Jazz Saturdays

For the last few weeks I have been busier at work and we have had some breaks in the rain.
Michele and I have both been riding a lot and have done several rides together, this has been nice since most of my rides are at just about all out effort. I finished the week of the 7th with 175 miles and the week of the 14th with 126 miles. With the heat of summer here I will ride hard starting in a couple of weeks in prep for the Hotter than Hell 100 and take it easy for four or five days before the event.

Lake Lewisville has crested and is slowly going down, all the ramps and the travel lift are still closed but I sure would like to take the boat out this month. When I last checked, my boat and its entire dock had been moved to an area that is the parking lot and have formed a walkway to connect all the docks together.

No photos this week that anybody would want to see just some of us cyclist dressed funny walking around the parking lots. Michele and I each had a flat but it wasn't a good time for a photo. The city of Adisson is about 5 miles away and have been having Saturday Jazz nights in the park. Michele and I went Saturday night and it was a good show on a cool evening, the price was free and you can bring a cooler and picnic. The month of August will feature symphony's and we will check one or two of them out, after all Sprocket need some culture.

Have more zero days

Dennis


p.s. zero days are days you spend no money out off your pockets, but have a good time

Kaboom Town

On the 3rd we went to the Kaboom Town Festival and watched a great firework show and concert. They had antique aircraft flyovers and acrobatics as well as trick parachutes and perfect weather. My firework photos are poor but its what I have.

On the cycling front I have been busy with 2 GDB club rides of 65 and 42 miles and had the Summer bash party. On the 4Th I rode a 65 mile ride with the Mirage racing team and a group of 6 of us got stopped by the police. No one was given a ticket but we were told we had to ride single file even though the country road was deserted. I have read the law and it is my understanding we do not have to ride single file but should not obstruct traffic, since I am no expert and the officer wasn't giving tickets I was very polite with a lot of yes sirs.

Saturday the 7Th I rode 65 miles with the PBA club and averaged over 19 mph with some good hills, this ride was hard on me and this morning I was a little sore so Michele and I rode an easy 15 this morning before more rain came.

I went to the boat and the cockpit drain had stopped up and the cockpit was full of water and about 2 inches in the cabin, no damage but a big mess. I got all the water out and dried everything out good and visited with some boat neighbors. The lake is still in flood stage and is up to the marina office building so it's anybody guess as to when I can put the boat on the trailer.

High Water

The plan to put the sailboat on the trailer was a bust, the lake is in flood stage and all ramps are closed, this is the road to the ramp I wanted to use.This is our Marina and our boat the SVRisingStar is back there somewhere, I guess I will pay for another months rent on the slip and hope by then the water will go down. It may not since it has risen 3 feet since this picture.

I consider us lucky that this is our only water trouble as so many have been flooded out of their homes, Michele and I pray and hope things get better for these people.

Dennis