Solo 37 Chatting with El and Buddy

 Another Solo 37 miles of smiles. 😁 One of those go easy days but the wind and heat makes sure that won't happen. 🤣 Upper section of the San Gabriel River Trail, Pico Rivera to Azusa Cyn.

Felt warm,  device says 90 something but forecast said 80 something.  I dunno,  it Felt warm and dry. Strava said high of 91.

Did run into a dude I met a few months ago. Think I'd seen him a few more times but not exactly sure as he was riding with other buddies at the times I saw him. But today, I pulled into the Chalan rest stop to ear my stroopwafel and he was there. An older dude but says he is well known in the cycling community and has been for years knowing many of the riders out there. I remember last time we chatted, he pulled out his old expired race licenses from over the years.  He always has some stories to tell and pretty good ones being cycling related. Also another dude there but I don't remember his name.

But he was cool too and we all had a good chat session. El headed up to the dam and we headed back. Not together. He headed out about a minute before I did and good thing I didn't try to ride with him. He was pretty fast. The first 5 miles I could see him ahead about 200 yards. After we hit the little dips around Valley, he vanished into thin air ha ha ha! Cool dude and pretty strong too. The headwinds were getting tough seeing I had a late start but he seemed to ride as if they didn't exist. Good ride dude!

I've been having a hard time getting out of bed. Roku TV keeping me up watching late night movies ha ha ha! I think I fall asleep about 2 am then get Gina up for work at 3:30 am. Then I set my alarm for 4:50 so I am awake to get her text verifying she got to work safely. Then I fall back asleep setting my alarm for 8:30 hoping to get out of bed for a ride. But my schedule was messed up today as the neighbor was walking by as I packed my bike stuff. He started chatting and didn't stop ha ha ha. I can talk when I get going but when I'm heading out for a ride, I don't like to chat. But he got me and I started much later than expected. Oh well!