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As many of you know, I am a leader in a Cub Scout Pack. Today, I was leading our Bear den in a requirement called Bike Right. In preperation, Ryan and I went to Richardson Bike Mart to get inner tubes and a patch kit, as one of the requirements for this activity was to learn to change or patch an inner tube. We went in our Class A uniforms, as we were going straight to the meeting. Within a minute, two guys asked if they could help us. One struck up a conversation with Ryan and found out that Ryan loves gadgets. Before it was over, Ryan was the proud new owner of a Bontrager Rollbar Multi tool. The man that gave it to him is an Eagle Scout and Ryan had to promise to become an Eagle Scout in order to receive the tool As we were checking out, the counter guy told Ryan how when he was at IBM, he had to choose between two applicants. One had a degree from an Ivy League school. The other had a degree from a normal school but was an Eagle Scout. The Eagle got the job. It was cool to see Ryan learn that the time he spends Scouting is not wasted and it was great for me to see that the boys I invest so much time in grow into men of character who pay back to scouting. And the lesson went really well too. The boys got to learn about bike maintenace and they worked together to get a bike tire up to 90 psi, as none of them weighed over 60 lbs. Then we set up an obstacle course and practiced riding skills and hand signals. It was a good day.

Reinhard Heydrich believed the government should have an intelligence service to gather information on all aspects of those who lived within the country. To some extent, similar in a way to how the NSA now collects information on people in America. In case the name Reinhard Heydrich is unfamiliar: He reported to Heinrich Himmler, Who in turn reported to Adolf Hitler. For what it's worth, Heydrich was also the head of security for the German Shutzstaffel (aka the SS) and one of the perpetrators of the Holocaust. Draw what conclusions you will, or don't draw what conclusions you won't.

53.8 miles @ 17.4 Great day for a ride!

I did a 34 mile loop through the country side. It's harvest season.. Here's a nice old barn for sale (just in case you have room in your backyard for it). Lots of country roads Old Glory showing about a 15mph breeze out of the south. This is on the corner of the Gilmore Farms. Some long time Indy race fans will remember the Gilmore-Foyt racing team (Jim Gilmore and AJ Foyt) This is the Gilmore family farm. A neat red barn on the side of the road Grain bins off in the distance waiting to be filled with the harvest. The dairy center at Michigan State University's Kellog Biological Station in Hickory Corners Looks like if they hurry they can squeeze in one more cutting of alfalfa.

It is now gone.

Started my run with arm warmers and gloves. Pushed down the arm warmers by mile 2. Took off the gloves at mile 4. Stopped running and found a bike at mile 5.

You read my mind.

103.9 miles for me

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How did they turn out? I have trouble finding coconut flour. They seem like a good breakfast bar.

Nice report! Great pics! Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, like they don't already have a humongous file on you.

Down by the river in a van.

Wow, those cookies sound interesting!

Ewww!

Just did my 9th century this season

It was beautiful. We went both ways. Started in Conway went to Lincoln, had lunch and went back. I ended up with just two bottles each way - filled up in Lincoln, but gave one to my wife on the ride back. I'll post some pics tonight. Here is where we started in Conway. I still feel alive here. Ready to go not knowing what I'm in for. Damn I look fat in this pic, a few less cookies for me tonight. Scenes like this all along the ride. The wonderful wife trying to choke down some Perpetuem peanut butter concoction she made - looked like poop. Damn she looks hot - I'm so lucky. Still early in the day, the leaf peepers were all sleeping. This was on the way up. On the way down the same pick would have had 20 or more people in it. Beautiful colors, but I wish we waited two more weeks. Yay, I made it to the top. No, it's not an illusion, this is steep for me. I bailed out coming back from Lincoln I walked at least 1/2 mile up the hills. I didn't get a pic of the one that said 9 1/2 % I saw when going down, it didn't seem prudent to stop for a pic at 40 mph. Uh oh, someone woke them up, the people are coming, the people are coming. NH is so pretty. Time for lunch! We tried to go easy on the food, we had tea to warm up a little and split a sandwich. This was a great ride and we had a wonderful time. It was a 2 hour commute from our house, and we drove up and back in the same day. Made for a very long day. I was not prepared for how hard the climbs were. It started with a very gradual climb, almost flat for about 20 miles, then it got steep for about 5 - 10. After that it was mostly downhill until Lincoln. I felt pretty good and wasn't worried about the ride back. It was a similar ride back slow climb, then steep. When it got steep, I experienced something I haven't had happen yet. I still felt good, I was well fed and hydrated, but I ran out. Simple as that, I just ran out of energy. I could not go any further. I got off for a little while and it didn't go away, so I walked a little. Then I thought I was good, got on and just could not go more than 100 feet. I felt totally drained. Somehow made I to the top and damn what a great ride back down. Close to 30 miles of downhill or flat roads. I think my wife had more than she bargained for too, but she is an amazing person and she gave it her all. I may try it again in two weeks if the weather i good. My wife doesn't know I'm thinking about it, honey if you read this, I love you and you don't need to come.