Second Day of Summer (June 22, 2013)
We took a bike ride tonight. It's been a very long time. We put on our helmets and jackets and took the backroads to the outlet malls on the coast to look for some new running shoes. It was a warm summer's day today, and I didn't think I'd like wearing the jacket, but it was fine. Not our photo, but GoogleImage found John's bike! My helmet is an interesting piece of equipment. I'm grateful that it protects me from splatting bugs and tossed up bits of gravel. We won't talk about the other things that it's designed to protect me from. We don't talk about those at all; just about being safe, and wearing the right gear. However, wearing the helmet makes scratching your nose a little tricky. Let's just say I smacked my hand into the visor more than once tonight and leave it at that. Itchy noses and stray bugs that make their way inside the helmet are no fun. At.all. These are the shoes I bought. We found shoes -- two pair. I c