Grizzly Peak, Revisited!

I didn't realize how much I love biking until my road bike went out of commission. It's driving me insane that I can't just bike over to the nearby stores to pick something up. I have to walk with the dog and tie her up outside, or I have to drive. I don't mind walking with Navi because she loves to go for walks and I've even taken her on a few 4 mile walks to do a few errands, but sometimes it's not ideal. Sometimes it's too hot to leave the dog tied up to a post or in a car, so I end up not going because if I walk, I'll waste an hour while Navi sits at home all lonely. I'm still waiting for the new chain ring to arrive, and I hope it arrives soon. I was really going insane because on Sunday, Britt and George went on a ride through wildcat canyon. On Monday, a few of our friends decided to ride Grizzly Peak, and I decided that I was going to go road biking on my mountain bike. I locked out the shocks, put the road slicks on, and pedaled up a storm trying to keep up with Tim, who was on his fancy road bike. Given that I was riding a silly mountain bike on the road, I wasn't able to keep up with him, but I didn't do too bad. Not that I can ever keep up with him, but it was worse than usual. When we were halfway up the mountain, we passed a man and a woman who were stranded on the side of the road. The man had hit a ditch or a pothole, and his tire had gone way out of whack. He needed a spoke wrench, and hey! My tool has a spoke wrench, even though most don't! Yay for me! I got my tool out, gave him the spoke wrench, and we sat around for a bit while he tried to fix his wheel. We chatted for a while, but after a bit of time with no success at fixing his wheel, the man decided to give up. He gave us back our tools, his wife biked home to get the car, and we set off on our way up to the top of the mountain. I didn't do too bad with my mountain bike, but I do hope my road bike is up and running soon!