Skip to main content

Not Much Going On

May 11
A little more that 2 months in quarantine. The days are starting to run together and I only really know what day it is because my pill minder has the days of the week on it. That is unnerving.  Right now the days are plan breakfast and drink some coffee, watch the news and read the paper. 
Then I make a choice putter around the house or go for a bike ride. I ride a little over 10 miles each day. 
In the past 2 months most of my rides take me out onto the Courtney Campbell causeway. During that time the beach has been closed. It was interesting to see the changes on the beach with no one going out there.
May  23
Still in quarantine doing the same thing over and over. My pill box still helps me remember what day it is. 

Today I did a little yard work and then sat down to watch some cooking shows. So far I have traveled from Greece to Italy and now I'm on the border of Mexico and USA. I'm thinking a trip there when this is all over would be great. The food in the little, off the beaten path restaurants look amazing. Maybe a little spicy for some tastes but I'll give it a try. 
I'm still riding my bike getting ready for September and the Great Cycle Challenge.
This is a fund raiser to help cure children's cancer. This is the 5th year I have participated in this cause.
So fat this month I have ridden over 220 miles and raised over $500, (Thanks Palmer Ann, Matthew, Bill and Melisa, and Bill and Kathy) The official ride this year is in September, delayed from June because, you guessed it Coivid 19. 
I did spend some time last week thinning out the bamboo palm in my "back yard" That thing grows like a weed. I'm cutting the palms down that are shorter than 12 or so feet and leaving the taller ones. Like I said it grows fast and I already see small palms already sprouting up. They will be 5 feet tall in a few months i'm sure. 
Jan had a birthday on the 16th and I got her a vertical herb garden. During our time of isolation she has
expressed a desire to grow herbs so I got her this for her birthday.  She is very excited to be a farm girl. We have 5 different herbs growing from seeds plus some peppers seeds my sister Rebekah sent me. I think we need a covering over the planter so when it rains it doesn't fill with water.
One of the things Jan and I have been doing is playing trivia games on Zoom with friends and family. It is fum but a lot of work for one person the week before creating the questions and answers to present online. I did the game for Jan's birthday and surprised her with her brothers and sisters joining in on the game to her delight. I even had a trivia section titled "It's Jan's Birthday, Lets Talk About Her!"  She was very surprised and we had a lot of fum and even learned a few things.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

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
Post a Comment
Read more

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
Post a Comment
Read more

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 .
Post a Comment
Read more