fabulous bike ride and a great new "TV"

Yesterday it was raining. Great for the soil, the plants, the micro-organisms. Not good for bike riding.

Today, sunny. Perfect. I decided to push my limits a bit and try for a longer ride. There's a big triangle, sort of, with the Spring Creek Trail, which connects with the Poudre River trail, and then there's a trail heading south along the foothills to pick up the other end of the Spring Creek trail. But I found out it was a dirt trail, not paved, and I decided not to work that hard. Plus, my ride was a little too long, so I shaved off some of the triangle. I think I still rode for 15-20 miles over 2 hours, and I was sure ready to get off the bike by the time I got home.

Cool first: I ran into someone I knew on the trail! I recognized one of the guys in Library Technology Services. Whether he recognized me, I don't know ... but this is my first time recognizing someone out and about.

And then, my new TV was delivered. I know everybody is worried about me turning into a couch potato. But: no cable. Not hooked up to any of that. In fact, the delivery guys hooked up my old technology DVD player while they were here. So that's all I'll be watching - DVDs. As an added bonus, the disks I have out from Netflix were in the box with the DVD player - how clever of me! I wondered where those were. (Currently, the new TV hasn't even been configured for over-the-air broadcasts ... and the longer it stays that way, the better!)

So now, I can host "movie nights". Of course, things will be better when I get a Blu-Ray DVD player and a surround sound system (all in the plan) ... but one thing at a time. The new TV is a 46" LCD 1080p Samsung. My Ithaca TV was sooo ooooold, that even at the standard resolution, the DVD looks fabulous (testing with "Buena Vista Social Club.")