This car first passed us earlier on our ride. I was hoping to get a picture of its rear as it went by but we ended up on a downhill and the situation became too unstable to get a picture. We came across the car again about 10 miles later just outside of West Fork. I think why I like this picture is that I don't feel as if I've taken a picture of a car from long ago but rather I just happened to take a picture of a car from our current time period. Riding along quiet country roads often feels as if I've been transported back in time to when there was a slower pace of living.
Only one other picture but I love it. Pat is stretching but I feel as if he is spreading his wings ready to take flight. I think this picture captures the free spirit of bicycling that we all experience out there on the road.
Pat and I were comparing odometer readings and his was reading higher than mine. I started to see a pattern here as Ted's read higher as well on our Texas trip. Getting back home, I did some research and found that my computer is indeed set wrong and I have been covering more mileage than I've been reporting. Compared to Pat's odometer, which he said matched up with other riders, it seems as if I've been 5% off. Given the 3,148 miles I've ridden this year, that would mean I'm short by 157 miles!
Today's Ride: 3hrs 9mins. 39.02 miles 70-80 degrees. 18mph winds. Miles YTD: 3,148.53 plus recalculating for lost miles, new Miles YTD: 3,305.96
Philip, this reminds me of a ride we went on across Wisconsin and my odometer read 424 miles for the week long trip but the t-shirts given to us said it was a 392 mile trip. I was so mad because I had something to prove that year as I had been undergoing chemotherapy at the time. Normally it wouldn't be that big of a deal to me but in this incident I wanted credit for every mile.
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