Tomorrow is laundry day and I’ve told my family that I will try to go out to Hawaii Kai for a birthday dinner for one of my sisters. I’m not yet up to the ride out there. I’ve no doubt I could do it, but the length of time it would take me will make it impossible. I’m staying slow. The overall distance out there is about 15 miles and at my pace I wouldn’t make it there till after dinner if I do my laundry. If didn’t do my laundry it would be okay, but that opens a completely different Can-O-Worms.
I’ll still bike to work in the morning and home in the afternoon, but instead of trying to overextend myself, I use my gas guzzling moped for the trip out there. I should note, for the sake of the folks I bought my moped from, and who continuing to do a great job keeping it up, that my moped doesn’t really guzzle gas. It’s just that now that I bike so much I’m down from 2 fill-ups a week (about 2 gallons) to just 1 fill-up. 🙂
In any case I’m going to add a couple of miles to my ride home today, since I’ve nothing planned and the weather is, well like it usually is here in Honolulu, quite nice. The ride home I’m thinking of will finish the oceanfront ride I started this morning with a duplication of Ala Moana Beach Park so that I can be back into the mood.
Here’s the route I think I’ll be taking….
I’ll probably stop for a cold drink around the halfway mark so I won’t be going fast, but I can’t imagine getting home much past 4:30 P.M. That just proves I’m not in this for the speed – heck, a good walker might actually go faster than that. 🙂
…and ride I did…
I was home before 4:30 and even had time for a 30 minute break for an iced coffee while I waited out some rain. It seems I picked the perfect route because it was raining near my place when I left work and I was headed away from it. When I got through the park I could see the rain behind me and again when I made through Waikiki. I never got wet. 🙂
All in all it was great dry time.
Now for tomorrow’s commute…
Aloha!
Aloha!
Slower, cheaper, less useful…