Things you never what to experience while riding a bike:- the approaching sound of horse hoofs
- the roar of farming equipment, especially those involving massive amounts of manure
- a “wide load” lead car passing you as you’re rolling onto a one way bridge
- directions that include “once you cross that mountain, you’ll want to take a right”
- the grind of your front wheel getting ripped into a small chasm in the pavement
- the announcement of “I’ve got a flat”
Things you do want to experience:
- any speed over 35, preferably over 40
- passing a gas station with $3.91 per gallon displayed
- being able to look at your hot wife for miles on end
- Knowing that you’ve saved roughly $12 in gas
- the words “we are so getting ice cream when we reach Intercourse”
- the wondrous glow of your farmers tan
Pearl and I had a great ride today. We rode out to East Earl for Pearl to get her bike checked out. Our little joy ride turned into a 45.6 mile ride, that had us pedaling for 3 hours and 27 minutes. I was proud of Pearl, she really had some rough muscle moments but she still managed to average 13.1 miles per hour.
It was a great day. There’s something good to for the soul when we’re in the sun, breathing deep the fresh air, and feeling the burn of your muscles.
God, thanks for today’s wonderful weather, the fun of being on the road, and the wonderful sight of finally making it back home.
PS – the picture is a map of our ride, each pink box represents a mile
4 comments:
you people are nuts, I can't get Eric to drive in the car for 47 miles!
You and Pearl ROCK IT! That is way cool you have stuck with it. You must be So Svelt by now!
That sounded horrible. I enjoyed looking at your route from the comfort of my airconditioned house. Hope you live long and healthy lives, or you may just get hit by a car.
ice cream in intercourse...hahaha...
thanks for what you posted! we're heading out to the next camps we'll be working with tomorrow, and i'm excited for something different - i think i've become too comfortable with the pardubice group and really need to excperience something new. but i'm still excited to be working with pardubice :-)
my mom is actually dropping off a couple things for you guys to bring, and i really appreciate that you're bringing stuff for me! i'm excited to see you guys pretty soon (it's coming fast - time is flying) and get some lancaster county back in my life!
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