Do they look enthused? Ready to go? Does one look more excited than the other? Well, that would be the case. Jay is exhausted. While Art has continued riding his bikes regularly since they rode from Denver to Yellowstone, over 600 miles in one week, twenty-eight years ago, Jay…has not. He kept riding for several years, twenty miles or so to and from work, but in time, he stopped. A year or so ago, he bought a recumbent, similar to what Art is riding. Unfortunately, the type he bought was a brand that did not work for him at all. Jay is stubborn, though, and he wouldn’t give up trying to ride it. He watched every YouTube video he could find on it. He read every tip provided. And we both listened to the company owners telling us that it’s a learning curve. Jay felt it was a failure on his part because of their insistence that he could learn it. And we saw people who could. I have to say, none of them seemed to be his size. Jay has never let being six feet three inches and around two hundred and forty pounds stop him from anything! He wouldn’t give up. What did this result in? We are stuck with a $2400 recumbent bike that we have yet to sell to anyone (for only $1200), featuring an upgraded aluminum seat instead of a plastic one. Other people can ride these bikes. We’ve seen them in videos. But Jay simply couldn’t. If you are interested in a Cruz Bike, let us know. Currently, it’s in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at Art’s house.
Art bought a new recumbent because his old one actually had some cracks in it. He rides so much, his bikes take a beating! And he and Jay bought a road bike for Jay that was on sale. They are both completely happy with their current bikes.
On day two, they prepped their bikes and took a trail they said was beautiful.
They saw these sights. The beautiful trail they took into the forest:
A cut tree that is bulging with new life! What an amazing example of nature’s determination to continue.
And below is a second cut-down tree doing the same:
Jay is taking in a view of Lake Sullivan:
Then, out of nowhere in the middle of the wilderness, a pink house:
Another couple of shots of Lake Sullivan:
A river along the trail that they followed:
Together, they rode 35.1 miles. Then Jay was simply wiped out. I picked him up, and we left Art to continue on. They will ride as a team so that Jay can still claim the whole trip, and if Art gets ill during this event, he can still claim it, too.
Art continued on to Port Angeles, a total of 54.9 miles! He took pictures of the Strait of Juan De Fuca:
Those are the Canadian mountains in the background on Vancouver Island. The picture below is the wharf at Port Angeles. The ferry was behind Art’s helmet.
Notice the propellers on the building? They’re boat propellers.
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