Today was a day of mixed feelings. I set out at 7:30, hoping to ride 4 round trips to Marsh Park and go over 2500 miles for the year. I got to the park, stopped for a minute to call my sister for her birthday, and then started back, and had gone only about a minute when I began to hear the WHOOSH that told me I had a flat. I stopped and checked, and sure enough, the right front wheel was almost entirely out of air. So, pulling the trike to a pole where I could chain it up, I texted Michelle, and was able to catch her just before she left home for her Professional Development day at school. We took her there, and then I returned home with the car, got on Facebook, and was able to contact my friend Doris Granum, who offered to help with her van.
The Granums live only a couple miles from us, so I went down there, and Doris said that she had nothing on her schedule for the morning, and was happy to be able to help me. So we drove down to the park, loaded the trike into the back of her van, and then took it over to Wheels in Motion to have the tire repaired. After this was done, she took the trike to our condo so I could put it into the garage, and then returned me to her home so I could get the car, which I'd left there.
So, while it was disappointing to get the flat, things worked out beautifully with my being able to catch Michelle, and then enlist help from Doris. All in all, I am most grateful to God for His care.
I hope to still be able to ride later today, though it will now have to be after the Tigers' midday game.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
After the game I had to pick Michelle up, and by the time we got home my get up and go had got up and gone. So I decided to let the longer ride wait until tomorrow.
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