Cycling is my life blood Cycling clears my head, allows me to travel, and ride in the most beautiful places. I went out riding again today and my husband came with me. We’ve both been struggling with our weight and after a doctor’s visit he has found new vigor in getting on board and oh…
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Cycling Again III
Cycling Again III What does tire Pressure, a 9 mph head wind and only one garage equal? An excellent and challenging bike ride! This morning I woke up with two things that must happen. Rewrite two chapters of my book was a must. It has to be done by July 7th to get it…
Multiple View Garage Sale Saturdays
This is a a story about Saturday garage sales from two different points of view. Let me set the scene for view number one: You are in your car with a friend, anxious to get out there and find the gems that people have decided to throw out as trash. Don’t they know what treasures…
Cycling Again II
This morning I set out to ride my bike again. Last weekend was rainy and I usually avoid riding in the rain. I’ve done it before and not a fan. So I took my faithful bike out again, put on all my gear- bike shoes, helmet, and sunglasses- and set out. On Saturdays its best…
Cycling Again!
Finally Cycling Again Ever since I was injured a year an a half ago, I’ve been unable to enjoy my second passion in life, cycling. I tripped at work and rolled my ankle so bad that I couldn’t stand on it. I had to go through physical therapy and even now it twinges a little…
Hello Hills!
After seeing my foot doctor today the results are in. The good news is that I can ride my bike. I asked the doc and explained this is a road bike with clip in pedals to make sure she understood that this isn’t a comfy cruiser bike and she was still fine with it. YAY!…
Bad Cycling Mojo
Many of my hopes and dreams about getting outside and cycling this season have been crushed due to rolling my ankle at work back in September of last year. It happened the week before the Bike for Sight ride out in Montgomery and when I stepped off that gently sloping ramp and felt my ankle…
The Gator Ride- March 6, 2004
I have finally found a new nemesis, the Fred Hartman Bridge. I have finally found a new nemesis, the Fred Hartman Bridge. For over a year and a half my nemesis had been our very first organized bike ride out in Sealy Texas. It was cold, rainy, windy and to our surprise incredibly hilly. Not…
Gator Invasion
Every year in Baytown around March tons of riders gather for the Gator Ride that benefits the Baytown YMCA. It’s a fun ride; almost like something you might do on a tour bus to visit the sites but instead on a bicycle. You ride over the Fred Hartman Bridge, pass right by the San Jacinto…
Bicycle Ride Withdrawl
I had been looking forward to riding in the Bike for Sight ride, a ride we participate in every year that we can, and the Novemberfest ride, which we somehow miss every year. But my dreams were crushed. The week of the Bike for Sight ride I took a nose dive in our manufacturing building…