I was lucky to have all 3 days off this Labor Day Weekend and I took advantage to get some nice bike rides in. I had big plans on Saturday to ride a loop from home down to the George Washington statue in our State Capital square and back. I got there okay but caught a flat tire about 1/3 of the way back. Being the complete road riding n00b that I am I had no patch kit, no replacement tube, and no pump even if I had one of those two. I was at least s-m-r-t enough to bring along my mobile phone so I could call for a ride home (thanks Ronan - ed).
Today I plotted out a longish (20+ miles) ride from the Capital building to the Fort Hoke/Fort Johnson/Fort Harrison part of the Richmond National Battlefield Park. I was feeling pretty good when I left the house so I figured I would start a couple of miles from the capital to really make a ride of it. As it worked out, between the detours I had to take through downtown and my experiments to find a reasonable path back, I added almost 10 miles to my overall ride. It was a monster. Well, it was a monster for me. And I rode it with confidence because I had a spare tube in my pack and a pump attached to my frame (look at him learn! - ed.).
Add in a couple of hours at the pool, some meager yard work as a result of the first rain in more than a month, and a cookout and I am happy to report a wildly successful Labor Day.
Cheers.
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