Over this past weekend, Chris and I rode bikes from Monterey to Pacific Grove. It's not a long ride, about 5-7 miles, maybe more, riding there and back. Best of all, the trail is level. You should hear me quizzing Chris about the trail particulars. You'd think I was F. Lee Bailey and Chris was on trial which in a sense, he is on trial (trail? pun!) because if I find out he's lied to me about whether the trail is level or not...I can't even begin to explain the wrath that would befall him.
Below is a brief transcript from the trial about whether the trail was level or not.
- F. POD Bailey: "Now, you're sure the trail is level?"
- Chris: "Yes, it's level."
- F. POD Bailey: How do you know it's level?"
- Chris: "I rode on it many times."
- F. POD Bailey: "How do you know it's level?"
- Chris: "It's the track where the old train used to run."
- F. POD Bailey: "Well, was that level when the train used it?"
- Chris: "Yes, it was level."
- F. POD Bailey: "Were there any hills?"
- Chris: "There could be a few hills."
- F. POD Bailey: "ah Ha! I knew it!"
(If you keep pressing Chris, the truth will be revealed.)
The Monterey Bike trail (not trial) is one big fun ride with no hills though maybe a couple of slants. I am not into riding uphill (can you tell?) or downhill (too scary) though we had to go up one small hill (and back down) to get to the restaurant for lunch. (I will do just about anything for food.) Guess what? I didn't die (yet). When we arrived in Pacific Grove, we ate lunch at Zocalo because we are both creatures of habit and they have beer.
Still on Saturday the bike trail was filled with tourists (probably no locals because they have a brain in their head) and everyone seemed to cope with the masses.
Years ago while walking with crowds of walkers, joggers and bicyclists on West Cliff in Santa Cruz, I heard a young mother behind me tell her very young, tricycling toddler, "Just run into them if they won't get out of the way, honey." What a sweet thing to say to a child! I'm sure the mother regrets her statement now the her child is in his teens, spending nights in juvenile hall.
Meanwhile, here's an item from the New York Times about exercise and health and how the two have been oversold as a panacea. Why is it so much easier to eat 1000 calories than to burn 1000 calories? On Planet POD if you eat 1000 calories, you burn at least that much just eating it.
9 comments:
don't you just wish!! gobble gobble.
love that cycling trail. Wish it were just for bikes instead of for walkers too. Heavens, can't they walk on the rocks?
WE have a River trail that goes about 8 kilometres along the Brisbane River - shared with walkers: moms walking their strollers three abreast (another pun?). I kinda feel like the tricyclist -- hit em a couple of times and they may pay attention to the little bell on my bike when I'm going so slowly behind them that I'm about to lose my balance.
rock on. Podster..
I'm envious of getting out for a bike ride. The NY weather has turned into Seattle and hasn’t had decent time without rain for weeks. When you go out and ride in the rain you have this trail up your back with the tire overspray.
Hey, POD! Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you liked the book, too. I made her recipe for meatballs and they're quite good--better leftover. Take care!
WTF? I thought I left a comment here yesterday.....
Oh, right, my computer crashed....
Now, what the heck was it I was going to say?
I had a bicycle. It was propped against the back of the house. Hubby had to clear some snow with the loader last winter. My bicycle is now a metal sculpture residing in the trees behind the house.
Sigh.
Teammate! I've run that trail!! The last time I was in the area, we stayed in Pacific Grove. I really like that small lighthouse at the point. The area is so beautiful, and the ocean so blue and powerful. It doesn't get much better that than the Monterey Peninsula.
Thanks for the memory!
I resist exercising just for the sake of exercise, I still get on the elliptical or do a jillian workout sometimes, but I really think it should be fun and/or productive...bike riding, gardening, dodging future juvenile delinquents on the trail.
Two one-way tickets to planet POD, please.
Sounds like an amazing trail! I'll have to force... er, persuade the Lobster to do it with me next winter.
She hates hills too. (I am weirdly masochistic and like a little up-and-down.)
And we both like beer... sounds like a great day trip.
We're definitely going to ride that trail. No hills -- I'm there.
Destination: Planet POD.
This made me laugh! I've learned after being married almost 19 years, from my hubby it's all about asking the RIGHT question to get the answer you're looking for. If there's a loophole men will take it!
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