Exhausting ride, and the longest to date. On Glacial Drumlin we went from Switzke Road (between Johnson Creek and Helenville, small convenient parking area right by the trail there) to Helenville and beyond, down to Pohlman County Park--just a little side of the road park--where we sat on the ground under tall trees and listened to birds and caught our breath and applied my homemade all natural insect repellents. There was parking and a picnic area and a stinkless modern outhouse. A bit over 3 miles one way, so a bit over 6 miles total, on probably the worst trail condition of the route...lots of loose gravel, gopher holes and unmown weeds. Since it was a very clear, sunny Colorado day--which Wisconsin is getting more and more of--my face was a nice odd collection of red and green hues after we were done. I fell asleep in the car on the way home. BTW, when we went biking Thursday through Mount Horeb in the rain and mist, my face didn't turn any colors. It was either due to it being cooler, or to the fact there was no sun. I blame the sun, personally.

I have a doctor's appointment in the middle of September. If my lack of bird and mammal flesh compounded with the bike rides has not shown a lowering of blood pressure and cholesterol, then I'm just a hopeless genetic case. I have a fear, however, that's what it will be. It'd be great if it wasn't, but I fear that whatever I try to do to change it, it won't. Genetics can't be stopped.

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