BRAG Day 4: Rain arrived, getting everything wet. Thankfully everything in my tent stayed relatively dry.
Dinner was a fiasco that we will talk about for a long time. The story is too long and convoluted to recount here, next time we meet in person… Unfortunately, this also gave me the opportunity to overeat again, this time without having ridden a lot.
Wordle: four, my starter was DAILY
BRAG Day 3 was tough, but nowhere near as bad as Day 2. We rolled into Dawsonville, and set up in a park behind a Food Lion, which is convenient.
Wordle: three, my starter was ORBIT
Stage two, Cartersville to Jasper nearly broke me. The 48-mile route had 4000ft of elevation change, but worse than that had some climbs of nearly 18%! I walked my bike up two of those, and managed to pedal all of the other climbs.
Wordle: three, my starter was TREAD
BRAG Day 1 in the books. This week if climbing will be a massive challenge for me.
Add Suwannee’s Monkey Wrench Brewing to the list of defunct Georgia breweries.
Wordle: four, my starter was SPRAY
I guess I am not going to be my desired weight by the start of BRAG, not even close. I’ve missed it by about 25 pounds. 🙁
I saw a guy all kitted up, riding up my street this morning. I wanted to yell “It’s too lat to train!” at him. Lol
Wordle: three, my starter was COUPE
Whenever I move, or die, I will miss The EARL. Though I was a chicken shit last night and drove to EAV instead of walking, I saw a great show put on by the band Sunflower Bean.
I made my first attempt at a short crust pastry this week: I made meatloaf pasties. The pasties were not pretty, and the dough was slightly dry, but they were edible and I will try again in the future.
I really need to buy and install a locking mailbox. I hate to spend $200 and do the work because I don’t get too much physical mail these days. But the post office has become so unreliable, and I can no longer count on them to hold mail on the days I’ve requested. I purposely start and end a few days before and after a trip, to check their work; they failed again.
Wordle: four, my starter was ANISE
Wet, wet, wet, so I spent the majority of yesterday indoors. At least I got almost everything packed for BRAG.
Wordle: four, my starter was TRADE
This has already been a strange year for WLF, and I may point the finger at the bunnies I’ve seen and chased. Something has been eating my marigold plants, and my bean plants, before they have the opportunity to flower and create beans. Also I think some of my plant stunted growth problems is due to poor timing and management on my part. This has been frustrating.
Yesterday I harvested some potatoes, but not enough nor large enough given the cost of seed potatoes. I also transplanted some corn into the plot of soil from which none of the corn kernels I planted there a couple of weeks ago has germinated.
After going out to eat and then to drink more beer I was very disappointed with myself.
Wordle: three, my starter was PERIL
Even though we got rained on a bit, and I took a really stupid tumble trying to clip into my pedals in the last mile, Saturday’s 66-mile route was a lot of tough riding and fun, followed by some beer. Getting home at 4pm and worn out sealed my fate for missing the concert for which I had a ticket.
I made a rendition of a meatloaf last night, to which I added one of the spiciest jalapeño peppers that I’ve purchased in some time.
Remember friends, today is Memorial Day. So no mail, less traffic, and no banking. This also means that it’s my “official” 26th Hash Analversary; do I have to be an active hasher to celebrate? 🙂
Wordle: three, my starter was MARSH (which is what WLF may become by week’s end)
A good, hard, bicycle ride wipes me out like little else. After driving to Stan’s, drinking one high alcohol beer, and then getting home, I ate a very late lunch and crashed on the couch for hours.
Speaking of riding, it unfortunately looks as if we may get a little wet riding tomorrow. 🙁
Though I’d like to be riding again today, I’m getting my front yard and WLF in order ahead of the rain predicted for the next handful of days.
I’m starting to see lightning bugs again. I can’t express how much this makes me smile.
Wordle: five, my starter was WATER
