Wherein I ride to another state..

And not a state of exhaustion -- the state of New Jersey!

Not that I got very far into New Jersey, mind you. I cycled the pedestrian walkway on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge across the Delaware River. The approach from the Philadelphia side is a gradual but nontrivial 3/4 miles of going up. The New Jersey side isn't quite as challenging, but that's partly because it ends with staircase, also nontrivial. No thanks, says I, so being about hundred yards into New Jersey I turned around and pedaled back to Pennsylvania where I belong. Then I biked along the Delaware River until I hooked in with my regular bike route at Washington Avenue, and on down past the piers and the Wal*Mart and on past the sports complex, where people were starting to set up for their tail gate party. Thence home. Another 16 mile ride.

Wherein I ride to another state..

And not a state of exhaustion -- the state of New Jersey!

Not that I got very far into New Jersey, mind you. I cycled the pedestrian walkway on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge across the Delaware River. The approach from the Philadelphia side is a gradual but nontrivial 3/4 miles of going up. The New Jersey side isn't quite as challenging, but that's partly because it ends with staircase, also nontrivial. No thanks, says I, so being about hundred yards into New Jersey I turned around and pedaled back to Pennsylvania where I belong. Then I biked along the Delaware River until I hooked in with my regular bike route at Washington Avenue, and on down past the piers and the Wal*Mart and on past the sports complex, where people were starting to set up for their tail gate party. Thence home. Another 16 mile ride.

Water water everywhere nor any drop to drink

There was a massive water main break two blocks from our house, spewing massive cataracts into the street, threatening to flood basements and knocking out the water pressure for our entire neighborhood and parts of deeper south Philadelphia and the pricey Center City neighborhoods. I wonder how long it will take them to get it under control. We had a trickle of water coming through about half an hour ago so I filled up water bottles etc and took a sponge bath in half a small sinkful of cold water.

Good thing Roy is in Virginia, driving home tomorrow. He can take a nice shower at the hotel and, if necessary, stop somewhere well out of the emergency zone and buy enough potable water to get us through a couple of days.

Poor Scamp. The toilets will be off limits for the duration and he'll have to drink from a water bowl.

Water water everywhere nor any drop to drink

There was a massive water main break two blocks from our house, spewing massive cataracts into the street, threatening to flood basements and knocking out the water pressure for our entire neighborhood and parts of deeper south Philadelphia and the pricey Center City neighborhoods. I wonder how long it will take them to get it under control. We had a trickle of water coming through about half an hour ago so I filled up water bottles etc and took a sponge bath in half a small sinkful of cold water.

Good thing Roy is in Virginia, driving home tomorrow. He can take a nice shower at the hotel and, if necessary, stop somewhere well out of the emergency zone and buy enough potable water to get us through a couple of days.

Poor Scamp. The toilets will be off limits for the duration and he'll have to drink from a water bowl.