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Bike ride

Today Cheryl and I rode the Redbud Trail and around N Natomas Regional Park. When we stopped to drink water, about 15 roller skaters rolled by. No blades, four wheels under each foot! They are back in fashion.

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Urban Cycling Class

For the last few months, I’ve been working periodically on a project for SABA: a 6-hour Urban Cycling Class for residents in Rancho Cordova. Then Covid-19 interrupted everything. We transitioned to an online class. The first one was today.

Figuring out how to conduct a Zoom class with a Keynote presentation was challenging. In fact, I hope we can do the next 5 classes in person with really good social distancing, a portable voice amplifier (like tour guides use), and whatever else we need to do to be safe and keep me from tackling another Zoom presentation. Fingers crossed.

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Welcome back to California

Yesterday I drove 952 miles. I left at 5:30, drove to Well NV, met Dave and Phyl who had driven from Deer Lodge MT. Amazingly we arrived at our meeting point within minutes of each other. After a short break, we all got back into our vehicles and drove home. Phyl and I got back to my house at 7:30 pm, just 30 minutes before the curfew required us to be off the streets.

This morning, we went for a walk around Fisherman’s Lake:

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Another bike ride

Today Pete and I rode into Old Sac then to W Sacramento along the short Riverwalk Trail. To cross back over the river, we had to walk over the very old I St bridge (the lanes are too narrow to safely allow bike travel.

Looking south toward the Tower Bridge:

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Bike ride

One of the guidelines for trail riding is not to block the trail. But sometimes, you have to slow down, stop and appreciate what’s ahead:

Other times, blocking the trail is just plain annoying:

And the dog was not on a leash. And no one moved despite a ringing bell.