Urban Ride

On Saturday Michele and I went on a nice 50 + mile ride around Dallas, we left from the house and first rode to Snider Plaza and stopped for this picture at the fountain and then stopped at Starbucks to get caffeined up. After the coffee stop we rode through the S M U campus and through numerous back streets and neighborhood to arrive at White Rock Lake Park. This Park is the cycling Mecca of Dallas so we did a few laps around the lake at 9 miles each and then 7 miles up the White Rock Creek Trail and then back home. This was a fun ride and it was nice to ride moderately and sight see, so many of my rides have become too much like a race and very intense with a lot of "attacks" on any hill.

The weather has been very hot and it was over 100 when we got home from this ride. Living here we have learned to live with the heat and to not let it keep us indoors all summer like so many do. I have found that we can pace ourselves and drink plenty of water and do just fine, this was good training for the Hotter Than Hell 100 less than 2 weeks away.

On the sailing front all is quiet, the mast is still down and the water level is down to 5 ft above normal and next week I plan on hauling the boat. I think I will make it a winter project to completely refurbish the bottom, add pressure water to the existing 30 gallon tank and a good solar panel for keeping the battery's charged while traveling and staying on the hook for several days at a time.

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Dennis Starkey