We just got back from a trip to Oklahoma, Missouri, and back. Our GPS for some reason routed us via Old Route 60 all the way back to Amarillo, and it was nice indeed to escape the boredom and drudgery of I-40 and Route 44 coming thru OK and TX. Along about sundown on Thursday, Jacque searched the GPS for nearby lodging. It directed us to Canadian, Texas, and a B&B outfit called Kim's Cottage . It is an old office building retrofitted with an antique's store in the front and suites of lodging toward the rear of the building, antique-looking but with modern jet-tubs, beds, etc, well worth the 100 bucks it cost us for the night. We walked half a block to the Cattle Exchange restaurant, enjoyed a great meal at a non-exorbitant price, walked back, and enjoyed a very restful night's sleep. When we left Friday Morning, we weren't quite ready for breakfast yet. By the time we reached the huge metropolis of Miami, Texas, Pop. 597, we were ready, and we stopped at a real life Mom & Pop cafe: the Rafter B.
The food and service was fabulous. Twenty miles later, Jacque realized she had left her purse hanging on the chair at the cafe. We turned around and rushed back, not really worried about the purse but of course needing it. As I walked into the cafe again, nobody in there except the waitress and cook had been there when WE were there earlier. No problemo. A tall cowboy confronted me and asked: "Y'all Lose a Purse?"
Evidently all 7 people in the cafe had been discussing the abandoned purse, and they were all thrilled we had shown up to reclaim it. We made it the rest of the way home without further incident.
We've been non-biking for 12 days now, and we really regretted not taking our trikes with us. So I tried to make up for it today.
Since Jacque was visiting one of her many best friends currently recovering from surgery, I decided to take both Tink and Lilly with me on a ride. When I bought this Catrike several months ago, it came with a B.O.B. (It stands for Beast of Burden) trailer. It's very nice looking, but I have never used it before today. I looked around for suitable crates or containers I could use to carry the girls in and finally decided our largest dog crate would fit inside the trailer and have enough room for both dogs.
They much prefer riding out in the open with their faces exposed fully to the wind, but they enjoyed this riding mode too. Lilly is an incurable fusser and normally whines and cries as we roll down the road, but she kept quiet during today's ride. We'll see in the future whether she continues to ride quietly or if she gets used to it and resumes her normal complaining.
Taking a Selfie while the Rear Flag Falls Off
I was actually able to make it all the way up the hill on the goat-path to the house, though I did have to resort to "3-wheel drive" (rear wheel starts slipping; have to grab and turn the 2 front wheels for added power and traction) for a hundred yards or so of the mile bounce.
The weather today was pretty much picture perfect. The usual eastbound headwind was present but it was not bothersome.
Ride Started: 11:26 AM Ride Ended: 2:37 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.4 Ending Voltage: 13.0 Lowest: 12.8
Beginning Blood Glucose: 327 Ending BG Reading: 89
Lowest Temp 64 F Highest Temp: 82 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 10.56
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
3.8 MPH 6.3 MPH 28.5 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
2 hours 19 mins 1 hour 43 mins 36 minutes
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