Day 80 - Wednesday, February 21 - The Days Are Winding Down

 This morning Kathy went to Walmart for something to do. I finally sprayed the grass around the coach hoping to kill any ants. After that I rode my bike over to Lucille's, about a quarter mile, parked it and rode Lucille's recumbent trike, the one I fixed the tire on and lubed the rusted chain. Below is a copy of the photo of the bike that I posted previously.

I rode over to our coach, got out a can of degreaser and sprayed to shift mechanisms liberally. I then rode it about 1.5 miles around the campground before coming back to our coach and relubing the chains and shift mechanisms. By then it was shifting better than my bike so I took it back to Lucille's. 

It is/was a very expensive trike, I saw a new one online for $1,500. It has 3 sprockets on the front and 7 on the rear for 21 speeds. I don't like riding it. It feels tippy to me, in addition to my belly doesn't work well with the seated position for peddling. 

It was windy again today, steady winds of around 25 mph and gusts of 35-40 mph. Riding north was great, riding south was TOUGH. In the afternoon I went rode my bike some more to get in a total of 8.3 miles for the day. I think that puts me at 29 miles for the week. I've decided that the wind is a Lord's blessing. The roads around the park are pretty flat. Riding with and against the wind down here is good preparation for riding up and down Missouri's hills.

This evening we went to the Cowboy Church Bible Study. We enjoy the teaching. Tonight was a little sad thinking that we only have one more session before we leave, and only one more Sunday morning. Perhaps, Lord willing, we will make it back to the Rio Grande Valley next season. I think I could get used to the idea of being a Winter Texan, which is what a lot of folks down here call themselves.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours. He has blessed me.