The Work That I Do

[thisnewday]

The sky is an amazing, clear blue this morning. And I hope that this may be a harbinger of what may lie ahead in the coming week.

Perhaps, with a good ride on the bike this morning and another tonight, I can help to make it so.

That will be my hope, that will be my dream, that will be the effort that I make and the work that I do...

LPK
Dreamwidth
6.8.2020

Comments

[summersgate]

A bike ride sounds like a great thing! Do you have any good bike trails close by?

[thisnewday]

Wel-l-l, depends on what would qualify as "close by." The are a number of biking and hiking trails built along the old tow paths of the Erie Canal which runs through Syracuse and Central New York.

They're actually within a few miles, and they're the reason I spent a small fortune on rooftop bike carriers for the Forester. But at this point IDK if I'm gonna have anyone around to help me get the bikes up and down.

There's also a new extension of a trail that runs along the shore of Onondaga Lake which is quite near here, but there are signs posted on the fence that borders it on both sides which warn not to go off the trail because it's built over the toxic waste beds left by Solvay Process/Allied Chemical/Honeywell Corp.

They've supposedly been "capped off"--as have the tons of toxins still lying on the bottom of the lake--but when local politicians started trumpeting the success of this "reclamation" of a potential recreational resource and were challenged to take a swim in it, there were no takers, as I recall, lol...

[mallorys_camera]

Can't you just fold down the Forrester's back seat, pop the bike's front wheel and stick it in?

[thisnewday]

You know, I just might try that, lol. Thanks...

[mallorys_camera]

I hate bike racks. I just never really trust them, you know? 😀

[thisnewday]

Yeah, I kinda feel that way too.

But I bought a good brand and a design that locks in the front forks, bought them for a life that I thought would roll right out in front of us because we were both ready for it.

So, wrong hardware, wrong vision of a life.

But I did have to laugh when you so matter-of-factly suggested the obvious in the face of the unthinkable, the unbearable.

So, thanks for that. I'm gonna take my ride, shortly, and then see what the rest of the day brings...

[summersgate]

That's discouraging if you need another person to get the bike on and off. How about one of those simple strap type carriers that just hook on the door above the back window of the car? Maybe not this one in particular, but something like it: https://www.rei.com/product/862689/saris-solo-bike-rack

[thisnewday]

Thanks, that looks pretty good--I'll keep it in mind...

[smokingboot]

I hope it was a very fine day, with more blue skies ahead :-)

[thisnewday]

Yes, thanks, it was a pretty good day. I got in two short rides and took the kiddo to the high school field where he practices his goal kicks. Sort of back to what we used to do, post C-19, of course...