2021 mileage: 3636.9
I wanted to do a long ride this morning (to Matthei Botanical Gardens for the first time since July 6), but on the way there it seemed so long that I was sorely tempted to shorten it. However, I managed to stick it out all the way there (though I shortened the route home slightly, for a total ride of 27.0 miles in 3:36).
In the very early part of the ride, a dismaying incident occurred. I rode up (very slowly) behind a woman (I'm tempted to say "ten to twenty years older than I," although in reality she was probably about my age) walking her dog. She didn't notice me, but the dog did, and started yipping at me—whereupon the woman whirled about, shook her finger fiercely at me, and told me energetically, with a severe frown, "We need a horn!"
On my former trike I had an AirZound, which bills itself as "the world's loudest air horn." But it died about three years ago, and though I procured a replacement, I never got it put on (being miserably unable mechanically). But it remains in the box, in brand new condition, and I feel as if I should give it a go this afternoon. But the ride taxed me sufficiently that I think I'll wait and try it tomorrow instead.
On the way home, I came through Gallup Park, and got this selfie beside the Huron River
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