I had myself a fine time pedaling today, rotating my wheels for over an hour.
And then it was on to Town Talk where my treasure hunting was not too successful today.
This morning I got an email that made me a bit homesick. The email was from Maxine. Maxine lives upriver in the Skagit Valley of my old home zone. Maxine is in training for her annual hike over the Cascade Mountains to Stehekin.
Maxine's hiking training today is taking place on Goose Rock in Deception Pass State Park. The trails of Deception State Park, including Goose Rock's trails, were sort of my Tandy Hills equivalent when I lived in Washington.
It was a longer drive to get to Goose Rock than the 4 mile drive from my abode to the Tandy Hills.
If Goose Rock existed at my current location I think it would likely be called Goose Mountain. And it would be a major tourist attraction because there would be nothing like it for hundreds of miles in any direction.
In about 3 hours the Tacoma Wedding of the Century will be taking place. Two months ago if you'd asked me I would have said I would be at this event. I also got invited to a Train Wreck today in my old home town of Burlington.
This morning Betty Jo Bouvier asked me which event I was going to be attending, the Train Wreck or the Wedding. I told Betty Jo I would be attending both in spirit.
I think I made the right decision in deciding not to fly north to Washington at this point in time. I got an email this morning that reminded me of what a hotbed of crazy Tacoma is.
The temperature in Tacoma right now is 69 degrees. Transpose those two numbers and you get the temperature right now in Fort Worth, as in 96 degrees.
I believe today's Tacoma wedding is an outdoor deal at something called the Japanese Pavilion in Point Defiance Park. At 69 degrees I would have been a shivering mess.
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