It was a beautiful day in the Capital City. It was warm without much wind and after a cool start the sun came out and most of the chill vanished. There will be a native grass planting party in Crosby Park on Saturday so KS and I decided to scout out the area. We got the bikes out and started towards the river. KS had a minor collision with a parked car on the way, but the only difficulty was a slightly bent front brake and a displaced rear mirror. The brakes may require professional help, but the bike was ridable, and we rode down Benhill, Victoria, Otto and Shepherd Road to Crosby Farm. The ride through the woods got us to the big open area where the native flowers will be planted. We found growing milkweeds, which are a magnet for flutterbys, and which KS is hoping to plant in the backyard. We walked around, took a photo, and then biked home, finishing with my first climb of Benhill for the year. I finished several seconds behind the younger rider. She suggested that her name on this blog be changed to something more appropriate. KS doesn't make it anymore since her return from Japan. Since she rides a Bianchi, we have suggested Bianchi Cutie, or BC - in the spirit of the blogs emanating from other related sites. BC has the spotty jersey. I added a little over 10 miles to my paltry total for May.
In other news, I played three sets of tennis at Marie Park this evening with the current set of geezers. I played better than my recent outings, but, after winning the first two sets, was on the short end of the third set. Not bad, and to be expected some days. It was a super fine night to be crushing forehands in the great out of doors.
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Benhill... Young and strong trumps old and fit any day, as it should. Collisions with cars -- parked or otherwise -- can be hard on bikes, and bikers. Glad that BC came away unscathed. Sounds like a pretty nice day.
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