First Week of Retirement

I have been retired a week. Still trying to figure out how to do this. It is a doubled edge sword being retired, it is nice to have my calendar freed up like this. But I also find that I feel at a loss of what to do. Jan says that it takes a while to get use to retirement. I still wake up early but then feel no rush to get going. I make coffee and watch the news or a movie and drink my coffee. Leisurely.

One thing that I have been doing almost every day is riding my bike. This month I have already ridden 86 miles. Typically I ride about 10 miles each time I go out. This month I'm trying to up that average by adding a mile or 2 each day I ride. By March I'd like to be doing 15 miles each ride. I've already picked out a turn around spot on the causeway.

This would be a nice place to turn around plus the view is great. The main reason I ride my bike is for the exercise. Those that know me remember that 6 years ago I had a quadruple bypass. Not a good time. But I got through that and now I have the time to devote to my own health. I visited my cardiologist today and got a very good report I think it was from all the bike riding I have been doing.
Tomorrow I'm going to start organizing (throwing stuff away) the garage, I'm sure there will be a story there so stay tuned.

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Day One of the 2023 Great Cycle Challenge

It's here again, the 2023 Great Cycle Challenge ! I have challenged myself to ride 300 miles in the month of September and I have challenged myself and you to raise $2500 to find a cure for childhood cancer. We are off to a good start, to date I have raised $1226 from friends and family. I have a team with 7 members so far. As a team we hope to raise $5000 and ride 1000 miles. I think we can exceed both of those challenges. I did my first ride this morning and hoped to ride 15 miles. When I was done the app said I had ridden 214 miles in about 2 and a half hours. Quite impressive but incorrect. I contacted GCC tech support and they assured me the glitch would be corrected. i'm going to try and ride as many days as possible this month and document them on this blog. I may have to do a few days on stationary bikes in hotel workout rooms or borrow bikes from friends but somehow I'll get the miles in. If you would like to donate to this wonderful cause follow this link htt

Day Two of the Great Cycle Challenge

The weather was a little nicer today. Mid 80s and for Florida low humidity, about 75%. I rode almost 12 miles today. The Great Cycle Challenge app is still not recording my rides correctly and giving me many extra miles. Technology, Sigh! Below is my actual route and distance. In the picture I posted today shows how far the bay came up during Hurricane Idalia. That high water mark I can see all during my ride. Here the shore rises up to the road so the water did not come up as far. Other places I could see the high water mark on the other side of the street. Along the Causeway the water came up over the trail in many places but as far as I ride I did not see any places it went over the highway. One of the interesting things I found in all this detritus washed up by the storm was thousands of red mangrove seeds. you can see them in the picture above, they are the long green and brown sticks. I noticed that many of them had already begun to sprout leaves and roots. I guess this is a

Day 22 of the Great Cycle Challenge

When I ride I get plenty of time to think about things. I think about how fast I am going, what I had for breakfast and what I'll have for dinner. I think about the other riders I pass on my ride and how this month I'm helping some kids. Often at this spot I think about otters. According to the sign they cross the road here. I've been riding this route for 6 years. At all times of the day, I have yet to see an otter. I've seen all sorts of other animals but nary an otter. Maybe someday. There is a little more than a week left in the Great Cycle Challenge and I'm still a little short of my goal of $2500 for the kids. It is more that I've ever attempted to raise for this challenge but I think we can get there. Any amount helps. Just go to my Great Cycle Challenge page and click donate .

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