TOTAL MILEAGE FOR 2016 - 2069.2
This morning I had another "adventurous" ride—not mechanical adventure, like I experienced so frequently last year and early this year with my old, problematic Traveler model (but which has now blessedly become absent due to my almost problem-free Rambler that the company gave me in exchange for the old one back in April), but instead, a somewhat adventurous route. I decided to ride to Saline, and was traveling on the sidewalk on the south side of Woodland Dr., nearing Ann Arbor-Saline Rd., when I came to a patch where workers had torn up the driveway and the sidewalk across it. So I stopped, and began to turn to head back (up the hill at that point), and as I turned, I got caught in a chain link gate they had laid down in the grass. I was beginning to figure out how best to work my way out of it, when one of the workers hustled over, smiled, and asked, "Can I help you out with a push?" I told him thanks, and was soon on my way, with his parting comment—"Sorry about that. We'll have it all cleaned up by tomorrow."
So I went back to Maple Rd., followed it south into Saline, and then made my way westward via several small streets until I got eventually to Ann Arbor-Saline Rd., which I was was able to take north to Woodland, and then, riding on the other (uninterrupted) side, was able to get back to my usual route and then home. Anyway, all this messing around made for quite a slow ride—when I got home and could check it on the pedometer, I was mildly surprised to find I had ridden only 13.8 miles in 1:49. But our stretch of terrific weather continues—it was sunny, and 64° at 7:30 when I left, and 76° when I finished.
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