I rode my bike to Huntington Beach today. It's a 20-mile trip one way; I turned around at Bolsa Beach.
Along the way, I picked up some tools and an air pump to carry with me.
It took me about 2 hours 30 minutes to get to my end point in Bolsa Beach, Huntington Beach.
On the way home I had a front flat tire, a slow leak, due to a thorn. The pump helped: 60 pumps filled the tire and it lasted about 20 city blocks. I first noted the flat just as I was leaving Seal Beach and entering Long Beach, I suppose about 12 miles from home.
Things were going along peachy keen until somewhere in Long Beach (in addition to taking a long round-about way to get through the city), my rear tire also went flat. Unfortunately that flat was too severe for the pump to do any good good. So I started walking.
I arrived at the corner of Western Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway about 5:47 p.m. I wasn't sure about the time so I checked the "World Clock" on the internet and yes, indeed, it was 5:47 when I got to this corner. I assume it's about three miles from this corner to home, so about another hour. I will be walking more slowly, so it might take ninety (90) minutes. [I arrived "home" at 8:15, tired but in excellent shape.]
I do not know what May and the granddaughters were up to today.
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Meanwhile, Back in Grapevine
Sophia enjoying toast ...
.... and then relaxing:
Sophia may win the Nevin Award for Relaxation. Notice her legs/ feet up on the chair, completely relaxed.
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