I rode my bicycle today, 71 miles. It was all along the beaches so it was a pretty ride and fairly flat. Most of our riding was on bicycle trails or designated bicycle lanes on the road. I love those two white lines and the picture of a bicycle painted on the ground every 50 feet with lots of signs saying bicycles only! California has a lot of them. Tonight we are in La Habre, California part of the greater Los Angeles area. We are staying in a house that belongs to a friend of mine, Paul White. I have come down a couple of times and spoken at a seminar that he hosted for pastors in this area, and he also has come up and attended the seminar that we do at JBC in January. He is also in a pastor accountability group that I am in. We do weekly emails to each other reporting on our goals and spiritual disciplines. We are going to stay here again tomorrow night as well after we transport the bicycles back here from the end of the ride.

Kathy had a wreck today! We were riding on a bike trail that had a fence on both sides. She was trying to get her phone out to take a picture and ran her bike into the fence, she grabbed the fence and her bike flipped over without her. She had water bottles strewn all over and her phone went over the fence into the bushes on the other side. She climbed over the fence and retrieved it. She got a few scratches but nothing serious. The worst thing was she had to put up with Cliff making fun of her the rest of the day.

We only have three more days left of riding before we start our long drive home.