Equinox

The summer has gone by so fast. September especially slipped by in a blur. The weather has been strange in the past few weeks, chilly in the morning, hot and humid in the afternoon, and getting pretty cold over night. Very little rain, but no doubt the storms are coming soon.

I thought I might manage a 66 mile ride for my 66th year this summer, but my longest ride (so far?) was a 45-mile round-trip to Blaine for my favorite Mexican grill fish tacos. Also my Tour de Lopez excursion, though that was more driving than riding. Mostly I'm riding 20-30 mile loops on the flatter roads from the Lummi Reservation to the farm roads farther east around Lynden.

Good news though: I have begun to work off the "winter weight gain" that has been accumulating since I bought my car almost five years ago. I finally resolved to get serious about it when I found I had only one pair of jeans left that I could wear comfortably, plus some yoga pants and bicycling shorts. I tried shopping for a size up, but every pair of pants I tried fit badly or looked weird. (This may be partly because I'm still getting used to the idea that maybe I shouldn't dress like a college student any longer, but I haven't settled on a new style I'm comfortable with.)

Anyway, it just seemed easier and less expensive to lose weight until I can wear my old pants again. Which I have been doing mostly by exercising consistently and eating a lot of fresh, leafy greens and whole grains. I'm determined to hold to it over the coming winter.

Below are a couple of Sasquatch in disguise photos from Blaine. I don't know who's in charge of costuming, or how they get all that fur to stick, or what will happen when the rains begin.