My bike ride started slowly today. Riding up Valley View Road my legs weren’t that strong on the climbs. The climb isn’t really much. So I was thinking maybe a short ride. I hit San Pablo Dam Road and my legs started to feel better and I was really in a good groove. So I kept riding.

I hit Orinda and really felt better so I decided to go through Moraga and Lafayette. I figure I could catch BART at the Lafayette station to Orinda and head home. I know some will frown upon me hopping on BART, but I have no problem with it.

Things took a turn for the worst. Somehow I got off course and ended up in the hills of Lafayette. So I kept going forward and somehow I ended up by the Lafayette Reservoir parking area. I knew where I was. Hit Mt. Diablo BLVD and to the Lafayette BART station.

The retarded homing pigeon struck again. Seems like this always happens. I end up getting lost, but some how I find my back on course. All in all it was a great bike ride.

I am amazed at older guys on bike rides still have the stamina to ride as fast as they do. As I get older I feel myself slowing down. Though I don’t ride as fast I am grateful that I can ride long distances. The rough part is living in an area with so many hills. I’ll ride them, but I hate hills.

My Top 10 for Now:

1. Nipple To The bottle-Grace Jones

2. If I Had You-Alan Jackson

3. Call Me-Skyy

4. Beautiful Dangerous-Slash with Fergie

5. Wicked Ways-The Blow Monkeys

6. Beale Street Blues-Louis Armstrong

7. Skeletons-Yeah Yeah Yeahs

8. Dead Lovers’ Lane-HIM

9. Gothic Lolita-Emilie Autumn

10. Dark Half-Lee Press-On and The Nails