I awoke early this morning and so arrived at the levee well before anyone else. I decided to roll downriver a bit to meet whoever might be coming that way, and was surprised to find every one of the local TV stations camped out on top of the levee near Oak St. Some children had been swimming in the river the evening before and when one of them got in trouble, one of the others went in to help. As always seems to happen in these situations, the person who went to help didn't make it back. The Coast Guard was out in the river and also in the air swooping below the willow trees along the river. Of course you have to wonder what kind of parents let their 11 and 14 yearl old kids swim in the Mississippi River. This seems to happen every year or two around here. Anyway, we had a smooth and civilized ride this morning. I ended up having to rush to work, however, in order to make a meeting that I had almost forgotten about.
This evening we went over to my sister's house for a crawfish boil (her daughter just graduated from high school and is headed for the Naval Academy this summer). Unfortunately, that meant that I had to miss the training race - again.
There's a road race and time trial up in Monroe this weekend, and I'd like to go if I can. Hopefully some other club riders want to go too. It's a pretty nice road race course with a few decent hills, although I could always do without another time trial!
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If your niece wants the "skinny" on the Naval Academy, tell her to drop me a line. I graduated from there in '98. By the way, you didn't miss too much this evening. What's with the turnout? It's getting pretty dismal.
- Felipe
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