Tues @ 10:30 AM I check in for shoulder repair surgery to reattach 2 torn tendons. I have been savoring my last rides  for enjoyment and not pounding. Healing process is 6 weeks no mobility followed by 6 weeks of stretching. Finally in early Dec I get to move to strengthening exercises. May DR Kody successfully reconnect. After Tues I will be back to 1 finger typing and not much to share about riding. I bought 3 large pillows and cases and today a pair of sweat pants and a larger shirt. I have installed the spring locks to my shoe laces. I have been practicing doing things w/ just my left arm.

So, past rides have been Beacon, High Drive, MT Spokane, and Riverside .

Sat I rode MT Spokane and parked @ a place named the Beach which is off the side of the road outside the park meaning a free place to park and access to the park. At a kiosk I saw a flyer for Evergreen South gathering that night @ The Rocket way out on South Hill. Evergreen East absorbed Fat Tire Trail Riders club that I co founded. I connected w/ several club officers and learned some of what they are up to and shared knowledge. I met a woman officer who works out @ Triumph where I used to work. She was ecstatic meeting me as she learned of me at work. I told some work stories. She is a composites engineer, I learned about thermoplastic which has some great potential for bike frames when the price of materials come down.

Sun I rode Riverside which is for me a great fun place to ride: lots of miles, great pedaling, and some tech spots. trail in places is right on the Spokane River. What Riverside has for Spokane, MT Spokane has for the mountain.

Tonight I move down to Pastor Don’s stand alone little house. Also this eve I have a meeting w/ a realtor for the house next to my old house. Place is a dump but has 10 acres.

Today I rode w/ Arch who previously worked on body using strain counter strain which is just so weird but it works.

I am parked in a parking lot. Two young boys were riding their BMX bikes doing stunts. One guy pinch flatted his rear tire. I pulled out my tool box and found a tube patch kit that he used to patch his snake bite. Nice kids.

I yellow jacket sneaked up my short sleeve shirt unbeknown to me, I moved that it didn’t like and expressed the dissatisfaction by stinging me.

I took my last shower using my right arm.

Brief violent t-storm hit here last night. A weather warning was broadcast during the Seahawks game.   Up off High Drive a 22″ dia P-pine snapped about 8 feet up the trunk and landed between 2 houses which were separated by maybe 10′. What an escape the house residents had.

Spokane temps last several days have been in the low 90s. But the heat doesn’t have the summer heat bite, it’s still sweating warm.

Yesterday I played around riding Riverside, serious but at a recreational effort. 18.3 miles climbing 1500′. Park has some ups out @ 9 mile, basalt bluffs.

Last night I met w/ the ortho to listen to his surgical effort. However, he informed me the meeting would be very short as he just received a call that his cows had escaped captivity and he had to dash to their capture. He looked @the MRI: one tendon has retracted and lacks substance and is old. This will be a challenge for him. He said he will go in and do what he is able to do.

I am on dog care duty. These 2 dogs have an established schedule that I am working to. Not like my old dog Chase. I’d feed him in the AM b4 leaving for work then he was an unrestrained outside dog. He’d run the neighborhood seeking food morsels then be back on the deck when I got home at whatever time for dinner. These girls care is almost like punching a clock. Nice dogs.

Today I rested after 6 straight days of riding. First up was my dentist visit on the same day as last year. Gums not bleeding and recession is acceptable. One tooth needs a crown quickly as the tooth has numerous cracks. I made an appointment. I will finally be using my dental insurance to pay for this event.

Tomorrow night I will do a night ride using my light for the first time since I bought it back in maybe ’11(?).

Surgery is this Tues. Immobilize the shoulder for 6 weeks, that’s Nov 4, 6 weeks flexibility, finally 12 weeks post surgery to do strengthening exercises, first week Dec. I want to flee after 6 weeks. By then Les and I (mostly engineer Les) will have created a 1 handed bed lifting solution.

Windows 7 still contains mysteries to me,  I suppose everything is imported into my laptop but I haven’t learned how to make it give it back to me to share w/ you.

Oh, I learned about the hood jump @ High Drive. The hood is sprung at above ground so that when the front wheel rolls onto it, the hood is compressed, when the rear wheel rolls on the hood is springing back which kicks the rear wheel up causing a nose wheelie off the back side. The wheelie usually results in some kind of over the bars launch.

It started w/ the letter B.

Ate dinner by myself @ the Elk. I stopped @ Yokes grocery on the way “home” and bought a piece of German Chocolate cake and a sample of Haagen Daaz, didn’t buy party favors. I munched on cake and cream.

Today I wanted to just ride trails @ Beacon, no hard effort, just to play. I did. Dirt here is sand like High Drive. Recent rains and little traffic keep the trails rather firm. Just wandered not even trying to figure a loop. I was satisfied.

Last night I practiced using only my left arm. I rediscovered that I need to buy a couple pair of pants that use like a draw cord; no belt, or zipper, or button.