Fall and the end of the Summer Days

A blog is not so important during the warm outdoor days of Summer. Not so much time to write. It's, get out time. Do the things there is only a few days to do. Sunny days are few on the Island here. Very few. Add this to La Nina, the extra cold water. The normal Summer has been short. La Nina will fade about December of this year. Then with luck next year will have a longer sunny season. It will be a shorter winter season to. So for now it's out doors. The road, the beach, the little sailboat. These are the events of my Summer. Blogs play a short role. Though the blog needs it's time. Needs the up date. Miles of road time. Hours of everything else. Blogs for me are shorter sun days. There will be a lot of those coming soon. So for now, I have put hour of road time in. Hours of everything else to. Just a few lines in the blog. Life is good today.

The Days Of the Past

In the lack of writing comes the price of memory. Less detail to the truth. More addition and subtraction.
The Sailboat (Little Siren) a nice 17' pocket cruiser. There has been several adventures. Life by the tides in Useless Bay. Some few, very few rides with guests. It would be more fun with a friend or 2 to share the ride. The little boat though is a friend in itself. A nice and kind sailing boat. Friendly in it ways. It loves to dance the dance of the wind and small waves. I'll put a photo of one of my adventures.
The bike has got no less attention. Every other day has been the way. The heat of Summer baking me well from the refrigerator of Spring and Winter. Long miles and the short days to. Short days of 40 miles and one long day of 94 miles. Every other day except when more recovery is needed. The #1 bike working well. The roads less filled with cars. Gas prices are a blessing in some way. David at Half Link, our local bike shop, selling more bikes than ever. He can not keep up with folks getting tune ups on their older bikes. More people riding to the store. It's great to see. Even if it's just for the good weather. Every bike on the road is one less car for the moment. There are a lot more people walking to. Not all the roads, but Bayview that leads to 2 food marts has walkers and bags all the time. We live on Bayview. I need to get in the habit to. I just do not like leaving a $3500. bike in front of the market. I think I will ugly down my single speed for trips to the market with my back pack. Some kind of lock as the wheels are worth $500. with out tires and tubes. That's another $180. So the plan is made. A little spray paint, matt black, my old saddle, and a lock of some sort. Milk, 1/2 & 1/2, a few simple things, no gas. $1.50 saved every trip. It's only a few trips a week. I want to be one of the one's showing the way in this area. Seattle is bike city. More commuters on bike than I have ever seen. Keep the faith. The road is long for a reason.