hi everyone---not doing many caps, too hard with one hand, and my left one, at that---just wanted to give you an update here, as individual email proves a bit tiring at this point.
had surgery yesterday for my wrist---several things were not done correctly in Florida---but the good news is that i didn't have to have a plate put in, just screws---will be in a cast for a few weeks more, then a custom-made smaller one to allow for physical therapy, which will be several months---
thank goodness there is Duke-trained advanced hand orthopedic surgeon at my son's hospital and he knows what he's doing!
hope you are all doing well, whether back in your respective homes, on the road, or still at the beach!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Biking Week of March 11-17
I'm hunting and pecking for those cyclists left and wanting to ride Freeport with John Beach leading. Here is his email text:
Next Thur, March 15, 11:00 A.M. at the City Hall in Freeport for a ride encompassing the full Freeport loop (15-18 miles) for those that are still here and want to dodge the Spring break crowd. I will watch the blog or those that are interested can email me @ sailmoor49@yahoo.com. We'll have lunch at TJ's after the ride unless another suggestion is made.
Next Thur, March 15, 11:00 A.M. at the City Hall in Freeport for a ride encompassing the full Freeport loop (15-18 miles) for those that are still here and want to dodge the Spring break crowd. I will watch the blog or those that are interested can email me @ sailmoor49@yahoo.com. We'll have lunch at TJ's after the ride unless another suggestion is made.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
NO MORE BIKING FOR ME THIS SEASON
SORRY. SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO LEAD RIDE THURSDAY.
SPRING-BREAKER ON PATH MOVED OUT IN FRONT OF ME TONIGHT AND KNOCKED ME OFF BIKE. BROKEN RIGHT WRIST. CANNOT BIKE. CANNOT DRIVE. CANNOT DO MUCH OF ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. WORKING ON ARRANGING FOR MY SON TO COME PACK UP MY STUFF AND DRIVE ME TO ATLANTA.
THIS ONE FINGER TYPING IS A PAIN
SEE YOU ALL NEXT WINTER. :)
(P.S. LET ME AMEND THAT...DROVE BACK TO EMERGENCY AT SACRED HEART AT 3AM...THEY HAD TO ADJUST SPLINT...SO I GUESS WE KNOW I CAN DRIVE A SHORT DISTANCE! :))
(P.S. LET ME AMEND THAT...DROVE BACK TO EMERGENCY AT SACRED HEART AT 3AM...THEY HAD TO ADJUST SPLINT...SO I GUESS WE KNOW I CAN DRIVE A SHORT DISTANCE! :))
Bike the Drive -- Chicago
Hey WCS Cyclists!
If you are looking for a fun summer biking event, one that would plop you down smack dab in the heart of the city to enjoy Navy Pier, Museum Campus (Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Planetarium), shopping, dining, theater, Buckingham Fountain and the lakefront, take a look at Bike the Drive! (Click on live link.) Read all about it and see rotating photos on the home page.
It takes place Sunday, May 27. There is an entry fee (see the info...might be about $35 pp) but that includes four hours -- if desired -- of biking along Chicago's main lakefront thoroughfare, Lake Shore Drive, rest stations with water, juices, fruits, bagels, energy bars, and more. And of course, the infamous BTD T-shirt for 2012!
Come for the weekend (get your hotel now -- I can tell you which ones are right on the park) and we can make it a group event! We could do Bike the Drive together and have breakfast afterwards (my biking group, which we could either join OR I'd ditch for YOU, always meets in Grant Park at 5:30AM and takes off at 6AM...it's like nothing else hearing only birds and people talking and laughing along Lake Shore Drive, traffic-free for four hours!)
Before and/or after the biking event, we can do stuff together or people can go their own ways or some of both. I've lots of recommendations for dining, music, art, dinner cruises, architectural boat cruises, theater, farmers markets, etc.
If anyone is interested, let me know.
And if anyone has a neat biking event in their town or knows of one at which we might all want to meet, please suggest it! It would be fun to get together in the summer!
Friday, March 2, 2012
Biking Week of March 4-10
WCS Cyclists -- Well, I spent the morning Friday checking out Defuniak Springs and some rides plotted online by other cyclists, only to come away disappointed. While Defuniak has an interesting (though worn) historic district with large Southern homes positioned in a circle around a little lake with walking path (a dozen or so in good condition and possibly worth a drive over to see) that is about all there is. The pond/lake is 1.3 miles around. The rest of the plotted route, I'm sorry to say, has many bumpy, cracked and unkempt roads and few sidewalks. Much of the area is quite rundown, hence, scary to me. So I'm scratching Defuniak as a possible place to do a ride. If anyone cares to go over and try to map out a safe ride, please have at it and let us know if you are successful! I haven't driven all of the roads around there.
Monday, March 5: Well, guys, unfortunately Banjo Rama is not playing at Cabana Cafe anymore this snowbird season. So let's meet at 11AM at the Village of Baytowne Wharf on the Sandestin Resort property (you can park in the garage there OR you can park at the Market Shops on #98 and ride down to the village to meet us.) We'll do an hour to an hour and a half in Sandestin at a pace of 10-12mph. I'm aiming for us to either eat at Graffiti's afterwards, as we've heard good reviews OR Hammerhead's outdoor eatery, if it's nice enough to sit outside.
Update: Thanks, everybody (we had 11) for coming out for what I think was the nicest ride weather-wise all season! And Sandestin is such a breeze to bike (before spring-breakers arrive) that we can often ride two abreast and chat! Though a bit overpriced, Hammerhead's on the deck, with a live band, was a fun place for lunch!
Thursday, March 8: Ok, since few really wanted to pay the $6 round trip over the bridge to Bluewater Bay near Niceville (and I don't blame anyone) we decided on a #30A ride, hoping that the Quacks of our group (and you know who you are) will take a packing break and join us for one last hoorah! Meet at 11AM in the public parking where we met (briefly) for the potluck before Stan led us to his house -- the parking lot at the intersection of #30A and #393. We'll ride an hour to an hour and a half and end up back there to have lunch at Smiling Fish. Hope for temps nice enough to sit outside (and no wind.)
Monday, March 5: Well, guys, unfortunately Banjo Rama is not playing at Cabana Cafe anymore this snowbird season. So let's meet at 11AM at the Village of Baytowne Wharf on the Sandestin Resort property (you can park in the garage there OR you can park at the Market Shops on #98 and ride down to the village to meet us.) We'll do an hour to an hour and a half in Sandestin at a pace of 10-12mph. I'm aiming for us to either eat at Graffiti's afterwards, as we've heard good reviews OR Hammerhead's outdoor eatery, if it's nice enough to sit outside.
Update: Thanks, everybody (we had 11) for coming out for what I think was the nicest ride weather-wise all season! And Sandestin is such a breeze to bike (before spring-breakers arrive) that we can often ride two abreast and chat! Though a bit overpriced, Hammerhead's on the deck, with a live band, was a fun place for lunch!
Thursday, March 8: Ok, since few really wanted to pay the $6 round trip over the bridge to Bluewater Bay near Niceville (and I don't blame anyone) we decided on a #30A ride, hoping that the Quacks of our group (and you know who you are) will take a packing break and join us for one last hoorah! Meet at 11AM in the public parking where we met (briefly) for the potluck before Stan led us to his house -- the parking lot at the intersection of #30A and #393. We'll ride an hour to an hour and a half and end up back there to have lunch at Smiling Fish. Hope for temps nice enough to sit outside (and no wind.)
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