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- Joined
- Nov 18, 2019
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- Location
- Seattle, WA
- First Name
- Ryan
- Last Name
- Hemphill
I bought my bike in November and got my endorsement in December. Since then I’ve been riding around in my neighborhood. I’ve spent my time practicing starting and stopping, on flat surfaces and hills, and turning...especially right turns from a stop...I have trouble with those.
I decided to spend about 100 miles in my neighborhood to get comfortable with the bike. This morning I had five of those 100 miles left. So, I spent about thirty minutes riding around finishing off those five miles. The most exciting thing about this part of the day was getting “attacked” by a small dog. I saw a man walking his dog as I entered an intersection. As I came through I could hear it yapping, I turned my head and saw a flash of gray in the corner of my eye. A simple roll of the throttle took care of that issue.
But back to why I’m writing this post. Today is the day I left the nest and ventured off into the jungle of suburban Seattle!
I had to actually do some work today, so the first stop was a local coffee shop a few miles down the road called Seattle Sunshine Coffee (kind of an oxymoron this time of year). I was sure to find a table by a window so I could stare at...I’m mean...occasionally look at my bike. I did do a little sermon work (I’m a pastor...hence the “rev” in my handle).
After I finished at the coffee shop I headed further down the road to Magnuson Park. This park is an old Naval base on Lake Washington. It’s been converted to public housing, community center, public beaches, sports fields, NOAA offices, restaurants, etc. The first two pics are near a spot my church uses for its annual picnic. Those black triangles sticking out of the ground are from decommissioned submarines. Each has a plaque about the sub it came from.
This next photo is at a nearby boat launch. I’ll have to come back here in the summer and take another picture. There are mountains behind those clouds!
This last picture is from an area with restaurants and small watercraft launches.
All in all, it was a good first day out of the nest. Honestly, I didn’t want to come home just yet. But we needed to eat dinner, and I didn’t think Mrs. Rev would be too happy. [emoji51]
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I decided to spend about 100 miles in my neighborhood to get comfortable with the bike. This morning I had five of those 100 miles left. So, I spent about thirty minutes riding around finishing off those five miles. The most exciting thing about this part of the day was getting “attacked” by a small dog. I saw a man walking his dog as I entered an intersection. As I came through I could hear it yapping, I turned my head and saw a flash of gray in the corner of my eye. A simple roll of the throttle took care of that issue.
But back to why I’m writing this post. Today is the day I left the nest and ventured off into the jungle of suburban Seattle!
I had to actually do some work today, so the first stop was a local coffee shop a few miles down the road called Seattle Sunshine Coffee (kind of an oxymoron this time of year). I was sure to find a table by a window so I could stare at...I’m mean...occasionally look at my bike. I did do a little sermon work (I’m a pastor...hence the “rev” in my handle).
After I finished at the coffee shop I headed further down the road to Magnuson Park. This park is an old Naval base on Lake Washington. It’s been converted to public housing, community center, public beaches, sports fields, NOAA offices, restaurants, etc. The first two pics are near a spot my church uses for its annual picnic. Those black triangles sticking out of the ground are from decommissioned submarines. Each has a plaque about the sub it came from.
This next photo is at a nearby boat launch. I’ll have to come back here in the summer and take another picture. There are mountains behind those clouds!
This last picture is from an area with restaurants and small watercraft launches.
All in all, it was a good first day out of the nest. Honestly, I didn’t want to come home just yet. But we needed to eat dinner, and I didn’t think Mrs. Rev would be too happy. [emoji51]
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