Spasso: fun walks and meaningful chats

Our early start to the summer coincided with the Giro this year. We enjoyed the usual sports: cycling, kayaking, hiking, and open swimming.

Unfortunately a couple of the boys were abducted and replaced by body doubles. Tim escorted them home, fed them dinner and no one seemed the wiser.

Classic vinyl analog storage devices were enjoyed!

New this year were salon style meditations, reflections and reminiscences. Topics included: living on the jagged edge of AI for maximum productivity, and the important historical lesson from the Civil War, that the slave uprising and rebellion turned the tide after Atlanta burned; Memories of Apollo 11; Wisdom from Anna Karenina, Travels with Charlie, and Scripture, with Greek exegesis of fear and trembling; Chapter 33 (the rogue wave) of an unpublished work in progress; and how to survive a Presbytery meeting without gnawing your leg off.

The P2P this year rolled in Camelot weather, with Arthurian pageantry, yet failed to secure the Grail. We shall endeavor again!

This ride has it all! You name it! You want hills? Switchbacks? Elevation? Beach front Promenade? Highway? City? Country? Gravel? Dirt? Detours? Woodland beauty? Sweeping vistas? Vineyards? Roman relics? Single track in tiny hilltop villages? Moss covered descents? Broken asphalt and wheel-swallowing holes? Dead rats? (I rode over one). And more! I survived! 😅🚲

Finally found road conditions to rival Vashon! It took some exploring, but there here, in the remote hills of Tuscany.

Lucca, the old walled city. We rode on, around, in, out, and  through the wall into the Tuscan neighborhoods surrounding the town.

Flying over Swiss Alps from Zurich to Florence.