It is finally officially summer, the solstice having been yesterday.
We missed another Sunday bike day on the Colonel By Drive yesterday. We were actually keen to go, but we had the back flow from a low pressure system funnelling weather over us and it rained most of the day. On the plus side our garden is looking pretty good, but it hasn't been great for quadracycling or any other outdoor activities much this year so far.
So when today dawned clear and sunny Ruth said, "let's go out this morning, before it gets too hot", so we did. She had some library books to to return so we pedalled via South Keys Shopping Centre and on to the library. The shopping centre management has recently put in a large number of extra, portable, rubber speed bumps. I have no idea why, as they didn't have a speeding problem there, it is usually too crowded for that. Instead the speed bumps seem to create new safety hazards as drivers drive on the side walks or through the parking areas to avoid them or run stop signs since they seem to feel they have slowed down enough. From a quadracycling point-of-view it just makes it a rough ride and motivates us to go shopping elsewhere.
While we are complaining about South Keys I should mention that we used to take our quadracycle to The Second Cup there regularly in past years, but no longer. It was recently torn down to apparently make way for a bank. The end result is that South Keys is really losing any lustre it ever had as a destination.
So eschewing the bumps and lack of coffee we headed onto the library. There was an eastern breeze for the third day in a row, which slowed us a bit on Johnston Road, but then we cut off and into the suburban streets and onward to the library, including a run through the drive-through book drop off (that is fun to do). With that job completed we cruised around the neighbourhood streets admiring the flowers, before heading south to cross Bank Street at Queensdale and stop in at Giant Tiger for a couple of grocery items. Finally we made it home for lunch after about 16 km of cycling, definitely a nice way to spend the morning.
I am pleased to report that the pedal that I bonded with Permatex Red is holding in place quite well. Perhaps I can tentatively say that this is the way to attach them, so they stay in place?
Most of the early part of this week looks like it will be relatively sunny, so perhaps we will get out and do some more quadracycling in the mornings before the warm afternoons drive us to more indoor pursuits.
Total quadracycling for 2009 so far - 115 km
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