Doing my part

The afternoon started with a bike ride to River Grove Park and then I added the five mile loop. I was shocked how low the water level is on the San Jacinto River. It is amazing that less than 200-miles away the Mississippi River is at record high levels right now. Even though it was hot outside, I found the bike ride refreshing.

On my bike ride I noticed a lot of aluminum cans discarded along side of the roads. For almost a month I’ve been saving cans at home and work, because it is the right thing to do AND the scrap yards are paying 0.75-lb!!! I wanted a few more miles on the bike, so this evening I rode to River Grove Park again. During the ride I collected the cans I could easily retrieve. That in itself is a good workout>> ride bike, get off the bike, back on the bike, repeat over and over…

I collected a total of 17 aluminum cans, which is probably a little more than a pound. As an added bonus, I feel good about doing my part to keep the neighborhood clean. I plan to make this a weekly project, even if it makes me feel a little like “Stanford & Son”.

Trail Bike:
13.9 miles
1:24:49
9.66 mph

Push-ups: 42

Small milestone, I can do 20 push-ups continuously.