Derailed by a pesky bacteria, but I'm back...

I guess I enjoyed my three rides last weekend a little too much. The hours combined with the inability to stand up and pedal plus not enough water intake likely caused me to have a bladder infection. BAH!!!! Ah well, the miracle that are antibiotics took care of it for now. I figured I'd give "the region" a week off, so riding may resume tomorrow (Monday). Can't win for losing sometimes. Oh well. None the less I decided to get out and enjoy the 60 degrees before the winds came roaring to town.

I decided this morning that since the Parkway was closed I'd use it to loop in a hike. I parked off of Yellow Mtn Rd where it crosses under the parkway, walked UP (see elevation profile) the parkway to the old Roanoke Mtn Campground, looped the side that is closed, then headed to the other loop. From there I intersected the Chestnut Ridge Loop and took it back to

the car. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and the little bit of trail that I did has me hungry to go hiking. I think when it dries up, I'll try then entire CRL (it's 5.4 miles). I noticed I could walk a bit of a faster pace today, but my stride shortens when I do. I also notice that any "steep" pitch throws me off and is a bit harder. My hip doesn't hurt when I hike/walk, but there's one place where my glute muscle is sore. I halfway wonder if it's rubbing where there's not enough bone yet? I don't know. It's not hurtful to the point I want to stop so I will just keep going. I'll add pictures from my hike, but if you're my friend on other social media platforms you've probably seen them. The difference here, is I'll tell you what I was thinking when I took the picture.

By the time I got home from the grocery store after my hike the winds had arrived in earnest. We had already gotten a 56mph gust at the airport. I won't sleep good tonight worrying about my neighbor's tree that hangs over my roof...

This always hurt me riding, so I didn't expect it would be easy to walk.

This turned out pretty amazing. I wasn't even trying.

Road to the old, non-maintained side.

I've never noticed the water fountains before.

I guess they are usually more hidden by weeds, etc. Or I rode by too fast.

Path between fountains, any bets that the water line is under it?

Glad it was dry... I bet this would be slippery.

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