Friday, April 5, 2019

April 5, 2019.

This morning it rained so we did not leave as planned. The roads were finally dry around 10 AM and we decided to go out on the bikes. First Dianne and Kathie cleaned up Kathie's rear derailleur--this is a rental bike and she was having trouble shifting it. There was a lot of crud on the cogs and gears... I waited while they cleaned.


We biked south on the Pinellas Trail, with Clearwater as our destination.


While on the trail we came across Dianne's friend Dusty. He turned around and rode with us to Clearwater. He is a national and international cycle racing champion, and he qualified for the 1984 US Olympic Cycling team (the year the US opted out of the Olympics). He went to lunch with us at Clearwater Beach and rode back with us as far as Dunedin. He told us a lot of interesting stories about his many years in the cycle racing circuit. He still races and also coaches bicycle racers; he is a Senior Games State Champion and Senior Games International Champion (twice over).


I saw the Pirate Ship that we cruised on with Zane last week. It was below us when we crossed the Clearwater Causeway on our way back.


After Dusty left us we stopped at Strachan's for ice cream and then made our way home. Dianne took Kathie back to Dunedin to return the rental bike while I showered and went out on the front porch to read my book. We were all pretty done for the day; it was hot out there!

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