4th Down, and Long Yardage.............

What to do?  Well, punt of course!

I had some "honey do's" for my mom.  I decided to drive there rather than bike, because we had planned to continue out to Forest Grove to take in fireworks.  I got the jobs done, then mom decided that she really didn't feel up to fireworks.  Drat, if I had known that I would have at least got a 50 mile ride in.

So, I scrambled like a quarterback dodging a blitz, and came up with an alternate plan.  I drove back home, loaded my fixie, and drove back into Sellwood.  My plan was to get a few miles pedaling before settling in to watch the fireworks launched from near Tom McCall Waterfront Park, where it was the last day of the Blues Festival.

I pedaled in, tootled around the Blues Festival a bit, and finally settled in on the Hawthorne Bridge, with front row seats for fireworks.  They'd be launching them from a barge not more than 300 ft away.

The morning's cloudy skies had cleared up nicely. While not as warm as it had been, it was a comfortable 72 degrees as I started out.

Plenty of musical entertainment to keep me occupied

It wasn't a long ride, but watching those in automobiles trying to get home, it was the best choice tonight!

.........Road Bike.....Rollers.............MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today .........17................0..................0.......................0............17
Jan...............0................0...................0.......................0............0
Feb..........124...............0...................0.......................0...........124
March......277................0..................0........................0..........277
April......559................0..................0........................0..........559
May.........414...............0..................0.......................0...........414
June........337...............0..................0.......................0...........337
July........136...............0..................0.......................0...........136
YTD...... 1844.............0...................0.......................0..........1844