A Few Stray Thoughts...

From an Iowa bike routes map: Bike helmets – don’t hit the road without one. [I wear mine all the time even on the bike paths - a nod to Bob Alei]

We almost met James Turrell in Winslow. Doh!!!

I feel kind of bad when I scarf down one of Elle’s culinary concoctions. She is a professional cook and puts a lot of thought and time into whatever we’re having, but by the end of the day I’m so hungry a fork is more window dressing than a utensil – the food goes straight from the plate to my stomach barely bothering to touch base with the taste buds. So much for a hint of cilantro...

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, IA - Did you know that he was a Quaker? Or that he authored over 40 books? OR.... That you can hear a rather scratchy version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida if you head to the '60's section' of the library. A bit surreal to say the least.

I'm liking Basso's chances in the Tour.

For some reason birds follow me a lot. I assume that they feel threatended and that I'm too close to their nests. But it can last a long time. A baltimore oriole was on my case for over a half a mile and the other day there was a tag team of red-winged blackbirds that chased me down the road for well over a mile.