club ride. I did this off and on, manly to avoid the pack, but still be part of the group; Mike, Mark, and Steve at the start: riding through Ganesha park , I saw something, that most folks probably did not: that really come out neat. I didn't go to Cal Poly , but a couple of folks followed me. they're wern't happy when I told them to go back down the hill I was climbing Later on, I did another detour:
which came out pretty neat. the only problem was that I had planned on eating at Tio's and no one else wanted to (darn food plans). So I ordered out. today, we had the centennial of St Marks' it was at 9 , so I could get a later start. I decided to ride by the original building, which is now a museum:
I thought it would an hour and half, but it turned into two and a half hours. a bit of a problem ,since I planned a recumbent ride to the Upland lemon festival Ron Pebbles drove all the way down from the bay area to ride:
part of the trail is not finished yet: The snow was gone: we did make it to the festival. Chris Chun was going to bring back some lemon cookies for his daughter, be would could not find Lemon cookies, or lemon Jam, or lemon marmalade, or lemon meringue pie. The only lemon thing we could find was: lemonade: we took out group shot and left: I alomst turned off and went home. maybe I should I have as I had 20 miles Friday, 65 yesterday and 50 today. Hey, it's not 127 in one day. I got back at 3:30 and discovered that that sun tea I gd set out at 7:00 was really brewed. That's enough for this weekend, Let's see what tomorrow brings
I've been playing with the video again. Lots of of . had lunch with Barry and Debbie and Jack and Carolyn, and then lazed away the day. here's a shot down route 66:
since it light and warm enough, I took my camera to church. need a ranchero:
I was think that awfully early for them to bloom. Not so much as the season, but they don't usually bloom until the end of life. Like a lot of life you have to sacrifice something to get something. Like the club ride. I'm always amazed at people who say "I rode past that?" when looking at my pictures. I'd rather not be at the front of the pack, and see what creation has on store. A sometime beauty sneaks up on you:
I've had this catcus for about 4 years and it's the first time it's bloomed. It shouldn't die on me, but I would expect the blooms to be there next month. Enjoy beauty when it presents itself.
