Well, I rode to the polling site, a church ten miles away from my house, but I rode there from Tiffin U, since I’d commuted in to work today. I’ve commuted at least three or four days each week all semester (we are now in week 11). The only days I have not ridden have been due to rain. It is a beautiful warm November day so biking more than the commute couldn’t be passed up!
Anyway, I google-mapped a route to the church polling place in Fremont but I goofed up and turned on CR 38 instead of 37 and ended up way out in the farmland somewhere… I passed through Green Springs and just kinda hacked my way back north and west and eventually found Smith Road and made it to the church to vote. It was supposed to be 19 miles from TU, but I added miles since I got off course.
I did see my friend Dave riding back from Fremont Cycle to Tiffin, so that was cool — I saw a “real cyclist” (you can tell by bike jersey, shorts, and bike) approaching and then saw that it was Dave! Awesome. I think his daughter is in choir on Tuesday afternoons so I’m sure he was headed home to get her to choir practice. Kind of funny to happen upon a good riding buddy way out in the cornfields (some harvested now, but many still standing).
I ended up with over 50 miles on the day, so that was a big plus. The wind was out of the SSW today so parts of the ride were a little harder but at least when I got off course I was still benefitted by a tail wind and not battling a headwind. Last week when I rode from Tiffin to the Fremont Cycle shop it was stupidly hard since the NNW wind was so strong!
This afternoon after voting, I headed home although I’d been thinking of going to the bike shop, and got in just before sunset. Super nice ride and got to explore some new roads!
