az_cyclist

4/25/24. 51.3 miles on the group ride this morning. Also 2500 ft of elevation gain

4/24/24 21 miles this morning

45 minute lifting workout this afternoon 

4/23/24 50.7 miles this morning on the group ride

I get orange cranberry muffins or scones when I can at our group ride coffee stop

22 minutes ago, JerrySTL said:

I didn't know that.

My son's HS team (Franklin Central, Indianapolis) played Seymour in football a couple of years.  There were a few Melencamps on their team that year.  One of our team dads walked over to the the info.  The kid was a cousin to John Mellencamp (or nephew or some relative).

5 minutes ago, smudge said:

What the heck??? Your main residence will still be in AZ, especially in the winter. Wuuuuuutt???????  

Welcome to the Midwest even tho it's only part-time. 

P.S. Pretty brave. Not sure I could do something that big.

I grew up in Indiana, and lived in Illinois and Ohio after college, and in Indianapolis for 11 years before moving to AZ, so, yeah I know about the Midwest.

I dont know if it is brave, or carrying on. It has been helpful to be around my son, DIL, and grandkids.  I knew I would spend summers there with them. 

1 minute ago, MoseySusan said:

Stop in ABQ and see us. 

That is a distinct possiblity, Mosey. Thanks!  I had never drive thru Utah, and I have heard it is good too. 

My son and I drove thru ABQ and Santa Fe to Denver in 2019

1 hour ago, Johnny Come Lately Name said:

Stash Double Bergamot Earl Gray - cold brewed and iced.

cold brewed and iced sounds interesting

4/21/24 29.7 miles this morning before church

9 hours ago, Airehead said:

If a recipe calls for 1/4 teaspoon of salt, do you measure it, add it by eyeball, or skip it?

yes

this gives me an idea to try baking a pie.  mrs_az_cyclist rarely made pies.  One exception was when the mexican limes were ready.  I would sqeeze them and she would make lime pie.  usually she bought a crust.  

Mom always made her own crusts for pies.

4/20/24. 63.9 miles on the club ride today. The route was 53 miles, and riding to the park from home adds almost 5 miles, so 100K was in sight.

Since this is a change coffee routine thread, I had an espresso today at the club ride coffee stop, rather than my usual medium dark roast drip coffee.  It was a cafe cubano, a sweet espresso .

2 hours ago, Dottleshead said:

Speaking of real men stuff.

I have had Peets Major Dickason before.  pretty good coffee

5 hours ago, JerrySTL said:

I guessed that was the song before it displayed

7 hours ago, Further said:

“we got high…..”

“It’s all so beautiful”

I thought about getting a haircut yesterday. Maybe next week

I’m getting into a new routine. Not sure what it is though, but it usually means,falling asleep watching tv then waking up and turning things off and going to bed. Bike rides in AZ start early April thru October, so the waking up tends to be more routine, unfortunately even on the days I could sleep in.

 Normal weekend I guess. Club ride Saturday, church and ride on Sunday

4/18/24 52.5 miles on the group ride this morning

hmmm  cream in sugar in your coffee

4 hours ago, jsharr said:

Do you ever make sun tea?  That is always fun and seems to taste different from the slow, cooler, steeping process.   My grandmother would boil the water and dissolve a metric crapton of sugar in it, then pour that over the teas bags.  I grew up in a Lipton tea family.

BTW, did you know Sir Lipton, or maybe it was Lord Lipton, funded a lot of the English challengers for the America's Cup sailing trophy back in the day?  Many of his boats were named Shamrock....

https://www.americascup.com/history/24_THE-LIPTON-ERA-BEGINS

https://www.americascup.com/history/27_THE-WORLD-AT-WAR-AND-LIPTON-COMES-CLOSE

https://www.americascup.com/history/28_LIPTONS-LAST-HURRAH-AND-THE-FIRST-OF-THE-J-CLASS

We used to make sun tea, but have not for a while here in Phoenix.  In Minnesota we/I have a sun tea jar that I use most of the summer.  I use Luzianne tea in it.  Here in Phoenix I make iced tea with a Mr Coffee iced tea maker I got as a gift years ago.  4 Luzianne tea bags, and 10 packs of Equal .  I do have some Earl Grey tea for occasional use, and some peppermint tea (courtesy of the Sunshine Committee). 

4 hours ago, jsharr said:

Do you ever make sun tea?  That is always fun and seems to taste different from the slow, cooler, steeping process.   My grandmother would boil the water and dissolve a metric crapton of sugar in it, then pour that over the teas bags.  I grew up in a Lipton tea family.

BTW, did you know Sir Lipton, or maybe it was Lord Lipton, funded a lot of the English challengers for the America's Cup sailing trophy back in the day?  Many of his boats were named Shamrock....

https://www.americascup.com/history/24_THE-LIPTON-ERA-BEGINS

https://www.americascup.com/history/27_THE-WORLD-AT-WAR-AND-LIPTON-COMES-CLOSE

https://www.americascup.com/history/28_LIPTONS-LAST-HURRAH-AND-THE-FIRST-OF-THE-J-CLASS

We used to make sun tea, but have not for a while here in Phoenix.  In Minnesota we/I have a sun tea jar that I use most of the summer.  I use Luzianne tea in it.  Here in Phoenix I make iced tea with a Mr Coffee iced tea maker I got as a gift years ago.  4 Luzianne tea bags, and 10 packs of Equal .  I do have some Earl Grey tea for occasional use, and some peppermint tea (courtesy of the Sunshine Committee).