Thursday beer drinking gathering was another wet success albeit sore voice box and hearing loss the next day. The boys get noisier w/ each beer consumed: lots of shouting in a public place. South Hill Spokane. Cal, Tom, and me made ride appointment of 9:00 AM on Fri.
Bed @ Bill’s again.
Fri made drive to 7 Mile for ride rendezvous. I lead on some trails and Cal showed me some either unknown or unremembered trails. Short easy day. Friend Bill from SC called me telling me of a fabulous match for me that is working in their cafe. Quick trip to Augusta, SC? I would like to do an experiment w/ Kersey / Bates aptitude test sharing both results. Analytical perhaps to verify Bill and Liz’s match?
Back to Butler for shower. Spent rest of afternoon @ This Bike Life. Ran into Todd. We worked together @ Boeing Spokane for years. He bought my first mtn bike and got into racing. He is training for an endurance race @ Priest Lake, going to be a killer. While there he received a phone call from Paul who was my closing attorney and also worked together. Dinner was @ The Elk downtown. Sure have been driving a lot in Spokane. Paul joined me for 2 beers and intense conversation. I can’t hold a candle to Paul’s intensity, in fact he wears me out.
back @ Bill’s for the night.
Today my plan is to ride Mica Peak above Liberty lake and later visit w/ Randy and Lisa for freshly caught Alaska salmon and halibut. I’m making my waldorf salad.
Have a skritch in my rear hub I think. I called Kevin @ N Div Bike and made appointment for service.
Air quality alert for smokey air here. No rain, dead dry, fires burning at a distance. Maybe I should travel to Olympic coast to put moisture back into my skin and breathe ocean air.
My Mica peak ride starts @ a horse trail head just above the park. Wheel ruts no horses today. Trail down is pretty much on maybe 25 degree fall line on sandy soil that is h2o runoff creating ruts and hard chine edges. the horses moved over 15 feet and rode in a same grade trail. Then into park and the climb. This ride is almost all double track wide but no wheel ruts. Big 2600′ climb then abruptly dropping steeply back down over lots of h2o bar launchers. Mostly N facing slopes that created shade and moisture. Did some fast screaming down. Ride data is still in the “can”.
Off to dinner.
No word from heart DR. I’ll call on Monday.