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4 Jerseys

As the COVID19 crisis grows, events are being canceled.  Both events I had planned to do this spring are cancelled.  Once the 2020 Storming of Thunder Ridge jersey arrives, I will own 4 jerseys for events I never got to do.  1 - 2018 Tour de Blount where those first 11 miles just don't count for all that transpired after.  2 - 2018 Big Pencil to Big Walker (held shortly after my 2nd hip surgery)  3 - 2018 Shenandoah Fall Foliage where I planned two days of riding with the second day being my second ever century.  4 - 2020 Storming of Thunder Ridge (was to be a milestone ride again near "crashiversary"). There's something in my brain that says while it's disappointing to have missed these events; there's something more to think about.  These last three weeks frankly have sucked - we started Corona Virus Checkpoints that Monday, Joint Commission showed up on Tuesday and ever since work has felt like a freaking whirlwind of confusion and chaos.  It...

What have I been up to?

 Figuring out which way to commute to work and which bike to use. Riding up and down Brushy Mountain on Hinchee Trail. Came from that direction, on the ridge. This is from the Hanging Rock Trail Parking lot to Gauntlet trail head and back. A lot of really green moss.  :)