Mid June entry 6-17-08

Last week we were presented with meditations about potential flooding. Our two favorite bike trails were under water. The bridges we usually travel to get to our other favorite training path were closed.
We had two alternatives to get from downtown to our route out east. Our concerns on Thursday night was the car traffic out of downtown was compressed due to the closed bridges so training for Thursday night was canceled.
On Friday the Mayor of Des Moines called for a voluntary evacuation of downtown Des Moines because of the concerns of a downtown levee breach. We had concerns about continuous availability of electricity which is needed to get in and out of our bike storage area.
We canceled the planned long training ride on Saturday for those reasons.
This week has started with beautiful dry weather and we had a great ride last night with some hills thrown in for a good workout.
Our sights are set on a long trip to Sun Valley Lake on June 27 so we hope to get a long ride in this weekend. At this time the weather looks to be warm and dry this weekend.
Pedal On!