Friday, May 30, 2025

The early bird gets the worm...

 

But, the second mouse gets the cheese.

The high today is supposed to be 104º.  Average high here for the end of May is 99º.  We are into summer, even if that isn't official for another 3 weeks.  It's that time when getting out early is important if you want to be outside.

This morning, it was an outing on the CTX.  I was up shortly after 6:00, got my morning routine done, then took Murphy out for a walk around the yard.  I was gearing up for the bike by 7:00... it was a delightful 74º.  No photos or video, just Breakfast With the Beatles playing on my Sirius/XM app.

Traffic was light, even on the surface streets.  Up on the mountain, I passed a dozen or so people on bicycles.  Except for one pickup coming out of a blind curve: he was waving me down to stop - there was a semi pulling a long flatbed trailer coming around that curve, and the truck needed both lanes to make that turn.  The flatbed was empty, so they must have been taking some heavy equipment up to the antennas at the top of the mountain... that would be a hairy drive with a big truck and long trailer.  I was happy to be out on my bike.

The other plan for today: music with my new local musician friends.  This is easy: less than 5 minutes from our house, a couple hours of jamming, no iPads or working up parts.  

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Here's a link to a Facebook post of a short video of one of the songs we were working up today...

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1274671380895196

It was shot by Allan's (the host) cousin.  She also brought lunch for everyone, from Jimmy John's.  (win/win)  You will probably have to be on Facebook to see the video.

 

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