This Week's Update [7/26/15] - Lots of Good Things

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]

Hi All,

Lots of good things happened this week.

GJ had her follow up cardiologist appointment on Friday and had a good report.  The post surgery Eco-cardiogram showed her heart function at 45% - up from 30% pre-surgery.  This was very good news because normal is considered 50-55%.

Steve signed the closing papers to make the sale of his house in Victor final late Thursday.  The process had it's ups and downs and a number of stressful moments - glad it only took about 60 days from listing to closing.

Saturday, we headed to visit Sarah, Mike, and Olivia for a long weekend, so Papa could spend some time with his most favorite girl. :-)

We also got the new jerseys Steve ordered.  They are the special Cycle the Erie Canal design which was a promotion for the Erie Canal Bike tour.  Matthew served as team photographer so that you could see the front and back.

Miles for the week are  55, miles for 2015 are 1987, and total miles are 14,241.

Take care,

Zelma

This Week's Update [7/19/15] - Mother Nature's Mood Swings

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]

Hi all,

We saw quite a diversity of weather this week - warm, cool, warm with spectacular thunder and lightening storms - not sure why these need to occur at 4 am on Saturday morning.  :-)

The week began with the Erie Canal Annual Bike Tour coming through on Monday.  This is an annual event with [600] riders starting in Buffalo and spending the week pedaling the canal all the way to Albany [about 400 total miles].  The oldest rider on this year's tour was apparently 91 - makes me feel like an underachiever.  Steve took video as riders passed by our stairs and posted it to YouTube.

Mid week the temperatures dropped way back with highs in the 60's but by the weekend it was hot and humid.  Early Saturday morning was one of the most spectacular / scary thunderstorms I've seen since I have lived in Rochester.  Growing up in the mid-west, we always had plenty of lightening storms, but they have been, until the last year, a rare occurrence in Western NY.

Picture for this week is from our ride on Saturday where we went all the way to Lyell Avenue.  

Miles for the week are 79, miles for 2015 are 1,932 and total miles are 14,186.

Take care,

Zelma

This Week's Update [7/12/15] - Good Riding

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]

Hi all

It was definitely the best riding week so far this year.  There were a couple of days of rain when we rode inside but many more days of good, warm weather for riding outside. I'm finally starting to feel back in the swing of things, so on Saturday's ride we went all the way to the Brockport canal bridge (16 miles).

Miles for the week are 92, miles for 2015 are 1,853, and total miles are 14,107.

Take care,

Zelma

This Week's Update [7/5/15] - Nice Long Weekend

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]

Hi all,

We had a nice 4th of July weekend.  Friday, Steve and I went to Camp Abilities to watch the kids ride on the bikes Steve tuned up.  We caught the orange and green team at their duathlon competition (1 mile of running and 3 miles of biking).  Depending on the campers visual ability they either ride a tandem with a sighted coach or a single.  It was a lot of fun watching the kids enjoy the biking.

On Saturday, we had the first family bike ride where Matthew joined us. He rode the first 8.5 miles and then Steve and I rode on for a total of 15.8 - our longest ride so far this year.  I finally feel like I'm getting back into our old normal - which is a good reminder about why you should bike every day.

Miles for the week are 66, miles for 2015 are 1,762 and total miles are 14,016.

Take care,

Zelma