Double the Fun

Working with children has it's downside: It's mentally and physically exhausting. So, it's cut into my number of cycling days dramatically. I did go out Wednesday, though. For ice cream and bubbles, of course! It was the same ride I tried to take years ago with my father, on my mountain bike. I remember being tired before I even got to the top of the road. After ice cream and on the way back, I was a whine-radio-station, angry, and exhausted. Needless to say, it was much, much easier now.

Last night, I fell asleep around 10pm. Thanks to that, I was up at 8, before my father left the house for his ride. So, today I attempted the long loop for the second time. We went around the trip the opposite way, making the HUGE downhill I enjoyed so much last time an intense, long, steep uphill. I had things to distract me from my exertion, though. Items on the side of the road: A lemon, roadkill turtle (I didn't know a turtle could get that flat...), eating pigeons, and a sneaker. Later in the ride there was also a young boy and his mother crossing the road. We stopped for them, and the young boy offered me a golf ball. I said no, but thank you, and continued to ride. He ran after me. Falling quickly behind my father, I continued to ride, and heard the mother calling for the boy. There were no intersections around, so he was safe and sound. So all in all, the ride went very well. Now it's rest time!

~Casmira

Participants today: Casmira-- It was a father, daughter ride!

Participants today: Casmira-- It was a father, daughter ride!

Miles Traveled: 5.93

Miles Traveled: 26.8

Final Destination: Ice Cream!

Final Destination: Riverhead, Manorville, etc...

Total this Summer: 192.72

Neko Basu

Ahh, what fun. It was good and hot today, and I've got a ton of stuff I need to get done. Nothing can keep me from a nice joy ride, though! Lots of animals, both dead and alive, were on the side of the road today. Besides the dead ones, it was really pretty!

~Casmira

Participants today: Casmira, Katya

Miles Traveled: 13.2

Final Destination: Lady of Our Island, round trip

Total this Summer: 159.99

Success!

I totally forgot to post after my last bike ride! Well, it was yesterday, and it was a lot of fun. The cleats didn't give me too much trouble, and I ended up having a lot of fun. Going uphill is a little easier with them, and I like playing around with being able to pull the petals up, too.

~Casmira

Participants today: Casmira-- It was a father, daughter ride!

Miles Traveled: 13.2

Final Destination: Lady of Our Island, round trip

Total this Summer: 146.79

Clipping in for the Hill

I practiced with my cleats for the last time today, before I continue doing loops. I'm going to start over at the Shrine again, and if I'm feeling it with the new shoes and pedals, it's onwards, to the 27~ish mile loop again. Glee! Today's practice run almost hit double digits mile wise, so I'll consider it a ride, too. Bravo! The only time the cleats aggravated me was when my favorite big hill that my father's been trying to do 50mph on came... I'd stopped the bike at the top of the hill, and I didn't get my shoe back in the clip until half way down. I missed most the action stressing out over not having my foot right. Ahh well, it was a lot of fun. I reached speeds of 20mph+ today. Woah.

~Casmira

Participants today: Casmira

Miles Traveled: 9

Final Destination: Riverhead

Total this Summer: 133.59

Ghostly!

Just letting all our zero readers know that, no, I haven't disappeared. My father put cleated pedals on my bike, and the weather's been awful since, so I haven't gotten the chance to get used to them in order to feel secure enough to ride on my own. Soon I'll be clipping in and out like a breeze, and I won't be getting wet in the process, promise!

~Casmira

Highways and Hills

My father took me on his loop today. Oh my am I tired. I feel like going to a Chinese buffet or something, and seeing how much I can down in order to continue this day of extremes. It was a really nice ride, though. I've got to do the shrine a couple of times again before I go out and do that again, but I made it home. I can walk, too. We passed some really beautiful places as well. It made the ride seem so much shorter! And bravo, for hitting the 100 mile mark and beyond!


~Casmira

Participants today: Casmira-- It was a father, daughter ride!

Miles Traveled: 26.8

Final Destination: Riverhead, Manorville, etc...

Total this Summer: 124.59

Sun B Gone

Amazing. Absolutely amazing. My father bought me a pair of Cacoons. They're sun glasses that go over your prescription glasses. They stopped the draft so well. Today's ride was twice as enjoyable because of it. To top it off, it seems like every time we make this ride, it gets shorter. He says familiarly causes it. People were at the Shrine, too (it was a Sunday,) so we didn't even have our big break in the middle. On the way down from the shrine, I hit the breaks a little too hard. I felt my back wheel lift and little, but I'd slowed down enough to be able to just let off the break and prevent meeting the cement in an unfriendly way. No harm done, and lots of fun had. Makes me want to go further! But that last long ride really blew my wind out. Oh, and we passed a mother and daughter on horses! How nice! They were huge and brown. I felt so small on my bike next to them. I absolutely love horses. Here's to another great ride!

~Casmira

Participants today: Casmira-- It was a father, daughter ride!

Miles Traveled: 13.2

Final Destination: Lady of Our Island, round trip

Total this Summer: 97.79