Our walk home at 10 pm last night was particularly nice. The sun had just set, and we had a nice late evening walk, getting home just as the last light faded from the sky. We don’t spend enough time outside at night...
This morning, we were out the door at 8:10 am to ride the bikes to the barn. John led, and was tuckered, so we definitely ‘took our time’. It’s shocking to think that ‘taking our time’ on the bikes means traveling at 17 miles an hour, but that’s the way it is! I’m barely pedaling on the flat at that speed... crazy.
We rode horses, bragged about our car-free challenge, brought some pony laundry home, and caught the 603 bus to get back up the hill. It was a moment of perfect timing. As we were coming across the 24th Street bridge, we saw the 603 pull into the transfer station. So we hustled along to 25th and Washington, which is the next stop. We had to wait about 5 minutes, which was really just enough time to organize ourselves to get on the bus!
We were home at 11:30.
Ok. So let me make a big deal about this, if you please. When we DRIVE to the barn, which is about 9.5 miles, we leave the house at 8 am, and arrive back a little after 11. We have worked it into our world view that a barn trip takes about 3 hours.
Riding our bikes for most of the way, it took us 3 hours and 20 minutes. Dude. We totally rock.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
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