When you are retired from the work force, Blue Monday is no longer Blue Monday. Mondays to me now are the beginning of another fun cycling week in the warm sub-tropics of South Florida, USA. Today was no exception!
This morning’s bike ride was especially enjoyable because my wife accompanied me to one of our larger county parks for a half-metric century bike ride. We rode our road bikes both inside the park and outside, mostly inside where we found comfort knowing that we were not going to be victims of car versus bike crashes.
During our three trips outside the park, when we rode our bikes just feet away from a gator infested canal, several Iguanas ran directly across our path just feet away from our bikes. One Iguana in particular was about 5 to 6 feet long. All others were smaller in size but quicker to cross the narrow asphalt path.
We also spotted two armadillos along the park’s main perimeter road, but no gator sightings in or around the murky canal.One section of our bike course included four bridges, which we did three times. By the third time, my wife learned how to gear her bike down to a larger cog, making the incline much easier.
Part of the route inside the park took us through a gun range that is frequented by our county and city police officers. Typically jolted by the sound of gunfire, not one sound came out of the range area this morning except from the ducks and geese that strayed in territory that may not be to their liking.
Duck soup is the soup-of-the-day in many of our local restaurants.
RIDE STATS:
Distance: 32.41
Time: 02:51:19
Average/Max Speed: 11.4 mph/19.8 mph
Average/Max HR: 103 bpm/125 bpm
Elevation Gain/Loss: 115/141 feet
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