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Remembering and riding

 

Our day of remembrance on 9/11. I think everyone is thinking of where they were and what they were doing 10 years ago today.

 

We had a nice ride on Saturday.  The morning was cool and I had a nice quiet breakfast on the porch:

We talked a bit about where to ride to.  We had been to Saratoga for the past few weeks, and didn’t want to go to the Lake where there was a car festival going on.  So, we just decided to head up north and then go out for lunch.  We headed out into a brisk headwind.  Boy it was windy!  We took a break at mile 12 for a little snack in Fort Ann.  I had a plum.

 

View from this same spot earlier in May:

How things change. We kept going taking advantage of the nice wide bike lane until it narrowed down.  I hadn’t been on this route since I did 100 miles in July.   We still managed 14 miles per hour even with the headwind.  The best part was turning around and getting a beautiful tailwind!  We had passed a new restaurant on our way there, which sounded perfect for lunch.  This was at mile 23.

Local farm and they used their own produce and grass fed cattle for the menu!  How nice!  That meant I had to have a burger:

Yum.  Grass fed beef is leaner than grain fed and definitely has a different flavor.  It was tasty.  I had mine with muenster cheese. John and I split some handcut fries as well.  Yay!  I love potatoes.

We were also give a little dish of complimentary watermelon.  This little place was busy.  Hope they do well.

After lunch it was back on the road. Lots of places are set up for fall, including all the garden centers.

So feeling like fall now.  It was a little cooler as well.  We decided we wanted some yogurt, so we continued on to Glens Falls and the yogurt shop! Mile 34

I had marshmallow yogurt topped with peanut butter.  Fluffernutter anyone?

Mmmmmm…..

I asked John how far he wanted to go today, and we decided just to head on home and stop at 41 miles on the day. Just a nice short ride  :mrgreen:

Ride stats:

Distance: 41 miles

Average speed: 14 mph

Top speed: 24.5 mph

Ride time: 2 hours 55 minutes

Calories burned: 1291

This was a good ride for us.  It is quite  the workout to keep hybrid bikes going at 14 mph for almost 3 hours!  Yeah!

After snacking on some granola when I got home, I got cleaned up and made some dinner.  I just wanted starch and fruits and veggies.  So that is what I had:

The baker was topped with laughing cow and sauteed broccoli.  With a big ol’ plum. Yum!

After dinner, we decided to head up the road to the Sandy Hill Days.  Welcome to Small Town America:

Two of my very favorite fair foods in one booth.

Heartburn Central.  We didn’t get anything because we had recently eaten.

It was very busy in town.  We headed back and watched The Usual Suspects, which is my very favorite movie!  And snack time:

Chocolate and peanuts.  A favorite ride day treat for me (this movie is not Usual Suspects).

A very nice Saturday indeed.

I want to ride my bicycle!

Technically, it’s still winter, but you would never know it by the temperature!  In the 60s today!  I slept in this morning until a little after 7 and got up to make something you have not seen in a while:

Triple stack! Didn’t make waffles out of this mix!    So good.  Still seems like less than when I put the same amount in the waffle iron.  Go figure.

** Of note for those that like pancakes – Kodiak Cakes at a sale price of $14.95 in my Open Sky shop for the next couple days, which includes 2 boxes of pancake/waffle mix and a bottle of natural raspberry syrup. You can also save 10% with the code THANKS at checkout!

Working my last day of the week today.  Yay!  It’s going to be a glorious next couple of days, too 😀

Lunch break was greek yogurt, protein powder, 1/4 cup of pumpkin, spice, and the rest of my choco protein granola.

Interesting combo, I have to say.  Not sure chocolate and pumpkin go together all that well…

John made me a latte snack today paired with a couple squares of Extra Dark with pomegranate!

Then it was hooky time!  It was 61 degrees, so we got on the bikes and took a nice ride.  Did about 15 miles in a little over an hour.   The bike trail is clear now, so we got on that today!

No snow!  Another sign of spring is this along the bike path:

All the seasonal shops are opening in a couple weeks.  Also, our favorite spot on the bike path has yogurt again!  They stop selling it in winter.  That might be on the agenda for Saturday!  We are going to bike to Lake George that day.  30 miles… hope I am ready.

Today’s ride was an average speed of 12.4 mph and a top speed of 19.4!  Woo Hoo!  My thighs were burning a little bit, though.  Good workout.

Got home just in time to start dinner :mrgreen:   I made a shrimp and broccoli stir fry using a sesame ginger sauce.  It’s the organic store brand at Price Chopper, and it is very, very good.

Zoom in….

Very, very good.  That’s a pear dusted with cinnamon.  As I said before, I put cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice in pretty much everything!  I just love the taste.  Here are some interesting facts about cinnamon to tie into National Nutrition Month:

  • Cinnamon has been shown to help regulate blood sugar levels.
  • Cinnamon also may be linked to lowering cholesterol.
  • Cinnamon is naturally antimicrobial.
  • Cinnamon may help with digestion.

Pretty good for a sweet little spice!

Question:  What do you put cinnamon on (or in)?

Sunday, sunday

Chilly morning, but we decided to brave it and bike to breakfast to Panera and back.  In the 40s, so we were pretty bundled up.  It was a gorgeous ride, though. Some great foliage with dark skies behind.

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Felt good to get there and have some hot coffee with my blueberry bagel!

Panera Bread

Panera Bread

I forgot my pink item yesterday in the long post.  Here is today’s, and appropriate, I think!

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Definitely a beautiful fall day.  I really hope next Sunday is like today.  I don’t mind the cold, as long as it isn’t raining!

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I just can’t get over the colors.  They almost take your breath away when the light is just right.

Lots of work today to do, which is unusual for a holiday weekend.  At least I am making money!

Took a break for lunch and had a nice tasting plate.  This nectarine was a little dry, though.

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Mutant baby carrot alert!

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I tried another Holey donut for a snack this afternoon, one of the regular size ones and didn’t finish it.  Too dry.  I am really disappointed, I have to say.  I wonder how the cinnamon rolls will be?  I ended up getting an Attune bar instead and was much happier with the dark chocolate!

John and I did a quick and delicious stir fry tonight for dinner.  We bought some Kikkoman reduced sodium teriyaki sauce and used a little sesame oil to sautee the chicken and some pineapple.  Then  I mixed in broccoli for me (surprised?) plus some couscous!  Delicous and a nice filling portion.  Yum!  Throw together dinners can be the best.

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My Broncos won today!  Yay – 5 and 0!  Woohoo.  (I did lose picks, though….).

Had a good eating weekend, which feels great!  I managed to avoid getting candy corn at the grocery store.  That candy is one of my very favorites!  I have to be very, very careful about bringing it into the house.

Question:  Do you have a favorite Halloween treat?

Tricked out bike and froyo!

I don’t know where the day went.  For not doing a lot I seemed to do a lot LOL!

I was going to go out for a 6 mile run today, but I got back to the house after 3 miles for a drink of water and John said “Are you going to be too tired to bike for yogurt tonight?”  So I decided to only do the 3 miles 😀

It was really humid this morning, too – I was sweating buckets and it was only 68 degrees.

Here’s a picture of my bike.  It’s older and a Schwinn.  I got the back bike rack and bag from John, which he just put on for me.  The front bag came from my folks.  Now I  am a pack mule!  I like these because I don’t have to wear a pack on my back and get all sweaty.  The bags come off, too – so I don’t have to have them on.

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The bike picture was taken at the Only8 frozen yogurt place – which is a 13 mile round trip from home, where I got mine flavored as apple strudel.yogurt

Tomorrow shopping at a big art/craft show – I’m looking forward to it!

Going to take it easy tomorrow as John and I are running a 5K Sunday morning, rain or shine!