2022 mileage: 3922.3
Today was gloomy day for a ride -- unrelievedly cloudy and gray, 37° (falling to 36° during the ride), and with a bit of a breeze. Still, though, I got out and did the Packard/Platt Square (13.4 miles) in 1:35.
I was also blessed by seeing a friend -- I THINK. When I was at the intersection of Eisenhower and Stone School waiting to cross, a man called out to me from his car -- I believe it was my friend Bob Thompson. My distance vision is so poor that I really couldn't be sure -- but it sounded like Bob, and he lives just over a block from there, so I'm going with it being him.
Later, when I got to Lillie Park, I stopped and took this selfie, as I always do (it's close to halfway through the ride). But as I was posting it to Facebook, light snowflakes began falling! They didn't last long (only about five minutes), but that was enough to convince me to get home and warm up!
Yesterday I forgot to tell about an interesting incident, that bolstered my faith in my fellow humans and the existence of good Samaritans. As I was finishing up my ride, with a little less than a mile left, I had crossed I-94 (on the separated sidewalk that I always ride) and then when I turned left onto the sidewalk along Lohr Rd., going a bit too fast, I rolled the trike over. I was fine, but two women nearby came rushing over and, quite concerned, asked if I was OK. I gave them a thumbs-up, but they pressed the point, so I fished my explanatory card out of my wallet and showed them so they'd know why I wasn't speaking. Then one smiled and said, "Oh, good! I work at the hospital, and I just wanted to be sure!"
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