Goals for the weekend: Get an eggcup and some teaspoons small enough to use with a boiled egg. Put bike together and go for a ride. And chores, of course (clean up notes from last week, laundry, groceries etc).
Didn’t suceed in either! Well, partial success…
-Eventually, after four stores, managed to get some small spoons in the fifth (they are called “appetizer” spoons”?). It was also the only one that didn’t look at me like I had two heads when I asked for an eggcup, and although they didn’t have any in, they are being sent. Doesn’t anyone around here eat boiled eggs? I sure miss Amazon – I don’t have an address I can get deliveries to (not able to use the mailing address here) so am back to picking things up in person which is nasty especially when you don’t know the stores around.
-Put bike together Saturday while listening to zoom conference – assembly looked good, and planned to go riding today. However when I picked the bike up to put it in the car this morning, saw it had a flat (on the back, of course). Not uncommon after it has been packed in the suitcase, so I pulled the tube and tire off to find that the rim tape had shifted and needed retaping. Sigh.
Reboot the day: wait for the bicycle shop to open after finding one with good reviews online, and then head out for a hike instead (was expecting to have to leave the wheel at the shop). The shop surprisingly taped it on the spot at a very reasonable price, another patch kit picked up (no glue in the one I brought with me) and I was headed for my first visit to Red Rock Canyon. It’s mandatory to reserve a time October to May if you want to go on the scenic drive, which is where all the trails leave from, so after researching which trail looked good, reservation on hand, google map directions obtained, it was going to be a smooth go – right? The cycle shop was very near the highway to Red Rock.
Some special event, which wasn’t showing up online when I checked in the bike shop and which nobody working there knew about, closed the exit from the highway that I needed (in both directions – noted on the way down). No problem, I worked out an alternate route using the exit further south. Got up to the highway – turned around again. Hmmm. How could they completely close down the only route into the Canyon?? No detour provided, just “turn around”. Okay, let’s try one exit north, it’s the last option – winding through a maze of a residential area where there are multiple dead end streets and no grid layout in sight, GPS amazingly managed to navigate far enough to get past the “special event” and finally onto the highway.
Lots of cyclists! Good looking bike lanes in this neck of the woods (Summerlin west) and the highway though fairly busy had a very wide shoulder. Had a lovely hike up Calico Hills, where there were also a lot of people bouldering – looks like great rock to play on. Trails were busy around parking lots but quickly tapered off as few people actually hike, and were well marked. Finally got some exercise!! and some beautiful scenery.
And now back to chores, reassemble the wheel and remove bike from living room, and get ready for chocolate week!