June 9, 2015
Well howdy drifters.
Things are heating up.
BRAN is in
full swing. I hear that they are now in
Axtell, the new home of Thunderhead Brewery.
They make some fine beers, if I recall correctly. Cornstalker is a tasty, strong dark ale of
some sort, I think. I believe I had one
on my one and only Nacho Ride out of Lincoln.
Plenty of bicycling opportunities are available these days. My friend Rich just mentioned a gravelly
excursion coming up in a couple of weeks. It is the Good Life Gravel Gran Fondo starting in Mineola, IA on June 20th. I will of course be participating (if I can’t weasel out of
it) in the shorter 50-mile jaunt.
I am not conditioned for this ride (air-conditioned doesn’t
help). The most strenuous bicycling I have contemplated lately was a “bicycle tractor pull.” I am picturing a tug-of-war-style event involving
two bicycles joined together by a static line, facing in opposite directions
and pulling, one against the other to see who would topple or be pulled across
the centerline by their opponent.
Sure it’s an asinine notion, but don’t people bicycle joust
already? It might be fun until people who were actually good at it started participating and ruining everything like they always do! Damn do-gooders!
It’s summer and I, like many bicyclers around the northern
hemisphere, am out pedaling about and purchasing gardening supplies to
transport home for use in the family garden.
I am hoping to grow melons.
Yup. Love ‘em.
Transporting my starter soil home, I began pondering the portaging
capabilities afforded by our two-wheeled friends. I wondered about towing a watercraft down to
the lake. Although I have not witnessed
a bicycle towing a canoe, I figured it was a much better idea than bicycle
jousting. So here is one option that I
thought looked pretty good.
It’s warm and summery and my Metro’s A/C has never
worked. Let’s ride! Maybe even to the lake! Someday, Gilligan. Someday.
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