The cycling season...

This year has seen Bev and I do quite a bit of cycling. We began with the Alabama Tandem Weekend. Then we had the Florida Bike Safari. Next came a series of one day rides including the Hot Hundred in Tuscaloosa, The Jim Glassner Memorial in Montgomery, and The All You Can Eat in Huntsville. Last weekend we did the BRAG Bikefest 3 day event in Newnan, Georgia. Coming up at the end of October is a trip to North Carolina. We will be within striking distance of the Virginia Creeper Trail and the New River Trail. I am hoping to get in some riding on 3 days while there. We had a lot of fun at the Tandem Rally and of course the Safari was great. Some of these other rides were very scenic and worth the trip but having to get up so early and drive so far takes some of the charm away. It is so nice to have supper and breakfast waiting for you. After this next trip, cooler weather will begin to affect our riding. It will be a time for camping and hiking again. Next year should be a banner year for cycling. And by the end of summer, Bev can better her 82 mile ride with a full century.

Island Walk

I always try to help Rachael with Hubbard/Rockford if asked. They had me down for 3 days but at last minute asked for the other day. Work at Rockford is slow so working isn't hard, but not following my usual routine tired me out a bit. I still had some work I could take care of up in Cullman. Some bushhog work and other little items but the high temps held me back a bit. I did ride my bike a little and got in some of my walking in addition to some chores. Max needed to be delivered to Charlotte, SC for his drum major camp. I volunteered to take him. I was glad to be able to perform this chore for him but the long trip up and back combined with extra heavy traffic in the Atlanta are, which extended to within 30 miles of Alabama, combined to really tire me out. There had been a problem with my left rear wisdom tooth for over a year, so I decided I should get it taken care of before I wound up isolated somewhere in PEI. The extraction didn't appear to be problematic until just be...

Effigy of Grief

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Catching up

After my recovery period for Covid, I went to Cullman on Monday the 8th and started catching up on the mowing and farm stuff. Pretty much everything needed mowing. The big tractor made short work on the main north fields and David helped me with the field across from the pond. The grass had grown quite long and with the two week absence, I simply started and mowed all of them. There is always some mowing to do. At least no trees had fallen. There were some indoor projects pending. A couple of shower fixtures had to be replaced. The screen door latch didn't hold and had to be improved. The old JD mower needed a bit of tuning so it would climb better and the mowing deck replaced. And the garden needed to be disked and more corn and okra planted. David should have had a shot on the groundhog at the old house but forgot to check his ammo. The hammer fell on an empty chamber. I got the conibear traps out and caught one of the groundhogs that lived by the spring. David had ...

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