Warm and muggy day here. I elected not to ride. Back at it in the AM.
Unusual stage today in the TdF. The weather deteriorated in the last third of the ride and about half of the peloton crashed at least once, several riders going down twice. It sounded like the rain produced an oily film on the road, and the boys simply couldn't stay upright, particularly on anything going down hill. The wearer of the yellow jersey pulled rank, kept the pace down to let the big contenders catch up to the main field, and then they neutralized (didn't contest) the finish. The one survivor of the early breakaway was allowed to stay away and he won the stage with no second through twentieth place points awarded. Talk about a non-event!
New water heater in the AM.
The 4th of July parade upriver in Bellevue, Iowa made the national news. (This is a small town that I have biked through numerous times.) A team of two horses pulling a wagon got spooked and literally tore through the crowd. There was one fatality and over 15 other reported injuries. I'm guessing that that will pretty much do it for any horse displays in future parades in most small towns around here. Did the morning show goons and goonesses get interviews today? If not, bet the Over for tomorrow's shows.
Of course, the law suits will keep some ambulance chasers busy for a while as well. It's the American Way.
The Tahoe travel plan for our trio from the QCA is a Thursday evening departure by car to C-town. We'll overnight at a place somewhat near Midway, leave the car there, and shuttle to the airport around 0900 Friday for our noon departure on the non-stop SWA flight to Reno. This option gives us free baggage (2 bags each, each way), and eliminates the connecting flight problem.
Someone with idle time might want to apply a little technical Operations Research analysis to the variables of room cost, parking fees and distance to Midway. I'm thinking that it will take a hotel at least 4-5 miles away from the airport to include free parking for a park-stay-fly special in the $100-125 range. Add in the star-quality of the hotel, and other amenities, and you could have quite the equation.
All for tonight. Hope everyones' plans for Tahoe come together.
BCOT
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3 comments:
whats the over on us being the couple with the screaming child?
Been there....done that.
Over on me making my flight?? (Producing the 5pm show in Lincoln. Catching a 7:45pm out of Omaha.)
And if I miss, will it be because I'm cutting it close, forget proper travel documents, or a combo of the two?
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