Back Home and Way Behind

You know, it is generally a bad idea to try and start a new exercise program of ANY kind the week before leaving on a family vacation. We were gone for 11 days, and I only rode my five miles on 4 of those days.

I missed 3 days in travel, 1 due to being doped up on benedryl after being swarmed by wasps, and 3 more due to inclement weather. Ugh... what a horrible vacation for cycling!!

Otherwise the trip was okay. It consisted of much yard work and odd jobs for my mom and mother-in-law. Plus, there were the online graduate classes that I am working on as well. Hmmm.... On second thought, it was not much of a fun vacation now was it?

Fortunately, I am back home! This means I can get back to a regular schedule and get back in the cycling groove! Whoo hoo!!

I plan on starting tomorrow by running my various needed errands on bike. That should cover the mileage easily. Plus, after the many hills in Snellville, the flatlands of southside Virginia will be like visiting an old friend.

And I am sorry that I took so long to update. So I would like to reward your patience with a hilarious sign that I saw today at a rest stop on I-85 in North Carolina. This is one of the better public signs I have seen.

Based upon the phrasing, I guess it is not punishable to use the parking lot as a urinal but NOT as a toilet.

The scary part is that you know they would not have made a sign if there had not been a need for explaining it.