Do you need a license for that?

Yeah, I took a day off from posting.  I did shoot some photos yesterday, just didn't find time to post 'em.  Just past the full moon...

Izzy and I spent some time out on the deck as the sun came up...

Yeah, any reason to put in a photo of her cuteness.

Today, we took the e-bikes out for a ride.  Getting off our island, the bridge was out, so we had a few minutes to wait...

We rode along the water on the north side of town...

The water in the background is the Laguna Madre, the bay between the mainland and South Padre Island.  It is nearly calm today - on Thursday, we would not have been riding in this area - the north wind had the water looking the color of weak coffee and the spray from that wind would have reached the street.

We try to avoid the main highway through town, but there is one bridge that you have to go over to get across town (which is technically on a couple islands, as well).  Traffic is heavy this weekend, so we covered that stretch as fast as we could.  Then, back into the Fingers area (another part of town that has canals)...

We decided on Italian for lunch.  Back across that same busy stretch... and it was even busier.  While probably not kosher, we chose to ride the sidewalk for a couple blocks to stay off the road.  We passed two individuals walking towards us - in each case, we stopped and walked the bikes around them.  Both guys, each of them wanted to know about the bikes.

"Those are SO cool - are they electric?"  There were a bunch of other questions.  The second guy had a very specific use in mind: "Do you need a license for that?"  I'm guessing he was without the benefit of a driver's license due to a DWI.  Yes, I patiently answered all his questions.

We pulled up to the Italian restaurant by the lighthouse; locked the bikes to a bench and went inside...

All the parking out front and across the street was full - I was expecting the restaurant to be very busy.  It wasn't.  They gave us a table by the window so we could keep an eye on the bikes.  Oh, and the food was tasty.

We had to cross the main road one more time to get to our island.  No traffic at all on the side streets.  It isn't a competition, but we did a sprint as we got close to home - topped 20 mph again.  In top gear, with the highest level of pedal assist.  Still pretty impressive on a bicycle.

Our neighbors, Randy and Cindy, were out as we came by - first we've seen them since we got back.  Nice to visit with them.  They were just getting ready to head out sailing with some friends.  Nice day for it: kinda gray out there, but a light breeze and the temp is in the upper 70s.