SATURDAY MORNING EARLY I SET OUT ON AN LONG BIKE RIDE. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY WEEKENDS AND THIS WAS THE LAST LONG ONE UNTIL I -SHOOT ME- ENTER ANOTHER IRONMAN. I WAS INTERRUPTED FROM A GREAT REST. IT GETS LIGHT AT AROUND LUNCH TIME IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD SO TO BEAT THE HEAT AND THE CRAZY SENIOR DRIVERS HEADING OUT TO DINNER AT 1 PM, THE FIRST HOURS OF THE RIDE ARE IN PITCH BLACK DARKNESS. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT LIGHTS, TURTLE EGGS, WILDLIFE, BUDGETS, LESS POPULATION SO THERE ARE FEW TO NO STREET LIGHTS TO HELP SEE.
BIKE RIDING IS LIKE RACING OFF A CLIFF INTO THE ABYSS. THERE ARE BROKEN BEER BOTTLES, ROADKILL, NOCTURNAL SCAMPERINGS OF WHO KNOWS WHAT, SNAKES, PALM FRONDS YOU NAME IT IN THE ROAD. MOST OF THE TIME I SEE THEM. AND NO……. I WILL NOT PUT A 5 LB LIGHT SYSTEM ON MY 3 LB BIKE. SORRY. I DO ATTACH SEVERAL FESTIVE LITTLE BLINKY THINGS SO I AM A ROLLING NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY.
BEFORE TOO LONG 90 PLUS MILES HAD GONE BY (IT IS PANCAKE FLAT HERE) AND I WAS THRILLED. WHAT DO I SPOT IN A PARKING LOT ? A 57 CHEVY IN SCARLET. MY HEART FLUTTERS AT THE THOUGHT OF IT. I CANNOT GIVE A REASON FOR THIS. ALL I CAN SAY IS MY PULSE GOES TO 300, I SQUEAL AND TAKE A PIC. SO I RIDE A FEW MORE MILES TO THE END OF THE ISLAND AND THERE IS THE BAYFEST ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN PROGRESS. IT IS ABOUT A BLOCK LONG AND ONE SIDE OF THE BLOCK IS A CAR SHOW- I SPOT THIS SEXY BEAUTY- IT IS A FORD FAIRLANE. LOVE THE COLOR.
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