Yesterday slept in uhaul parking lot: level, quiet, and legal and right in thick of west sedona which I tried last night. Drank a beer at spot at Adante then stopped at safeway for said ice cream. Last night it was frozen so hard I scraped skims of ice cream. Tonight my freezer kept it frozen but not as hard. Sometimes the fridge cycles to 40 then works its way back to about 20. Anyway, discipline that it took 2 nights to finish the pint off. I have 3 different jugs of corn, 2 are being emptied, the 3rd is backup.
Yesterday I was given permission to wear an over the counter sport compression sock. I drove to Cottonwood in the morning and bought a pair. Ankle too swollen to put on but an hour ride made the swelling disappear allowing me to tug the compression sock up. I learned that if I leave a reservoir of sock tip there is enough slack to allow the sandal harness pass comfortably.
Very windy moving the van around. Decided too windy to ride. However, as I neared Sedona less wind. I rode a circle of Soldier Wash system. Javalina is challenging and rewarding. Great bike, getting much better riding step ups.
Shower, drive back to the Bean for Friday social. Nobody showed for the ride, nothing going to happen. I turned around stopping at Weber’s IGA Hometown pride for dinner fixings then scored the higher spot. Chilly night, might use the furnace.
PT Eric coaches the HS mtn bike race team. Today i asked him if he had kids with my small shoe size. He said yes and I said spring cleaning. 2 pairs of clipless shoes and 2 pairs of pedals. I still have one set of clipless if needed. I got to thinking about giving away the clipless stuff when I have fully embraced flats. I encourage riders to ride flats. I gave away poison. I gave his team a helmet and last year a sleeping bag.
No on line notification if tomorrow is a trail work day.
204,000 miles on the van. 22.6 mpg from Chevron Tony’s. I told him I was leaving so he could adjust his ordering of corn.