Quicky to Rock Store and Back!
It was still HOT as HELL on Monday, but I wanted to ride… I needed to ride. So I zoomed home from work, let the refrigerator man in, then went for a quick ride out to Malibu Lake and back - a quick 20 miler. And then when I got there, my time was unusually quick (probably the tail wind), so I decided to tack on a little climb up to Rock Store and zip down Decker for some added speed and fun! All along the ride up past Rock Store, I was thinking “it’s HOT as HELL again, what the heck am I doing climbing up this hill alone, it’s HOT as HELL… good thing I’m not going too far. I think I brought barely enough water.. I think I did..I think I can.. I think I can… etc…” Once I reached the top, I finished my 2 bottles of water, put my short sleeves on (just in case it got too cool zipping down Decker), and continued on toward the 23. I crossed Kanan and looked to the left by Malibu Wines and “Huh?” It’s a hot air balloon just off the side of the road. LUCKILY, I HAD my camera with me (a-HA!!!). I was SO HAPPY that I took my camera. =) Here’s what it looked like.
Random sitings… I also heard some crying coming from up the street (I thought I was hearing a ghost or something. Living alone, I get a bit spooked out, you know?) Well, I passed by a white car that was parked on the side of the road, and the lady was crying her eyes out, just whimpering, and crying. I was like, “ooooooki….I’d better keep pedaling fast away! I ain’t a therapist and need to finish my ride before dark!” And onward I went. I was hoping to get a picture of the brown camel, but I was pedaling too fast to beat sunset that I zoomed right past the ranch where I saw the camel. Oh well. Now that I know where the camel lives, I can take a picture next time. All in all, it was a great ride. Came shooting out of Decker at 32 mph. Waa-hoooo!!!
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