Missing day, customer support and weekend with grandson  | | Punch to see larger image |
I missed another day of riding the week of October 16-23. I was able to compensate someone what for that missed day by riding about 7 extra miles this week. I found that I can add close to 1.5 miles easily at the end of my ride to work by following Serria Leon, Sierra Madre, Ladera Vista Drive to Taylor Draper and then back to the office. Once I'm back in my neighborhood I've been adding in extra miles as well.
The weather is cooling and my ride is getting darker so yesterday I went to Academy Sports just off HI 183 and purchased a cap, gloves, a reflector vest and a blinking LED light. Safety First. I rummaged though the garage looking for a headlamp. I found a cateye lamp - rechargable but without the recharger. So no luck there. I'll probably end up ordering one from the Internet along with another vest and more gloves. I want not to be able to use the very mild Texas winters as an excuse for not riding.
Devin came over on Friday and stayed to Sunday. On Saturday he and I planned a walk to the park. He got up, dressed, packed the backpack and was somewhat patiently waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs. I was upstairs in a telephone session with one of our Online Agency customers. For the past few weeks we have been working on various aspects of her website to see if we can focus it better. Search engine traffic is up during the time that we have been working but we need to work now on conversion. It's a fun project and gives me a first hand look at the travel agency world. This particular customer started her business when she turned 50 and has worked exclusively using the Internet. Her customers come from across the US which is very important to her since the part of the country she lives in is economically depressed.
Devin was patient for about 35 minutes which was just about enough time for me to finish up. We walked to the park and spent about 4 hours there walking about the trails. We built our traditional stick house. Each time we go to the park, we collect tiny sticks, rocks, and leaves which we use as the material for little crude houses. This time Devin was not content for me to be the builder and he did the planning and building. Next time, I'll take my Canon SD400 with the tripod so that I can get some pics.
By the way, Devin and I begain to build our photo studio. We bought a 1G SDRAM card, a tripod, and some white poster boad. Then we grabbed a few toys and took some close up photos to see what I can do. I've got some work to do - witness the pic of the jet. The cool thing is that once we get things set up Devin will be able to take pictures as easily as I can. And perhaps with better results.
Call me a copycat webmikey! I don't care.
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