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AG: Pierceton Days
Apologies for posting late. I didn't feel like writing when I got back from Pierceton yesterday. Someone in church today, when told that I'd been to Pierceton Days, said "On your bike? That's a long ride!" Google Maps said that Bethel Baptist Church, where I borrowed a picnic bench to change into walking shoes, is 5.9 miles from Winona Lake Trails. It took me about three-fourths of an hour. It was a bit farther coming back because I dislike Pierceton Road. I had Van Ness all to myself for its entire length. This was a figure-eight tour. I went to the farmers' markets in the morning, came home for lunch and a nap, then rode to the festival. Since I wanted to nap early, I followed Clarke Street to Owen's Market instead of using the Beyer Farm Trail. I used to use Fort Wayne on such occasions, but dealing with the new "bike lane" is distracting. (At least it's on the "no parking" side of the street, but they painted the lane in the "please right-hook me" position.) I bought two pints of cherry tomatoes and the three smallest yellow squash at the fairgrounds market. (I ate one of the squash for lunch today, in a stew with a small eggplant from last week, a mini-sweet pepper, half a small cucumber, . . . and some minced Spam. I was surprised that cooked cucumber isn't bad when it's in the chorus, with no chance to solo. (I detest un-pickled cucumber.) I bought a big fat tomato to eat tomorrow or the next day, and four small ripe tomatoes at the courthouse market. I ate half of one of those on a bacon sandwich for my bedtime snack that night. I put two veggie boxes in my panner before going to Pierceton, but there was nothing to buy and bring home. After my first lap around the grounds, I took my hat-brim out of my emergency kit and left my helmet on the bike. If I'd done that after locking to a telephone pole, I wouldn't have gotten a watermelon stain on my new do-rag. I was uncomfortable after sitting down with my melon slice, and put my helmet down at the end of the table. Then the do-rag felt warm, so I threw it into the helmet. When I went to put them back on, there was a red splop on the do-rag. I washed it at the water fountain (the turned it back on, yay!), but it didn't come out. Then I put my visor on over the wet do-rag, which was very cool. (The do-rag and my jersey are in the washing machine now. I left them soaking all night.) On my second lap, I checked out all the food trucks, but everything was "jumbo". So I went to a church tent and bought a $3.50 "tenderloin". It was, of course, a breaded porkburger, but they deep-fried it to my order and had a reasonable assortment of condiments. It was tasty and satisfying. Off to Van Ness! I turned a street too soon for fear of overshooting Wayne Street. I never found out its name before it turned right, became Fourth Street, and ended on Wayne. I turned off Wooster at 250 E and came back through Sprawlmart. Partly to avoid the section of Wooster that Google Maps marks as particularly suitable for cycling, and partly because I wanted to try out the new Tastee Freeze. Here comes the part I set out to write. I don't know where all the above blither came from. I gave the sandwich and side-dish menu a hasty glance, then looked over the soft-serve menu. The only small dish was a "pup cup", so I ordered that. It came with two dog biscuits and no spoon. Ice cream isn't as easy to eat with a knife as watermelon is. Before leaving, I noticed that they also have hand-dipped ice cream, and that menu offered a kiddie cone. ------------------ I do know where the blither came from: I wrote this post just before my nap, a little after I should have already been in bed. And now it's past bed time. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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