eBike Explorations, Volume 9: Summer Sunshine

The first rule is to know yourself, and I know myself well enough to recognize when I have to blow off some steam. Being weighed down by my troubles constantly has been eroding my health and sanity, not that I was the pinnacle of either before.

To forget my troubles, if briefly, I availed myself of the sunny weather today and went on a bike ride. I took the same path I did back in March when I first showed you what these trails have to offer, but the scenery is markedly different now. Everything is lush and green instead of drab and grey.

The various small islands in the river are nicely overgrown, and I feel tempted to go explore them. I'll need to put together that small electric boat I've been talking about though, and a bike trailer for it. That's just not in the budget currently, but it gives me something to look forward to.

Interesting machinery I passed by. Loud as hell, something to do with steam. It's adjacent to a water treatment plant, which smells vaguely of wet dog fur. I suppose it could be a great deal worse than that.

A concrete bike bridge over the creek. It's nice to look at, but harrowing to cross at high speed. Like one giant speed bump. If it were a bit longer, the curve would be more gradual. I guess I could also go over it more slowly. But then, why even live?

Today I discovered the golf course, which the bike trail passes by, has a nice smooth sidewalk that goes all the way around and through the course. Ostensibly it's for golfers not using a cart, but it made for a pleasant route to traverse on my bike as well. If anybody didn't want cyclists there, they didn't say anything to me.

I feel refreshed. I think after so many days spent cooped up inside, worrying over my finances, I badly needed some fresh air and sunshine. I am prone to depression and a hermitic lifestyle, sometimes I have to push myself to go out and live life.

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^{Stay Cozy!}