...and if you do, then Saturday's SSORES ride was for you! The temps by the time we were finishing were mid 90s! It just plain hurt. However, if we had started a bit earlier it would not have been so bad. The route itself was an absolute pleasure to ride. Road surfaces were smooth, for the most part, and the loop was interesting.
I had wanted to do this particular route for a couple of years. Actually, I wanted to combine it with our Around the Bay Loop. If we were to do it in the future, (cooler future), we would start at Firestone and Summit and use our usual route until downtown Milton. At this point we would use the East Bay Loop, (that's what we named Saturday's ride), until we made it back to the Gulf Breeze WalMart at which point we would reconnect with the Around the Bay Loop to Firestone and Summit. It measures in at a whopping 80 miles!
Maybe one Saturday this Fall?! Anybody game?
Other than the heat, it was a very nice and uneventful ride. Good group, I think we had about 15 willing participants including a couple of Young Jedis, the handcycle boys Josh and David, Happy, Left Lane, Gianni Bugno, Grocerystore as well as some of the usual faces of the peloton. There were no real sprints or any other antics because of the heat. (I drank 11 bottles)
The following was told to me by the one:
Sunday's ride wasn't nearly as hot, but only one showed up. The one rode all by his oneness singing the old '60s favorite "One is the Loneliest Number", by 3 Dog Night. The one one-dered unto his own oneself where the rest of the peloton was. "Is one the loneliest number?", he pondered the question, while riding as one. The one figured that the heat must have caused the rest of the other ones to be in recovery, while the one soldiered on by his oneness.
"One more mile", he replied to his one self as his other oneself complained that it was too much for any one to endure by oneself. He encouraged his oneness by humming the 1970s fav, "You're Still the One", by Orleans. The one remembered the lyrics,
"You're still the one that can scratch my itch,
Still the one that I wouldn't switch,
We're still having fun, cause you're still the one."
A smile came over the one as he headed down the oneliness road all by his oneness. "Yes", he smiled, "I'm still the one, even if I am the only one."
Author's note: I think maybe the heat was one degree to hot for the one!
Don't forget to check out the Ride Calendar for all our Firestone and Summit rides.
See you out on the road,
Bob
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