Sunday the 19th. Maria and I met at Stassi’s after her trip to Costco in Marysville. But Stassi’s was unexpectedly closed so we went to a nearby restaurant for breakfast. So little time, so many topics to cover.

A year ago this weekend I started weight training. One day at a gym with a coach and one day at the gym at the lodge – one hour each time.

At the lodge gym, a year ago I could do squats with a 10-lb dumbbell, 3 sets of 5 after a few warm-up reps with lighter weights. Now I’m using a 35-lb dumbbell, 3 sets of 7, again after warming up. At the gym with the coach, I use a 45-lb barbell and can do 3 sets of 5. There are three other exercises in the routine. Deadlift is one of my favorites – currently at 85 lbs. Improvement is especially slow for arm exercises.

On Martin Luther King Jr Day. We met at Beal’s Point at Folsom Lake.

There were 11 of us. Dani and Kathy were celebrating their winter birthdays.

We rode downhill to Lake Natoma and we were below the fog line.

22 mile loop. Good ride. Afterwards, we had a great lunch at Flower Farm.

For the past two years, way too many people have used “Chair” as my first name, not just at meetings but also at social occasions. On Thursday night at the Active Transportation Commission (in Old City Hall) a new chair was elected to serve for the next year.