E-Bikes

Wednesday, October 16. 2024

Carla and Mark invited us to try out their e-bikes. Carla took Keith out and around, giving him a chance to try the bike and learn a good route (with a hill!), then he and I went out. It was great fun. I love the idea (and reality!!) of help on hills. Hills are not my friend. We really enjoyed our little ride. I stopped at the foot of the driveway so I wouldn’t crash into a car. I was still straddling the bike when I exuberantly reported our successful ride. Carla’s bike is a little tall for me, but it’s a step-through (“girls’ bike) so that made it okay. Unfortunately, I forgot that and tried to get off my swinging my leg over the seat. I couldn’t come close to clearing that and knocked the 70 pound bike over onto myself. I was on one foot and knew immediately that there was no saving the situation, so I fell over (sort of in slow motion, almost a controlled fall) and tried to lower the bike. It was moderately successful. I did not seem to cause any damage to the bike. Keith did not rush to my rescue because he said he was trying to figure out what I was doing (the thought that I was “doing” something is just making me laugh and laugh). He also did not take a picture (therefore it might not have happened). I felt crashed all over but got over that while we all enjoyed a soup (got a new recipe) and salad dinner. My ankle didn’t want to walk to the car, but it did want to watch TV when we got home. We watched Survivor then I fast forwarded through three episodes of a game show called Are You Smarter than a Celebrity? The answer is yes. Yes, I am. I am also smarter than the people who were the contestants. One question was what do the stars represent on the US flag. Seriously. For adults. Helping each other. Not very challenging. I will not be watching that anymore.

One other thing – fall came last night. Our house was cold this morning and Keith turned on the heat because his fingers couldn’t work. Fair enough.