Second Spin

 A Sunday afternoon ride with new shorts,  gloves Wells handlebar extensions.  All designed to comfort my but and numbness in my hands.  

I launch

ed at the picturesque Taylors Beach boat ramp and road on Worimi lands through a quiet bush sanctuary  for koalas. 

After 2k we hit busier traffic heading north to Soldiers Point. The shoulder was mostly generous though littered with debris and lose stones that needed some care to avoid punctures. Car traffic eased as we put the club's and bars behind us,  they were choked with patrons on the booze  listening to hits from the seventies. Give me peace and fresh air. A stiff sea breeze greeted us at the SP boat ramp.  A day cruiser belief diesel fumes as she punched into the wind and chop,  stealing boaties lashed their craft to their trailers before dark.  And a mob of pelicans hung by the fish cleaning station eyeing everyone down for some tish scraps. One fellow trying to photograph them made the mistake of standing buy the stern of his trailer boat. The pelicans through he was feeding them and hungrily made a dash with their bug bills flailing about sending out photographer wailing in retreat. Apparently eating bananas doesn't excite them at all. 

I had the option on pedaling upwind to link with a ride completed on my folding bike.  I set off with a an eye on the wind,  but a flat waterside trail protected from the headwind by melaleuca and mangrove trees,  was a fab experience.  We quickly covered the 6 or so k"s stopped for a scenic apple  munch and to refill the water bottles before a downwind romp back to our launch place.  Is it was getting summer and the road busier,  I used my tail light on the way back. Fortunately the drives were  courteous and the riding was easy.  Back at TB ramp,  we closed of a 22k loop using two peeves of fruit as fuel and celebrated with a wade in the water as everything settled for the night.  

.TODAY 22k  TOTAL 62k