Our Little Bicycle Ride

This one thing never works out for me.

Some people, most normal people at least, can nod off in the evening and then get up, go to bed, and sleep for the duration.

Not AC, however.

I was watching a YouTube video or thought I was, but then I'd come to and realized that I had missed some of the program. It happened more than once.

I decided to go with it, embrace my sleepiness, and try to keep on sleeping through the night.

I should know better by now because I have been through this scenario before. Unfortunately, I am too soon old and too late smart.

Just dressed in shorts and tee and in my comfy chair, I could just stay there without changing into pjs, couldn't I? I could even forego the bedtime tooth ritual if it would help to keep me in my comfy chair and in a state of sleep.

That was around or a little before 9 o'clock.

A frustrating 3 hours later, at 12:30, Sue stumbled into my den, wondering what in thundering tarnation I was up to because she knew that I had once been to bed. Indeed, I had tried bed after I couldn't get back to sleep in the chair.

As is usually the case, I gave up trying (this is after 3 hours or more), got cookies and milk, and sat down at the computer.

When Sue stumbled in, wondering if all was well, I was editing the cycling video that she had taken. She had shot 12 minutes of video of us cycling to and mostly through the park and trail.

But what do you do with 12 minutes of cycling? I mean to say that bikes go slowly, and one doesn’t need to see us pedalling up the street for 4 long minutes. 

And so it was that Sue discovered me snipping and splicing in the wee hours when normal folk were abed.  Whatever it takes, eh? I did prune the video down to just under 4 minutes.

Now I present it to you, you lucky lucky people. It's not as though I expect anyone to watch 4 minutes of two old codgers on their bikes, but perhaps, some might like to scrub through a few bits, just to get an idea of some of our trail. Or not. I leave it with you.

Under the circumstances, I feel as though I can overlook

the phone being orientated vertically.

Sue made the video using the phone holder of which I have previously posted. In actual fact the holder doesn't hold it's place on the handle bar very well, tending to lose its grip and wobble downwards. So it is going back. We may try again with another model.

Oh, and here is a selfie from that little adventure where we stopped for a few minutes.