Lovely Day to Bike the Drive

If it's the Sunday before Memorial Day, get those cars off of Lake Shore. It's time to Bike the Drive!

I woke up at the ungodly hour of 4:40 in the morning to start getting ready and head up to meet the rest of Team mopundow for some carfree highway riding. After debating with the alarm clock and finally getting out the door, we arrived at Buckingham Fountain around 5:40 and headed out. Our plan was to do the ciruit twice if time would permit. We came close, but realized that the clock was a formidable opponent. When all was said and done, I clocked just under 60 miles which included the ride from Lakeview and back.

After we finished riding, we needed some food and I had an empty apartment at 777 to stash bikes that was also quite cool due to my cranking up the AC in anticipation of the heat. Jen and I threw our bikes in there and then took some time to enjoy the coolness before heading off to Tempo for some omelette action. It seems we weren't the only ones with that plan as the line was visible a full block away. We made a command decision and traded eggs for burgers at Johnny Rockets. Yours truly also needed a milkshake to reward himself for his riding efforts.

We spent the rest of the afternoon just trying to keep cool when the lightbulb went off in my head...I have central air at my new place. I'm far from being unpacked, but I have a couch and a TV. That was all we really required at that point. We headed to The New York and didn't go outside again until we grabbed some food at our new favorite place. We found the perfect night before riding vittles in a pie that is packed with pasta and chicken parm. Jen was barely able to eat half of it.

Now I'm stuck at work as punishment for taking off on Thursday to move in to the new digs. At least nobody is really here and I can listen to my tunes and be in my own little world. I wonder if anyone would notice if I started watching a couple Family Guy episodes on my ipod at my desk.

Only one way to find out...